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DURHAM   LIBRARY  ASSOCIATION 


THE 

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GRANITE   MONTHLY 


A  New  Hampshire  Magazine 


DEVOTED  TO 


History,  Biography,  Literature 
and  State  Progress 


VOLUME  XLVII 
NEW  SERIES,  VOLUME  X 


CONCORD,  N.  H. 

PUBLISHED  BY  THE  GRANITE  MONTHLY  COMPANY 

1915 


CONCORD,  N.  H. 

The  Rumford  Press 
1915 


The  Granite  Monthly 


CONTENTS,  JANUARY-DECEMBER,   1915 

Old  Series,  Volume  XLVII 
New  Series,  Volume  X 

Page 

Abigail  and  Her  Roses,  by  Annie  Folsom  Clough 389 

Art  of  Walking,  The,  by  Harold  L.  Ransom 455 

Autumn  and  Its  Flora,  by  Fred  Myron  Colby 451 

Baker  Memorial  Church  and  Its  New  Pastor,  The,  by  James  W.  Tucker 429 

Carey,  William  W.,  by  H.  H.  Metcalf 403 

Claremont  Equal  Suffrage  Association,  by  Clara  L.  Hunton 75 

Claremont  Revolutionary  Soldiers 78 

Clark,  Hon.  A.  Chester,  by  William  E.  Wallace 93 

Col.  Timothy  Bedel 495 

Concord  and  Portsmouth  Turnpike,  The,  by  J.  M.  Moses 309 

Concord  Female  Charitable  Society 304 

Concord's  One  Hundred  and  Fiftieth  Anniversary 125 

CarroU,  Col.  Lysander  H.,  Postmaster  of  Concord,  1880-1885 166 

Chandler,  Hon.  William  E.,  Secretary  of  United  States  Navy,  1882-1885,  and 

United  States  Senator,  1887-1901 150 

Chase,  Hon.  William  M.,  Associate  Justice,  New  Hampshire  Supreme  Court, 

1891-1907 156 

Corning,  Hon.  Charles  R.,  Anniversary  Historian 130 

Eastman,  Hon.  Samuel  C,  Anniversary  President 128 

Galhnger,  Hon.  Jacob  H.,  United  States  Senator,  1891-1921 152 

HoUis,  Hon.  Henry  F.,  United  States  Senator,  1913-1919 154 

Kimball,  Samuel  S.,  President  of  New  Hampshire  Savings  Bank,  1874-1894 148 

Kimball,  Hon.  John,  Mayor  of  Concord,  1872-1875 140 

Lyford,  James  O 162 

Martin,  Hon.  Nathaniel  E.,  Mayor  of  Concord,  1899-1900 160 

Metcalf,  Henry  Harrison,   Chairman  of  General  Committee  and  Anniversary 

Exercises 164 

Mitchell,  Hon.  John  M.,  Associate  Justice,  Superior  Court,  1910-1913. 158 

Niles,  Rt.  Rev.  William  W.,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  Protestant  Episcopal  Bishop  of  New 

Hampshire,  1870-1914 138 

Parker,  Hon.  Hosea  W.,  President  of  Legislative  Reunion,  Member  of  House  of 

Representatives,  1859-1860 134 

Reed,  Rev.  George  Harlow,  D.D.,  Pastor  of  First  Congregational  Church,  Chair- 
man of  Committee  on  Religious  Observance 136 

Stevens,  Hon.  Lyman  D.,  Mayor  of  Concord,  1868-1869 142 

Vannevar,  Rev.  John,  D.D.,  Anniversary  Preacher,  Pastor  Universalist  Church, 

1895-1912 132 

Walker,  Hon.  Joseph  B.,  President  of  New  Hampshire  Board  of  Agriculture, 

1896-1906 144 

White,  Nathaniel 146 

Concord,  The  Professional  Life  of,  by  Joseph  M.  Lucier 177 

The  Legal  Profession 177 

Clark,  Chester  A 193 

Couch,   Benjamin  W 183 


iv  .  Contents 

Page 
Concord's  One  Hundred  and  Fiftieth  Anniversary — Continued: 

Demond,  Fred  Clarence 195 

Doherty,  J.  Joseph 202 

Driscoll,  Frank  G 202 

Dudley,  David  F 194 

Fletcher,  George  Moore 185 

Foster,  William  A 195 

Hill,  George  V 199 

Hollis,  Allen 187 

Jackson,  Robert 200 

Lake,  Harry  F 199 

Matthews,  Joseph  S 189 

Murchie,  Alexander 198 

Murchie,  Robert  C 198 

Niles,  Edward  C 191 

Remick,  Judge  James  Waldron 185 

Stevens,  Hon.  Henry  Webster 187 

Stevens,  William  Lyman 200 

Streeter,  Hon.  Frank  Sherwin 179 

Sulloway,  Frank  Jones 197 

Upton,  Robert 197 

Woodworth,  Edward  Knowlton 196 

Wright,  Robert  M 201 

The  Medical  Profession '. 203 

Adams,  Dr.  Chancey 209 

Amsden,  Dr.  Henry  H 219 

Bancroft,  Dr.  Charles  Parker 213 

Beauclerk,  Dr.  W.  Preston 221 

Bugbee,  Dr.  Marion  L 211 

Clarke,  Dr.  George  Haven 223 

Conn,  Dr.  Granville  P 204 

Cook,  Dr.  George 208 

Dolloff,  Dr.  Charles  H 224 

Douglass,  Orlando  B.,  M.D 214 

Gove,  Dr.  John  McClure 218 

Grafton,  Dr.  Frank  WiUard 219 

Graves,  Dr.  Robert  J 220 

Hoyt-Stevens,  Dr.  Elizabeth 217 

Sanders,  Loren  A.,  M.D 217 

Sprague,  Dr.  Fred  A 222 

Stanley,  Dr.  Oramel  Henry 223 

Stillings,  Dr.  Ferdinard  A 207 

Walker,  Dr.  Charles  Rumford 211 

Watson,  Dr.  Irving  Allison 205 

Wilkins,  Dr.  RusseU 218 

The  Dental  Profession 226 

Albee,  Edmund  H.,  D.D.S 226 

Cummings,  Dr.  E.  S 230 

Moulton,  Dr.  Louis  1 227 

Plaisted,  Drs.  Lester  H.  and  Harold  C 230 

Rowell,  Dr.  George  E 228 

True,  Dr.  Charles  L 229 

Washburn,  Dr.  Clarence  J 229 


Coatents  v 

Page 
Concord's  One  Hundred  and  Fiftieth  Anniversary — Continued: 

Worthen,  Dr.  John  Henry 226 

Young,  Dr.  William  A 228 

Capital  City  Banks 231 

Concord  Building  and  Loan  Association 237 

First  National  Bank 231 

Loan  and  Trust  Savings  Bank 234 

Mechanicks  National  Bank,  The 235 

Merrimack  County  Savings  Bank,  The 236 

National  State  Capital  Bank,  The 233 

New  Hampshire  Savings  Bank,  The 236 

Concord,  The  Business  Section  of,  by  James  W.  Tucker 239 

Capital  City  Women 297 

Chase,  Mrs.  William  M 301 

Frost,  Mrs.  L.  J.  H 303 

Hoague,  Mrs.  Mary  Tucker 302 

Remick,  Mrs.  Mary  Smith 300 

Streeter,  Mrs.  Lilian  Carpenter 299 

Thorne,  Mary  Gordon  Nichols 301 

White,  Armenia  S 297 

Woodworth,  Mary  Parker 298 

Concord's  New  Bridges 291 

Concord's  Wonolancet  Club 295 

Conn,  Capt.  Jacob 89 

Consolation,  by  George  Wilson  Jennings 28 

Cornish — One  Hundred  and  Fiftieth  Anniversary 397 

Country  Graveyard,  A,  by  Col.  Daniel  Hall 447 

Country  Walk  in  April,  A,  by  Fred  Myron  Colby 121 

Dearborn,  Gen.  Henry,  by  E.  D.  Hadley 409 

Dover,  Visits  of  Famous  Men  to,  by  Annie  Wentworth  Baer 323 

Dunbarton — One  Hundred  and  Fiftieth  Anniversary 400 

Earlier  Transportation  in  the  United  States,  by  Charles  Nevers  Holmes 443 

Early  Social  Life  in  New  England,  by  George  W.  Jennings 512 

Editor  and  Publisher's  Notes 32,  92,  124,  316,  348,  428,  460,  516 

English  Language,  The,  by  Marilla  M.  Richer Ill 

Frankhn  Pierce,  A  Boy's  Vision  of 449 

From  the  "Shay"  to  the  Motor  Car,  by  Helen  Rolfe  Holmes 435 

Goss,  Charles  Carpenter,  by  H.  C.  Pearson 317 

Hall,  Rev.  Aaron,  by  Rev.  Rodney  W.  Roundy 5 

Haverhill,  N.  H.,  Autobiography  of  the  First  Bell,  by  Grace  Woodward 80 

Hills  in  October,  The,  by  Jeannette  Morrill 425 

Hopkinton  Celebration 349 

Indians  of  New  Hampshire,  The,  by  Charles  Nevers  Holmes 85 

In  Tulip  Land,  by  Maude  Gordon  Roby 313 

Is  Marriage  a  Failure,  by  Marilla  M.  Richer 23 

Legislative  Reunion — Concord  Anniversary 463 

Legislature  of  1915,  The,  by  James  W.  Tucker 33 

Libby  Museum  of  Wolfeboro,  The 70 

Lost  Mother,  The,  by  Ellen  Weeks  Tenney 421 

Meredith,  N.  H.,  History  of  the  Congregational  Church  of,  by  Sarah  M.  Noyes 97 

Million  Ancestors,  A,  by  E.  P.  Tenney 437 

New  England  Story,  A,  by  H.  F.  Lamb 419 

New  Hampshire  Memorial  Hospital  for  Women  and  Children,  The 224 


vi  Contents 

Page 

North  Conway  Mount  Kearsarge,  The,  by  Ellen  McRoberts  Mason ,  72 

Old  Days  at  Lake  Winnepesaukee,  by  Bertha  Green 345 

Orford — One  Hundred  and  Fiftieth  Anniversary 398 

Pierce  Statue,  The 1 

Pilgrim's  Thanksgiving  Day,  The,  by  Gilbert  Patten  Brown 507 

Portsmouth  Authors,  Reminiscences  of,  by  C.  A.  Hazlett 103 

Portsmouth  Marine  Society,  The,  by  Frank  Warren  Hackett 405 

Portsmouth  "  War  Journal, "  The,  by  Wallace  Hackett 393 

Sewel  Hoit  Homestead,  The 305 

Taxi  with  the  Blue  Door,  The,  by  Edward  J.  Parchley 509 

That  Fatal  Night,  by  William  Child,  M.D 119 

"The  Flag— Memorial  Day  Sermon,"  by  Rev.  Willis  P.  Odell,  D.D 15 

Three  Anniversaries — Cornish,  Orford  and  Dunbarton  Celebrate  Their  One  Hundred 

and  Fiftieth 397 

Tree  of  Tamworth,  The,  by  David  Alawen 335 

Wildcat  Story,  A,  by  L.  E.  Bliss 341 

New  Hampshire  Necrology 30,  90,  122,  315,  347,  395,  426,  459,  514 

Adams,  Hon.  Herbert  E 459 

Albee,  John -  124 

Albin,  John  H 426 

Barker,  Forest  E 30 

Beckwith,  Mrs.  Emily  L 91 

Bell,  William  G • 515 

Brewster,  Lewis  W 396 

Carleton,  Dr.  Bukk  G 31 

Carter,  Rev.  Nathan  F 514 

Cate,  Leslie  W 91 

Cavis,  Harry  M 396 

Chamberlain,  Hon.  William  P 348 

Champollion,  Andre  C 124 

Chapman,  Dr.  Sumner  F 395 

Chellis,  Alvah  B 91 

Clarke,  Stephen  G 395 

Corson,  Woodbury  E 315 

Davis,  Rev.  Perley  B 395 

Dean,  Col.  Bradley 426 

Dodge,  Arthur  P 459 

Dutton,  Benjamin  F 347 

Edgerly,  Maj.  J.  Homer 514 

Furber,  Dudley  L 31 

Gerrish,  James  L 91 

Goodell,  Hon.  David  H 122 

Hadley,  Hon.  Herbert  0 30 

Hildreth,  Charles  M 124 

Hill,  Dr.  Gardner  C 316 

Hill,  Edward  L 395 

Hoyt,  Col.  Albert  H " 347 

Huntoon,  Ora  M 30 

King,  Col.  Dana  W 31 

Marsh,  Col.  John  F 90 

McDaniel,  Hon.  Charles 123 

Merrow,  Herbert  Earl 514 

Nims,  Marshall  W 426 


Contents  vii 

Page 
New  Hampshire  Necrology — Continued: 

Peck,  Thomas  Bellows 90 

Pecker,  Col.  Jonathan  E 427 

Philbrick,  Enoch  Gerrish 514 

Porter,  Burrill,  Jr 31 

Prentiss,  George  W 123 

Proctor,  Alexis 396 

Rand,  Thomas  C 123 

Roberts,  George  M 31 

Roby,  Gen.  Harley  B , 396 

Rogers,  Hon.  George  S 30 

Silver,  Henry  A 395 

Sinclair,  Prof.  John  E 426 

Stearns,  Hon.  Ezra  S 90 

Stone,  Silas  C 315 

Stowell,  Hon.  George  H. .' 347 

Tinker,  Hon.  George  F 347 

Upham,  Robert  B 90 

Viall,  Hon.  Herbert  B 427 

Wellman,  Rev.  Joshua  W.,  D.D '. 459 

Wentworth,  Gen.  Marshall  C 395 

Whipple,  Capt.  Paul 459 

Whiting,  George  0 395 

Woodbury,  Hon.  Urban  A -, 315 

POETRY 

A  Buttercup  Idyl,  by  L.  Adelaide  Sherman 344 

A  New-Born  Day,  by  L.  J.  H.  Frost 314 

A  Tattered  Rose,  by  Charles  H.  Chesley 494 

America,  The  Glorious,  by  Maude  Gordon  Roby 3 

Apple  Bloom,  by  Thomas  H.  Stacy - 293 

Bed-Time,  by  Frances  M.  Pray 340 

Books,  by  Delia  Honey 84 

Concord,  by  Martha  A.  S.  Baker 408 

Concord  by  the  Merrimack,  by  Edna  Dean  Proctor 340 

Despair  Not,  by  Harry  B.  Metcalf 424 

Ebb-Tide,  by  Georgiana  A.  Prescott 506 

E.  G.  E.,  by  Stewart  Everett  Rowe 321 

Evening,  by  Katherine  Winifred  Bean 446 

Fate  and  Fortune,  by  Moses  Gage  Shirley 401 

If  I  Had  Known,  by  L.  Adelaide  Sherman 458 

In  My  Desert  Home,  by  Mary  Currier  Rolofson 77 

It  Might  Have  Been,  by  L.  J.  H.  Frost 13 

Josiah  Prescott  Rowe,  by  Stewart  Everett  Rowe 515 

Kearsarge,  by  Carl  Burell 102 

King  Olaf  Tryggvesson,  by  Fred  Myron  Colby 413 

Let  Us  Keep  On,  by  Georgie  Rogers  Warren 388 

Looking  Down  the  Valley,  by  Cyrus  A.  Stone 96 

Love,  by  Moses  Gage  Shirley 511 

Love's  Jesting,  by  L.  Adelaide  Sherman .' 88 

May  Blossoms,  by  Amy  J.  Dolloff 315 

Memories,  by  Charles  Clarke ,  118 

Ode  on  Solitude,  by  H.  Thompson  Rich 29 


viii  Contents 

Page 

Ode  on  the  Eternal,  by  H.  Thompson  Rich 506 

Only  Good,  by  Hannah  B.  Merriam 458 

Paradise,  by  Maude  Gordon  Roby 314 

Pussy-Willow,  by  Delia  Honey 109 

Queerly  Related,  by  Frank  Monroe  Beverly 511 

Sacred  to  the  Memory,  by  Martha  A.  S.  Baker 433 

Sleep,  by  Georgie  Rogers  Warren 74 

Sunset  Hour — Great  Bay,  N.  H.,  by  Bertha  B.  P.  Greene 408 

Sunset  on  the  Connecticut,  by  Edith  M.  Child 346 

The  Academy  in  Exeter,  A  Retrospect,  by  Charles  Nevers  Holmes 513 

The  "Antis,"  by  Georgie  Rogers  Warren 418 

The  Christmas  Kiss,  by  Mary  A.  Dwyre 508 

The  Country  Schoolhouse,  by  Mrs.  Theo  Hasenjager 453 

The  Dirge  of  the  War,  by  E.  M.  Patten 446 

The  Dreamer,  by  Margaret  E.  Kendall 79 

The  Dying  Oak,  by  Charles  Nevers  Holmes 26 

The  Eternal  Lovers,  by  H.  Thompson  Rich 322 

The  Flower  of  God,  by  David  Ala  wen 436 

The  Ghosts  at  Westminster,  by  Fred  Myron  Colby 307 

The  Hall  of  Memory,  by  L.  J.  H.  Frost 321 

The  Inevitable,  by  Frank  M.  Beverly 27 

The  Journey,  by  William  E.  Davis 457 

The  Passing  of  Summer,  by  H.  Thompson  Rich 448 

The  Swimming  Pool,  by  Charles  Nevers  Holmes 414 

The  Sylph  of  Summer,  by  Bela  Chapin 392 

"Thou  Shalt  Not  Kill,"  by  Stewart  Everett  Rowe 71 

Thoughts  at  Evening,  by  L.  H.  J.  Forest 505 

Today,  by  Edward  H.  Richards 450 

To  You,  by  Elizabeth  Thomson  Ordway 418 

Trifles,  by  Hannah  B.  Merriam 392 

Waiting,  by  Frances  W.  Tewksbury 21 

Welcome  Home,  by  Raymond  H.  Huse 388 

Within  a  Room,  by  Harold  L.  Ransom 387 


THE  PIERCE  STATUE 


The    Granite    Monthly 


Vol.  XLVII,  No.  1 


JANUARY,  1915 


New  Series,  Vol.  10,  No.  1 


THE  PIERCE  STATUE 


On  the  twenty-fifth  day  of  Novem- 
ber last,  forty-five  years  after  the 
death  of  Franklin  Pierce,  lawyer, 
soldier,  statesman,  fourteenth  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States,  and  the 
only  son  of  New  Hampshire  to  attain 
that  exalted  position,  a  statue  of  that 
distinguished  servant  of  the  people; 
erected  in  his  honor  by  the  state 
which  gave  him  birth,  was  formally 
dedicated,  the  same  having  been 
provided  for  by  act  of  the  last  legis- 
lature, and  erected  under  the  direction 
of  the  Governor  and  Council,  who 
called  a  committee  of  citizens,  con- 
sisting of  Frank  P.  Carpenter,  Clar- 
ence E.  Carr,  Edgar  Aldrich,  William 
E.  Chandler  and  David  E.  Murphy 
into  consultation  and  cooperation 
with  them  in  planning  and  carrying 
out  the  work,  which  was  designed  and 
executed  by  Augustus  Lukeman  of 
New  York,  one  of  the  best  known 
American  sculptors  of  the  present  day. 

For  a  generation  at  least  the  great 
mass  of  the  people  of  the  State  had 
marvelled  that  no  such  tribute  of 
respect  had  been  paid  the  memory  of 
this  most  brilliant  son  of  the  Granite 
State;  but  it  had  always  happened 
that  the  legislature  in  which  a  move 
was  made  to  secure  action  in  that 
direction,  had  contained  some  bitter 
partisan  who,  by  factious  opposition 
and  dilatory  tactics  was  able  to  defeat 
the  measure,  until  the  last  legislature, 
after  brief  deliberation,  and  without 
substantial  opposition,  passed  a  joint 
resolution  appropriating  $15,000  for 
the  purpose,  and  the  work  was  carried 
out  as  above  stated. 

The  statue  is  a  massive  bronze 
figure,  standing  on  a  pedestal  of 
Concord  Granite,  five  feet  square, 
suitably  inscribed  and  placed  in  the 


rear  wall  of  a  rectangular  granite 
exedra,  thirty-five  feet  by  twelve  with 
a  floor  of  yellow,  vitrified  brick,  which 
fronts  on  a  line  with  the  iron  fence  of 
the  state  house  yard,  a  section  of 
which,  to  the  south  of  the  Memorial 
Arch,  was  removed  for  its  accommo- 
dation. It  represents  President 
Pierce  in  an  easy  and  graceful  stand- 
ing position,  in  civilian's  dress,  but 
with  a  military  cloak  over  his  shoul- 
ders. 

The  likeness  is  pronounced  excel- 
lent by  those  who  remember  the  face 
and  figure  of  the  President.  The 
inscriptions  on  the  four  sides  of  the 
pedestal,  epitomizing  the  career  of 
General  Pierce,  civil,  military  and 
professional,  were  mainly  suggested 
by  Judge  Aldrich,  and,  although  ex- 
tended—as  such  a  remarkable  career 
necessitates,  are  most  comprehensive. 
They  are  as  follows: 

On  the  east  side,  or  .front — 

FRANKLIN  PIERCE 

FOURTEENTH 

PRESIDENT 

OF     THE 

UNITED  STATES 
On  the  north  side — 

BORN  AT  HILLSBOROUGH,  NEW  HAMPSHIRE 

NOVEMBER  23,  1804. 

A  LAWYER  WHO  LOVED  HIS  PROFESSION 

AND  WAS  A  GREAT  LEADER  IN  IT 

MEMBER  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  LEGISLATURE 

AT  25  AND  SPEAKER  AT  2~j 

CONGRESSMAN  AT  29 

UNITED  STATES  SENATOR  AT  32  AND 

RESIGNED    AT    37 

LATER  IN  LIFE  DECLINED  THE  OFFICE 

OF  ATTORNEY  GENERAL  OF  THE  UNITED 

STATES,  THAT  OF  SECRETARY  OF  WAR, 

THE  UNITED  STATES  SENATORSHIP  AND 

THE  GOVERNORSHIP  OF  HIS  STATE. 

PRESIDENT  OF  THE  NEW  HAMPSHIRE 

CONSTITUTIONAL    CONVENTION 

PRESIDENT  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES 

DIED  AT  CONCORD  OCTOBER  8,  i860,. 


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On  the  south  side — 

BRIGADIER  GENERAL  U.  S.  A. 

PUKBLA 

CONTRERAS 

CHURUBITSCO 

MOLINO  DEE  REY 

CHAPIJLTEPEC 

COMMISSIONER  APPOINTED  BY  GENERAL 

SCOTT  TO  ARRANGE  AN  ARMISTICE 

WITH    GENERAL    SANTA    ANNA 

"HE  WAS   A   GENTLEMAN   AND    A 

MAN    OF    COURAGE." 

ULYSSES   S.    GRANT 

On  the  west  side,  or  rear — 

ERECTED  BY  THE 

STATE  OF  NEW  HAMPSHIRE 

1914. 

By   the   programme,'  as   arranged 
for  the  occasion,   Hon.   Clarence  E. 
Carr  of  Andover  acted  as  president  of 
the  day,  Rev.  George  H.  Reed,  D.  D., 
pastor  of  the  North  Congregational 
Church,    of    Concord,    as    Chaplain, 
and  David  E.  Murphy  of  Concord  as 
Marshal.     Hon.  Oliver  E,  Branch  of 
Manchester  was  selected  as  Orator  of 
the   day.     The   programme   also   in- 
cluded   an   introductory   address   by 
President  Carr,  following  the  Invoca- 
tion; and  addresses  by  Mr.  Frank  P. 
Carpenter  presenting  the  Statue  to 
the   State,  His  Excellency   Governor 
Felker,    accepting   the    same,    Judge 
Aldrich,    ex-Senator    Chandler,    and 
William  F.  Whitcher  of  Woodsville, 
with  music  by  Nevers'  Third  Regi- 
ment Band  of  Concord. 

At  11  o'clock,  sharp,   on  the  day 
appointed,  a  procession  was  formed  in 
front  of  the  Eagle  Hotel,  under  the 
direction  of  the  Marshal,  and,  headed 
by   the  band,   and  the   officers   and 
speakers  of  the  day,  marched  to  the 
open  space  in  front  of  the  monument, 
where   the  statue    was    unveiled   by 
Miss  Susan  H.  Pierce'of  Hillsborough, 
a  grand-niece  of  President  Pierce,  who 
was  formally  presented  by  President 
Carr,  who  also  paid  a  brief  tribute, 
immediately  after   the   unveiling,  to 
the  sculptor,  Augustus  Lukeman,  who 
was  detained  by  illness.     The  com- 
pany then  proceeded  to  Representa- 
tives Hall  in  the  State  House,  where, 
before  an  audience  which  filled  the 


hall  and  gallery,   the.  exercises  were 
carried  out  as  planned. 

The  addresses  were  all  admirable 
in  sentiment  and  language,  eminently 
worthy  the  occasion,  but  altogether 
too  extended,  on  the  whole,  for  re- 
production in  these  pages.  The  clos- 
ing address  by  William  F.  Whitcher  of 
Woodsville,  who  had  been  the  most 
earnest  and  eloquent  advocate  of  the 
measure  providing  for  the  statue, 
in  former  legislatures,  brief,  com- 
prehensive and  eminently  to  the 
point,  is  the  only  one  whose  presen- 
tation our  space  permits,  and  is  as 
follows : 

MR.  WHITCHER'S  ADDRESS 
The  memorial  today  dedicated  is  the  well- 
considered  tribute  the  state  of  New  Hampshire 
pays  to  the  honorable  service. the  lofty  achieve- 
ments and  the  devoted  patriotism  of  a  dis- 
tinguished son.  No  feature  of  his  life  and 
character  was  more  marked  and  prominent 
than  such  patriotism.  Patriotism  is  a  passion 
for  country,  and  Franklin  Pierce  loved  his 
country  thus  and  gave  it  his  best  service.  He 
came  of  sturdy  Revolutionary  stock,  and  love 
of  country,  and  devotion  to  its  interests  were 
his  by  inheritance.  This  love  and  devotion 
grew  with  his  growth  and  ripened  into  fullness 
with  his  ripening  years. 

I  quote  two  characteristic  utterances  of 
his,  made  under  circumstances  which  pre- 
clude all  doubt  of  their  thorough  sincerity. 
On  the  solemn  occasion  of  his  inauguration  as 
President  of  the  United  States  he  said: 

With  the  Union  my  best  and  dearest  earthly 
hopes  are  entwined.  .  .  .  It's  with  me 
an  earnest  and  vital  belief  that  as  the  Union 
has  been  the  source,  under  Providence,  of  our 
prosperity  to  this  time,  so  it  is  the  surest 
pledge  of  a  continuance  of  the  blessings  we 
have  enjoyed,  and  which  we  are  sacredly 
bound  to  transmit  undiminished  to  our 
children. 

Ten  years  later  in  the  dark  days  of  Civil 
War,  when  the  fate  of  the  Union  yet  hung 
in  the  balance,  in  an  address  made  on  that 
memorable  Fourth  of  July,  1863,  near  where 
his  statue  now  stands  he  said: 

I  will  not  believe  thatv  the  experiment  of 
man's  capacity  for  self-government,  which  was 
so  successfully  illustrated  until  all  the  Revo- 
lutionary men  had  passed  to  their  final  reward 
is  to  prove  a  humiliating  failure.     Whatever 


America,  the  Glorious 


others  may  do,  we  will  never  abandon  the  hope 
that  the  "Union  is  to  be  restored;  whatever 
others  may  do,  we  will  cling  to  it  as  the  mar- 
iner clings  to  the  last  plank  when  night  and 
tempest  close  around  him. 

With  him  Country  and  Union  were  one. 
The  Union  he  ardently  loved  and  devotedly 
served,  was  the  Union  formed  by  the  Consti- 
tution, a  Constitution  he  regarded  with  rev- 
erence, and  the  terms  of  which  he  believed 
should  be  strictly  construed.  It  was  a 
Union  of  sovereign  states.  The  Constitution 
gave  certain  broad  and  general  powers,  powers, 
however,  clearly  defined,  to  a  Federal  Govern- 
ment. All  others,  he  firmly  believed,  were 
retained  by  the  states.  Thus  his  country's 
welfare  depended  upon  a  constant  discrimina- 
tion between  the  separate  rights  and  responsi- 
bilities of  the  states,  and  the  common  rights 
and  obligations  of  the  whole  people  under  the 
general  government.  In  a  word,  the  country 
he  loved  and  to  which  he  gave  his  life  devotion 
was  "an  indissoluble  Union  of  indestructible 
states."  From  this  conception  of  Country 
and  Union  he  never  swerved  in  word  or  deed 
during  a  career  in  which  he  was  often  mis- 
understood, often  cruelly  maligned.     For  his 


course  and  conduct  he  was  calmly  content  to 
wait  the  judgment  of  later  generations. 

We  have  come  upon  a  time  when  the  idea 
of  statehood  is  being  obscured  by  a  cloud  of 
fantastic  experiments  under  the  name  of  a 
centralized  ''New  Nationalism,"  but  there 
are  happily  indications  that  the  pendulum 
will  yet  swing  towards  a  reasonable  regard  for 
a  reasonable  and  constitutional  statehood. 

Franklin  Pierce  had  thirteen  predecessors 
in  his  exalted  office  of  President.  His  suc- 
cessors also  number  thirteen.  He  stands 
midway  in  a  distinguished  line.  He  may 
not  have  been  the  greatest  in  that  line;  his 
star  may  not  shine  the  most  resplendent;  but 
in  purity  of  purpose  and  of  character,  in  un- 
swerving loyalty  to  conviction,  in  love  of 
Country  and  Union,  in  steadfast  devotion  to 
the  right,  as  God  gave  him  to  see  the  right,  we 
may  invite  comparison  with  those  who  pre- 
ceded him,  and  with  those  who  have  followed. 

New  Hampshire  pays  him  honor  today — 
belated  perhaps,  but  all  the  more  emphatic 
because  belated.  New  Hampshire  honors- 
his  memory,  not  impulsively  or  unthinkingly, 
but  soberly,  thoughtfully,  reverently.  In 
honoring  him.  she  honors  herself. 


AMERICA,   THE   GLORIOUS 

By  Maude   Gordon  Roby 

America,  the  glorious,  we  sing, 
As  to  thy  faithful,  loving  heart  we  cling; 
Our  hopes,  our  visions  and  our  dreams  we  bring 
To  thee,  dear  fatherland. 

Our  swords  unsheathed  and  mouldering  with  rust 
All  useless  lie;  unheeded  in  the  dust; 
For  men  are  brothers  here,  and  God  our  trust; 
Oh.  blessed  fatherland! 


While  over  all  this  peaceful  country,  high, 
A  starry  bit  of  bunting  greets  the  sky. — 
Old  Glory !  may  its  colors  ever  fly 

For  God  and  fatherland ! 


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FIRST  CONGREGATIONAL  CHURCH,  KEENE,  N.  H. 


REV.  AARON  HALL 

Ptistor  First  Congregational  Church  of  Keene,  1777-1814 

By  Rev.  Rodney  W.  Roundy 


On  October  17-19,  1913,  the  First' 
Congregational  Church  of  Keene, 
observed  the  one  hundred  and  sev- 
enty-fifth anniversary  of  its  founding. 
In  the  May  preceding,  a  granite 
tablet  was  placed  on  the  site  of  the 
first  meeting-house,  by  the  Ashuelot 
Chapter,  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution.  The  meeting-house  was 
built  1736-1737,  two  years  before 
the  organization  of  the  church.  The 
church  is  now  occupying  the  fourth 
meeting-house,  the  original  part  of 
which  was  dedicated  in  1788. 

On  October  18,  1914,  a  tablet, 
a  cut  of  which  appears  on  the  follow- 
ing page,  was  dedicated  in  mem- 
ory of  the  Revolutionary  pastor  of 
the  church,  whose  death  occurred 
one  hundred  years  ago.  Joint  gift 
of  the  surviving  great  grandchildren 
of  Mr.  Hall  and  the  women  of  the 
Home  Circle  of  the  church,  the  tab- 
let was  executed  by  J.  and  R.  Lamb 
of  New  York  City  and  is  of  antique 
brass  with  etched  letters  except  for 
the  raised  letters  of  the  name.  It 
is  placed  at  the  right  of  the  pulpit 
as  a  companion  to  the  one  on  the 
left  in  memory  of  Rev.  Zedekiah 
Smith  Barstow,  D.D.,  pastor  of  the 
church  1818-1868. 

Aaron  Hall  was  the  descendant  of 
the  Hall  family  of  Connecticut,  whose 
ancestry  goes  back  to  the  earliest 
times  of  colonial  history.  The  origi- 
nal John  Hall,  emigrant,  was  de- 
scended from  the  Halls,  County  of 
Kent,  England.  The  first  settler,  John 
Hall,  was  born  in  1584,  spent  forty 
years  of  his  life  in  New  England, 
dying  at  the  age  of  eighty-nine.  We 
read  of  him  as  in  Boston  in  1633, 
and  in  Cambridge  and  Roxbury 
afterwards.  On  September  4,  1633, 
John  Hall  accompanied  John  Old- 
ham to  the  Connecticut  River.    They 


reported  back  to  the  Bay  towns  of 
Massachusetts,  January  20,  1634, 
and  the  report  of  their  investiga- 
tions on  the  Connecticut  River  led 
to  the  settlement  from  Dorchester; 
of  Wethersfield  and  Windsor,  Conn., 
and  from  Cambridge,  of  Hartford, 
Conn.  John  Hall  removed  his  family 
to  the  Connecticut  River  in  1639, 
and  in  1650  we  find  his  family  settled 
in  the  midst  of  the  extensive  lands 
owned  by  him  in  Middletown,  Conn. 
Aaron  Hall  was  the  sixth  in  de- 
scent from  John,  the  emigrant,  and 
was  born  in  Cheshire,   Conn.,  June 

27,  1751.  He  was  graduated  from 
Yale  College  in  1772.  His  diploma, 
signed  by  President  Naphtali  Dag- 
gett, is  now  in  the  possession  of  his 
great-granddaughter,  Miss  Alice  Hall, 
a  teacher  of  art,  living  in  New  York 
City.  Professor  Dexter  in  his  Yale 
biographies,  records  the  fact  that 
"Aaron  Hall  studied  Divinity  with 
Rev.  Mr.  Foot  for  about  nine  months 
in  1772-73,  and  was  chosen  to 
preach  by  the  New  Haven  County 
Association    of    Ministers    on    Sept. 

28,  1773,  being  then  a  resident  grad- 
uate of  the  college."  The  Mr.  Foot 
referred  to,  is  the  Rev.  John  Foot, 
minister  of  Cheshire,  and  a  graduate 
of  Yale  College  in  1765.  That  Aaron 
Hall  spent  the  next  two  years  in 
study  is  evidenced  by  the  fact  that 
in  1775  he  received  the  degree  of 
A.M.  from  both  Yale  and  Dartmouth. 

Griffin's  " History  of  Keene"  re- 
cords the  fact  that  Rev.  Clement 
Sumner,  pastor  of  the  Keene  church 
for  the  years  1761-72,  a  native  of 
the  same  Connecticut  town  as  Mr. 
Hall,  recommended  him  to  the  church. 
Mr.  Hall  preached  in  Keene  as  the 
twentieth  candidate  in  the  five  or 
six  unsettled  years  of  the  church's 
life,    succeeding    the    dismission    of 


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Mr.  Sumner.  He  was  called  to  the 
Keene  pastorate  at  a  church  meet- 
ing .held  December  2,  1777.  Pre- 
vious to  the  formal  call  of  the  church 
there  stands  written  in  the  old  rec- 
ord book,  kept  in  the  vaults  of  the 
Keene  National  Bank, — the  first  half 
of  which  is  nearly  all  written  in  the 
handwriting  of  Aaron  Hall — the  ac- 
tion   of    the     church    at    a    meeting- 


Wood."  Following  the  call  of  the 
church  on  December  8,  1777,  in 
the  town  meeting,  it  was  "Voted  un- 
animously to  give  Mr.  Aaron  Hall, 
who  has  been  preaching  amongst 
us,  a  Call  to  settle  in  the  Work  of 
the  Gospel  Ministry  in  This  Town." 
"Voted,  to  give  Mr.  Hall  One 
Hundred  Thirty  -  Three  pounds  Six 
Shillings  and  Eight  Pence  for  a  Settle- 


Aaron  Hall  Memorial  Tablet 


called    November     12.     1777.       The 


record  is  as  follows: 
matter   of   settling 
conversed   upon   in 
1.  "Voted,     That 
13    of    November    be 
the  solemnities  of 


"The  important 
the   Gospel    was 

Brotherly  love." 

Thursday     the 

appointed    for 

a  day  of  fasting, 


head    of    the 
making  the 


looking    to    the    great 
church  for  direction    in 
choice  of  pastor." 

2.  "Voted,  To  call  unto  our  assist- 
ance the  Revels.  Mr.  Farrow,  Mr. 
Brigham,     Mr.     Goddard    and     Mr. 


ment,  said  sum  to  be  made  Equal 
in  Value  and  made  good  as  the  Same 
Sum  four  years  ago  when  silver 
and  gold  passed  current  among  us." 
He  was  also  voted  eighty  pounds 
per  annum  for  his  salary,  and  this 
money  was  to  be  made  the  equiva- 
lent of  gold  and  silver. 

Maj.  Timothy  Ellis,  Capt.  Jere- 
miah Stiles,  Lieut.  Josiah  Richard- 
son, Lieut.  Daniel  Kingsbury  and 
Ichabod  Fisher  were  the  committee 
appointed     to    lay    the    proposition 


Rev.  Aaron  Hall  Memorial 


before  Mr.  Hall,  and  to  adjust  the 
amount  of  his  settlement  and  salary 
in  paper  money  of  the  times.  Mr. 
Hall  accepted  the  united  call  of  the 
church  and  settlement  of  the  town 
in  a  long  letter  dated  January  17, 
1778.     • 

His  ordination  and  installation 
was  held  on  Wednesday  the  eight- 
eenth   day    of    February. 


terfield,  Walpole,  Charlestown  and 
Dublin.  The  public  exercises  suc- 
ceeding the  decision  of  the  council 
were  as  follows:  Rev.  Mr.  Hibbert 
of  Claremont  had  the  opening  prayer; 
Rev.  Mr.  Olcott  of  Charlestown 
preached  the  sermon;  Rev.  Mr.  Brig- 
ham  of  Fitzwilliam  offered  the  or- 
daining prayer;  Rev.  Mr.  Fessendon 
of    Walpole    gave    the   charge;    Rev. 


Rev.  Rodney  W.  Roundy 

Pastor  First  Congregational  Church,  Keene,  N.  H, 


The  church  committee  consisted 
of  Mr.  David  Nims,  Deacon  Obadiah 
Blake,  Mr.  Simeon  Clark,  Mr.  Ben- 
jamin Hall  and  Mr.  Daniel  Kings- 
bury. The  churches  of  Windsor 
and  Wallingford,  Conn.,  were  in- 
vited to  be  present  by  pastor  and 
delegate,  but  the  season  of  the  year 
prevented  their  attendance.  The 
other  churches  were  those  of  New 
Ipswich,  Fitzwilliam,  Swanzey,  Ches- 


Mr.  Goddard  of  Swanzey  extended 
the  right  hand  of  fellowship;  Rev. 
Mr.  Sprague  of  Dublin  "closed  the 
solemnity  with  prayer."  Rev.  Mr. 
Fessendon  of  Walpole  acted  as  mod- 
erator, and  Rev.  Mr.  Olcott  of 
Charlestown  as  scribe.  The  mem- 
bers of  the  council  were  entertained 
at  the  tavern  of  Lieut.  Josiah  Rich- 
ardson on  Pleasant  Street  now  West 
Street . 


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Before    Mr.    Hall    would    accept  largest      Cheshire      County      town, 

the   call   to   the   Keene   church,   the  Nevertheless,   in  his  writings  about 

church  voted  to  do  away  with  the  New    England,    as    the    result    of    a 

practice   of    the     "Half-Way   Cove-  horseback   tour    a   little   more   than 

nant."     Next  to  the  Unitarian  con-  a    century     ago,    President    Dwight 

troversy,    there   has   been   no   eccle-  of  Yale  College  "pronounced  Keene 

siastical    question    which    has    more  one  of  the  pleasantest  inland  towns 

agitated  the  life  of  our  early  New  he  had  seen." 

England   churches   than   this   "half-  As  a  townsman  Mr.  Hall  was  both 
way    practice."      The    matter    was  agriculturalist    and    clergyman.      In 
happily  adjusted  in  the  Keene  church  the  year  1782,  the  year  of  his  marriage 
by  the  vote  of  the  church  and  by  to  Sarah  Baker,  the  record  of  deeds 
receiving    into    full    membership    a  tells  us  that  he  purchased  for  forty 
dozen    people    who    had    previously  pounds  something  over  an  acre  of  land 
stood  in  the  "half-way  relationship."  on  Pleasant,  now  West  Street.     This 
Mr.   Hall   had  evidently   come  into  purchase  was  made  of  Josiah  Rich- 
full     sympathy     with     Joseph     Bel-  ardson,    tavern   keeper,    who   owned 
lamy's  position  regarding  the  "half-  the  land  roundabout,   even  the  lot 
way    covenant."      Bellamy    was    a  on   which   the   original   part    of   the 
native  of  the  same  town  as  Mr.  Hall,  meeting-house    was    built,    now   the 
but  spent  his  life  in  the    pastorate  site  of  the  Soldiers'  Monument  and 
at   Bethlehem,   Conn.     I  have   been  Common.     The  site  of  his  purchase 
unable  to  establish  the  fact  that  Mr.  was  that  of  the  present  Thayer  Li- 
Hall  was  one  of  the  sixty  students  brary.    According  to  tradition,  during 
whom  Joseph  Bellamy  prepared   for  his  early  days  in  Keene  he  lived  in 
the  ministry  in  Bethlehem,    though  the   old   Cooke   house,    at   least   be- 
it    is    quite    possible    he    may    have  fore  he  was  married,  perhaps  for  a 
been    one    of    that    number    in    the  short  time  afterwards.     On  the  land 
interval  between  his  graduation  from  of    his   purchase   he  built  his  home, 
college  and  his  coming  to  Keene  in  His  descendants  record  the  fact  that 
the  summer  of  1777.    While  he  was  the  foundations  were  laid   and   the 
still    a    college    student,    he     must  roof  raised  at  his  direction,    on  Fri- 
certainly   have   come   under   the   in-  day.      Thus    he    placed    himself    in 
fluence  of  Bellamy's  position  on  the  opposition  to   the   superstition   that 
"Half-way  Covenant"  for  Bellamy's  by    such    action     his    house    would 
pamphlets  against  this  practice  were  be  burned  down.     That  he  was  on  the 
published    in    New    Haven,    Conn.,  side  of  Providence  in  such  a  course 
during  1769-70,  and  were  circulated  is   decisively   settled   by   a   visit   to 
during  the  years  of  Mr.  Hall's  col-  63    Castle    Street    where    now    may 
lege  course.  be  seen  the  main  part  of  the  struc- 
So   far   as   Keene   was   concerned,  ture  moved  to  its  present   location 
Aaron  Hall   was  the  town  minister  at  the  time  of    construction  of  the 
par-excellence.     Resource  to  the  cen-  present    Thayer    Library    building, 
sus  tables   informs   us   that,    during  Only  the  ell  part  was  torn  down  at 
all  the  days  of  his  ministry,  Ches-  the   time   of   removal.      The   record 
terfield,     Westmoreland     and     Wal-  of   deeds  indicates  three  other  pur- 
pole     had     more     inhabitants     than  chases  of  land  "in  the    middle  part 
Keene.     During  his  life  there  were  of  the  town"  by  "Aaron  Hall,  Clerk." 
times  when  to  this  list  there  must  These  purchases  were  evidently  for 
be    added    Alstead,    Dublin,    Rich-  tillage    and    pasturage     and    aggre- 
mond  and  Winchester.     It  was  not  gated   nearly   forty   acres.      It   is   a 
until  the  census  of  1830  that  Keene  matter  of  interest  that  Judge  New- 
obtained    the    distinction    which  she  comb    introduced    the     first     chaise 
has  since  maintained,   of  being  the  to   Keene   and   that    afterwards  the 


Re  \  Aaron  Hall  Memorial  9 

minister    followed    the    example    of  and  national  welfare.     Whether  law 

the  judge.  and    order    should    prevail    in    this 

Mr.    Hall    was    a    worthy    citizen,  community    and    surrounding     com- 

His   election  to   membership   in  the  munities  was  a  question  often  at  the 

state    convention    adopting    the    na-  front.     More  than  once,  also,  it  ap- 

tional     Constitution     was     evidence  pears  that  mobs  of  men  would   pre- 

of    that    fact.      The     address    pub-  vent    the    administration    of    justice. 
lished   with   this   article   reveals  the         In  1779 
kind    of    citizenship    that    accorded 
with  the  principles    of  his  life.     His  Upon  the  thirty-first  of  May, 

¥    ,      ^  .  Appeared  in  Keene,  at  break  ot  day, 

recognized  place  on  public  occasions  A  mob  both  bold  and  stout » 

found  good  example    in  the  Fourth 

of    July    celebration    in    1804.      On  Bodies  of  men  would  meet  each  other 

that   day   two   companies   of   militia  0n  the    country   road    to   see  which 

under    the    commands    of    Captains  should  have  the  custody  of  the  cannon 

Chase   and   Metcalf   escorted  a  pro-  that  traveled   back   and  forth  from 

cession  to  the  meeting-house,  where  Westmoreland  to  Walpole,  and  even 

Mr.  Hall  had  his  part  in  offering  the  sometimes    across    the    Connecticut 

prayer,    the    Declaration    of    Inde-  River  to  Westminster.     What  would 

pendence  was  read  by  Noah   Cooke,  be  done  with  the  Tories  was  an  agi- 

Esq.,  and  the  oration   was  delivered  tating   question   when   the  war  was 

by  young  Phineas  Cooke,  the  school-  over.    Should  they  have  any  rights  of 

master.      He    made    the    prayer    on  property  they   had   acquired   before 

the  solemn  occasion    of  this  town's  the   war    was   fought?    Should  New 

mourning  the  death  of  George  Wash-  Hampshire  adopt  the  national  Con- 

ington    on    February    22,    1800.  stitution?  What  attitude  should  Keene 

The   Yale   biographies,    previously  take  toward  it?     Fear  lest  this  state 

referred  to,  state  the    fact   that  on  should  fail  to  vote  for  its  adoption 

June    2,     1803,     Rev.     Aaron    Hall  led    to     adjournment    from    Exeter 

preached     a    sermon    from     Chron-  to  Concord,  and  the  final  vote  -had 

icles   19:6,  at    Concord,    before   His  only    the    majority    of    ten    in    its 

Excellency  the    Governor,  the  Hon-  favor.     Then   there  were  the  trying 

orable   Council,    Senate   and   House  questions    of    Keene's    attitude    to- 

of   Representatives   of    the   State  of  ward    the  towns   up    and    down  the 

New  Hampshire.     This  sermon  was  Connecticut   River,   growing  out   of 

published  the  same  year  and  styled  the  controversy  concerning  the  New 

in  request  for  publication,  "A  Can-  Hampshire    Grants.      In    all    these 

did  and  Patriotic  Discourse."  relations  we  may  believe   Mr.   Hall 

Mr.   Hall  was  a  good   citizen,   in  had    his    continuous,    quiet,    manful 

that  he  helped  light  the  candles  of  influence,  that  ever  extended  in  the 

learning    in    this    place.      The    first  direction    of    reasonable    settlement 

library  of  Keene,  called  "the  social  of  trying  difficulties.     It  is  testified 

library"  was  kept  in  his  house  and  that  the  whole   bent   of  his    nature 

he    was    librarian.      The    Thayer    li-  as   well    as    his    Christian   principles 

brary  is  not  the  first   library  on  the  were     against     all    tomfoolery    that 

present  site.  meant  civil  disorder. 

Public  affairs  were  often  strained  The  influence  of  a  man's  citizen- 
during  his  ministry.  In  the  earlier  ship — and  of  Mr.  Hall  this  is  quite 
years  the  matters  of  sending  soldiers  true— extends  beyond  the  years  of 
to  the  war,  and  of  paying  them  out  his  life.  His  children  and  his  chil- 
of  town  resources,  were  constantly  dren's  children  in  the  life  of  this 
coming  up  at  town  meetings.  The  town  and  elsewhere  rise  up  to  pro- 
town  now  and  then  had  a  meeting  nounce  good  the  power  of  his  civic 
to  express  itself  on  matters  of   state  influence. 


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In  1782,  Mr.  Hall  married  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Baker,  Esq., 
of  Keene.  Thomas  Baker  had  moved 
to  Keene  from  Topsfield,  Mass.  in 
1760  and  built  his  house  on  the  old 
Boston  Road — what  is  now  Baker 
Street.  Some  of  his  descendants 
remain  as  members  of  the  First 
Church  of  Keene  to  this  day. 

The  children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Hall  were  Sally,  born  in  1783,  who 
married  Elijah  Parker;  Aaron,  Jr., 
born  1789,  who  with  his  name  joined 
to  that  of  his  cousin  Timothy,  stood 
for  the  kindly  interests  of  the  best 
form  of  merchant  life,  as  it  came 
to  be  known  throughout  this  county 
and  beyond,  under  the  firm  name  of 
*  A.  and  T.  Hall.  Aaron  Hall,  Jr., 
was  a  man  distinguished  in  this 
community  for  the  breadth  of  his 
learning  and  the  wealth  of  his  citi- 
zenship. His  daughter  Julia  Hall 
"was  counted  a  cultivated  woman, 
distinguished  as  a  teacher,  and  died 
in  Keene  at  an  advanced  age." 
She  lived  in  the  home  built  by  her 
grandfather,  and  occupied  by  her 
father  after  the  older  man's  decease. 

Two  other  children  of  Aaron  Hall 
were .  David,  born  in  1786,  and 
Nabbv,  born  in  1788.  These  two 
both  died  in  1790.  The  first  Mrs. 
Hall  died  "October  16,  1788,  and  two 
years  later  Mr.  Hall  married  Han- 
nah Hitchcock  of  Cheshire,  Conn. 
There  were  two  daughters  of  whom 
she  Avas  the  mother,  Hannah,  born  in 
1791,  who  married  James  Haslam  of 
New  Ipswich,  August  16,  1814,  and 
Nabby  Ann,  born  1793,  and  died  in 
Keene,  October  20,  1833.  Mrs.  Hall 
survived  her  husband  by  six  years  and 
died  in  Keene,  September  6,  1820. 

A  grandson  of  Aaron  Hall  was 
Dr.  Edward  Hall  of  Auburn,  N.  Y. 
Concerning  him  Dr.  J.  Whitney  Bars- 
tow  of  New  York  City  says:  "He  was 
a  physician  of  excellent  reports  and 
much  practice  in  the  city  of  Auburn. 
He  married  Harriet  Robinson,  a 
daughter  of  Rev.  Dr.  Israel  Robin- 
son, pastor  for  a  half  century  of 
the  church  in  Stoddard  and  known 
in  his  day  as  one  of  the  first  Hebrew 


scholars  in  New  England."  Miss 
Alice  Hall,  the  last  remaining  one 
of  the  Hall  name,  is  the  daughter 
of  this  Auburn  physician. 

The  last  marriage  performed  by 
Rev.  Aaron  Hall  was  that  of  his  own 
daughter  Sally  to  Elijah  Parker 
a  few  weeks  before  the  minister's 
death.  She  is  lovingly  remembered 
as  a  faithful  Sunday  School  teacher. 
Dr.  J.  Whitney  Barstow  says  of  her, 
"She  was  the  mother  of  a  large 
family  of  sons  and  one  daughter.  All 
were  prominent  in  professional  and 
social  life."  The  daughter  Mary 
Morse  was  the  wife  of  Joel  Parker, 
Chief  Justice  of  New  Hampshire, 
and  afterward  professor  in  Harvard 
University. 

The  daughter  of  Judge  Joel  Parker 
is  Mrs.  Gertrude  Parker  Sheffield, 
of  Cambridge,  Mass.,  who  has  been 
very  actively  interested  in  the  plac- 
ing of  this  tablet  in  the  memory  of 
her  great  grandfather. 

A  great-grandson  of  Rev.  Aaron 
Hall  and  grandson  of  Mr.  Elijah 
Parker  is  Horatio  Parker,  the  present 
distinguished  composer  and  professor 
of  music  in  Yale  University.  He 
was  the  son  of  Charles  Edward 
Parker  an  architect  in  Boston,  who 
designed  St.  James  Church,  City 
Hall,  and  several  residences  in  the 
city  of  Keene.  Horatio,  another 
son  of  Elijah  Parker  and  Sally 
Hall,  was  an  eminent  lawyer  in  Boston. 
The  oldest  son,  David  Hall  Parker, 
was  born  in  1815.  The  three  sur- 
viving daughters,  Sally  Elizabeth 
Parker,  "Mrs.  Mary  Parker  Wood  and 
Julia  Ann  Hall  Parker,  live  in  Passaic, 
New  Jersey. 

AN  ORATION 

Delivered  at  the  request  of  the  Inhabitants  of  Keene* 
June  30,  1788,  to  Celebrate  the  Ratification  of  the  Fed- 
eral Constitution  by  the  State  of  New  Hampshire,  by 
Aaron  Hall,  M.A.,  Member  of  the  late  State  Constitu- 
tional Convention. 

The  great,  the  important  object  for  which 
the  collected  wisdom  of  America  was  sum- 
moned  together,    is   at  length  accomplished. 

My  Fellow -Citizens  and  Countrymen: 
1    congratulate    you    on    the    glorious    event 


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which  Heaven  has  been  pleased  to  pro- 
duce in  our  favor — and  while  we  would  do 
honor  to  the  labors  of  a  Washington,  a 
Franklin,  a  Johnson,  a  Livingston,  a  Morris, 
a  Rutledge.  a  Pickney,  and  other  political 
fathers  of  our  country,  who  dared  to  step 
forth  in  the  greatest  dangers  to  defend 
American  Liberty;  let  us  not  forget  our 
gratitude  to  the  King  of  Nations  and  Lord 
of  Hosts. 

Impressed  with  the  keenest  sensibility 
on  this  joyous  occasion,  I  will  hazard  a  few 
thoughts  on  the  great  subject  of  our  Fed- 
eral Government.  When  we  consider  the 
greatness  of  the  prize  we  contended  for,  the 
doubtful  nature  of  the  contest  in  the  war, 
the  favorable  manner  in  which  it  has  ter- 
minated, together  with  the  establishment 
of  a  permanent  energetic  government,  per- 
fectly consistent  with  the  true  liberties  of 
the  people. — and  this  obtained  in  a  time  of 
peace,  a  thing  not  paralleled  in  history. 
I  repeat  it.  when  we  consider  these  things, 
we  shall  hi  id  the  greatest  possible  reason 
for  gratitude  and  rejoicing.  This  is  a  theme 
that  will  afford  the  greatest  delight  to  every 
benevolent  mind,  whether  the  event  in  con- 
templation lie  viewed  as  the  source  of  pres- 
ent enjoyment,  or  the  parent  of  future 
happiness. 

Till  this  period,  the  revolution  in  America, 
has  never  appeared  to  me  to  be  completed; 
but  this  is  laying  on  the  cap-stone  of  the 
great  American  Empire;  and,  in  my  opinion 
we  have  occasion  to  felicitate  ourselves  on 
the  lot  which  Providence  has  assigned  us, 
whether  we  view  it  in  a  natural,  political, 
or  moral  point   of  light. 

The  frame  of  government  now  adopted 
for  the  United  States  of  America,  gives  her 
citizens  rank,  if  not  superiority  among  the 
nations  of  the  earth,  and  it  has  the  advan- 
tage of  being  concerted,  when  the  rights  of 
mankind  are  better  known  and  more  clearly 
understood,  than  in  any  former  age  of  the 
world.  This  constitution  of  government 
contains  the  treasures  of  knowledge,  ob- 
tained by  the  labors  of  philosophers,  sages, 
and  legislators,  through  a  long  succession 
of  rolling  years,  so  that  we  have  the  col- 
lected wisdom  of  ages  interwoven  in  this 
form   of   government. 

The  three  branches  are  created  and  made 
by     the    original    independent     sovereignty 


of  the  people,  and  are  so  balanced  as  to  be 
a  check  upon  each  other;  and  after  two, 
four,  and  six  years,  each  branch  are  to  re- 
turn into  the  bosom  of  their  country,  to 
give  an  account  "for  the  deeds  done  in  the 
body  whether  they  have  been  good  or  evil." 
It  has  a  most  friendly  aspect  on  literature, 
and  opens  her  arms  wide  to  extend  and  en- 
courage commerce — lays  a  fair  foundation 
for  the  free  cultivation  of  our  lands,  and  to 
alleviate  the  farmer,  whose  hands  have  long 
been  relaxed  by  reason  of  too  heavy  taxa- 
tion— is  wisely  calculated  to  promote  the 
progressive  refinement  of  manners — the  grow- 
ing liberality  of  sentiment — and  above  all, 
the  pure  and  benign  light  of  revelation,  and 
have  free  course  and  be  glorified  in  the 
blessings  of  society.  If  therefore  the  citizens 
of  America  should  not  be  completely  free 
and  happy,  the  fault  will  be  intirely  their 
own,  so  long  as  they  may  choose  wise  and 
good  men  to  act  at  helm. 

The  present  crisis,  my  fellow-citizens,  is  so 
important,  that  silence  would  be  a  crime. — 
Shall  Britain  (especially  all  her  sons  of  free 
and  liberal  minds),  while  she  envies  our 
rising  glory,  approbate  this  system  of  gov- 
ernment? Shall  France,  shall  Holland,  and 
all  Europe,  applaud  the  wisdom  of  our  con- 
stitution, and  we  inattentive  be  to  our  pri- 
vate, domestic,  and  national  enjoyments; 
while  Heaven  had  crowned  all  our  blessings, 
by  giving  us  a  fairer  opportunity  for  politi- 
cal happiness,  than  any  other  nation  has 
ever  been  indulged  with? 

Perhaps  some  may  think  I  am  too  san- 
guine in  my  prospects.  I  grant  it  is  yet  to 
be  decided,  whether  this  constitution  will 
ultimately  prove  a  blessing  or  a  curse — 
not  to  the  present  generation  alone,  for  with 
our  fate,  probably  will  the  destiny  of  unborn 
millions  be  involved.  I  know  that  the  wisest 
of  Constitutions,  and  even  that  from  Heaven 
itself,  has  been,  and  may  again  be  perverted 
by  venal  and  designing  men;  and  on  this 
account,  I  am  not  displeased  that  the  Con- 
sitution  has  been  objected  to,  and  care- 
fully scrutinized  by  the  jealous,  yet  honest 
intentions  of  many  of  our  worthy  citizens; 
as  these  things  will  be  before  Congress,  as 
a  check  upon  them  not  to  invade  the  liber- 
ties of  the  people.  But  I  will  venture  to 
say,  with  confidence  too.  that  we  shall  be 
happy  ami  flourish  as  a  Nation  and  Empire, 


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if  the  following  sentiments,  suggested  by  the 
great  Washington;  take  place  and  prevail: — 

"1st.  An  indissoluble  union  of  the  States, 
under  one  Federal  head. 

"2nd.  A  sacred  regard  to  public  justice. 

"3rd.  The  adoption  of  a  proper  peace 
establishment  (meaning  a  well  disciplined 
militia). 

"4th.  The  prevalence  of  the  pacific  and 
friendly  dispositions  among  the  People  of  the 
United  States,  which  will  induce  them  to 
forget  their  local  prejudices  and  policies, 
and  make  those  mutual  concessions  which 
are  requisite  to  the  general  prosperity;  and 
in  some  instances,  to  sacrifice  their  individ- 
ual advantages  to  the  interest  of  the  com- 
munity." 

These,  my  Countrymen,  are  the  great  pillars 
on  which  the  glorious  building  of  our  Con- 
stitution depends — on  which  our  national 
character  and  prosperity  must  be  supported — 
liberty,  that  life  of  man,  is  the  basis.  Who- 
ever therefore  would  attempt  to  overthrow 
this  foundation,  under  whatever  specious 
pretext,  will  merit  the  bitterest  execration 
and  severest  punishment  his  injured  country 
can  inflict.  However,  the  cup  of  blessing, 
in  a  political  sense,  is  put  into  our  hands, 
and  happiness  is  ours,  if  we  will  make  it 
so,  from  the  overturns  of  Divine  Providence; 
yet  how  much  depends  upon  our  conduct,  I 
repeat  it,  how  much  depends  upon  our  con- 
duct, whether  we  will  be  respectable  and 
prosperous,  or  contemptible  and  miserable 
as  a  Nation.  The  best  things  in  this  im- 
perfect state  are  liable  to  be  perverted  to 
the  worst  of  purposes. 

This.is  a  very  critical  moment  with  America; 
the  eyes  of  Europe,  and  the  world,  are  upon 
us;  and  it  is  a  time  of  political  probation 
with  every  free  citizen.  It  is  certain,  that  the 
best  Constitution,  and  the  best  Rulers,  will 
avail  nothing  to  the  happiness  of  a  people, 
without  good,  industrious  and  loyal  sub- 
jects. 

It  is  a  most  important  day,  with  America; 
in  my  opinion  as  much  so  as  it  was  in  any 
period  of  the  war;  and  of  the  last  moment, 
as  to  our  National  character,  for  all  to  sub- 
scribe to  our  Federal  Government;  and 
though  all  cannot  think  alike,  which  is  not 
to  be  expected,  any  more  than  it  is  that  we 
should  all  look  alike;  yet  it  becomes  us  to 
unite   in   the     common   cause   as   a    hand  of 


brothers,  since  we  are  all  embarked  together 
for  ourselves  and  our  posterity;  and  not- 
withstanding there  are  some  who  cannot  re- 
joice to  so  high  a  degree,  at  present,  on  the 
ratification  of  the  Federal  Government,  yet 
I  presume  to  say,  that  their  living  under  it 
a  short  time,  will  give  them  to  realize  the 
felicity  that  others  anticipate. 

Who  would  be  willing  that  this  should 
be  the  ill-fated  moment  for  relaxing  the 
powers  of  the  Union,  and  exposing  us  to 
become  the  sport  of  European  politics,  and 
to  be  made  dupes  to  serve  their  interested 
purposes?  Our  Union,  alone,  must  give  us 
dignity,  power  and  credit  abroad;  wealth, 
honor,  and  felicity  at  home;  and  without 
this,  it  must  be  extremely  disagreeable  to 
reflect  that  so  much  blood  and  treasure  have 
been  encountered  without  compensation; 
and  that  so  many  sacrifices  have  been  made 
in  vain.  It  is  a  given  point  on  all  hands,  I 
believe,  that  the  State  of  New  Hampshire, 
from  its  local  situation,  will  be  more  bene- 
fited than  any  in  the  Union.  Who  then 
from  a  moment's  reflection,  could  be  willing 
that  we  should  exclude  ourselves  from  the 
Union,  and  sink  into  the  ruins  of  liberty, 
abused  to  licentiousness? 

From  a  serious  contemplation  of  the 
above,  with  other  weighty  objects,  I  have 
been  decidedly  in  favor  of  the  constitu- 
tion, and  have  endeavored  to  reflect  honor 
upon  those  who  placed  me  in  a  situation 
to  act  a  part  in  this  grand  affair;  and  who  is 
there,  my  fellow-citizens,  but  must  have 
sincere  intentions  for  the  happiness  of  that 
country  where  he  is  born,  and  where  he 
expects  to  die,  and  leaves  the  fruit  of  his 
labors  to  his  tender  offspring? 

While  our  hearts  glow  with  joy  and  grati- 
tude, to  the  great  parent  of  present  and 
future  happiness,  on  this  signal  occasion, 
that  he  has  been  in  the  counsels  of  the  great, 
and  made  them  so  unanimous  in  sentiment 
(which  to  me,  all  circumstances  considered, 
is  one  of  the  greatest  events  America  ever 
experienced) . 

I  say  while  we  recognize  these  things  with 
grateful  souls,  let  us  close  with  the  earnest 
prayer  of  General  WashingtoJi,  in  his  cir- 
cular letter; — "That  God  would  have  the 
States  over  which  he  presides,  in  his  holy 
protection — that  he  would  incline  the  hearts 
of  the  citizens  to  cultivate  a  spirit  of  subor- 


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dination   and  obedience  to  government— to  demean  ourselves  with  that  clarity,  humility, 

entertain  a  brotherly  affection  and   love  for  and  pacific   temper  of  mind,  which  were  the 

one  another  of  their  fellow-citizens  of  the  characteristics  of  the  divine  author  of  our 

United  States  at  large — And  finally  that  he  blessed  religion;  and  without  a  humble  imita- 

would  most  graciously  be  pleased  to  dispose  tion  of  whose  example  in  these  things,  we  can 

us  all  to  do  justice,  to  love  mercy   and   to  never  hope  to  be  a  happy  Nation." 


IT  MIGHT  HAVE  BEEN 

By  L.  J.  H.  Frost 

It  might  have  been,  ah!  yes;  if  He  had  willed  it, 
Who  noticeth  the  sparrows  when  they  fall; 

It  might  have  been,  had  we  not  met  that  sorrow 
Which  lies  in  wait  for  all. 

It  might  have  been,  if  shadows  had  not  gathered 
While  sunshine  on  our  path  was  freely  shed; 

If  hopes  we  cherished  had  but  found  fruition, 
Instead  of  dying,  leaving  words  unsaid. 

It  might  have  been.     Leave  those  sad  words  unspoken — 
Those  "saddest  words  from  tongue  or  pen"; 

Were  human  heart-strings  never  broken 

Mortals  would  miss  the  patience  that  is  born  of  pain. 

It  might  have  been,  yet,  would  it  have  been  better 

If  flowers  had  bloomed  where  thorns  and  thistles  grow? 

In  vain  we  ask  our  hearts  the  question 
This  side  eternity  we  cannot  know. 

It  might  have  been;  ah!  well,  we  will  not  murmur, 
The  darkest  night  awaits  a  brighter  morn; 

We  will  not  weep;  but  bid  our  hearts  be  patient 
And  bear  life's  burdens  with  a  smile  and  song. 

It  might  have  been,  'tis  true;  but  we  will  trust  Him 
Who  leads  us  in  the  ways  our  feet  have  trod; 

He  will  not  chasten  us  forever, 

And  though  He  slay  us,  let  us  trust  in  God. 


REV.  WILLIS  P.  ODELL,  D.D. 


THE  FLAG-MEMORIAL  DAY  SERMON" 

By  Rev.  Willis  P.  Odell,  D.D.* 

[Delivered  on  Sunday,  May  24,  in  St.  Mark's  Church,  Brookline,  Mass.,  before  Gettysburg  Post  G.  A.  R.,  of 
Boston,  and  C.  L.  Chandler  Post  of  Brookline.] 


"Thou  hast  given  a  banner  to  them 
that  fear  thee."— Ps.  60:4? 

"Here  comes  The  Flag! 
Hail  it! 

Who  dares  to  drag 
Or  trail  it? 
Give  it  hurrahs, — 
Three  for  the  stars, 
Three  for  the  bars. 
Uncover  your  head  to  it ! 
The  soldiers  who  tread  to  it 
Shout  at  the  sight  of  it, 
The  justice  and  right  of  it, 
The  unsullied  white  of  it, 
The  blue  and  the  red  of  it, 
And  tyranny's  dread  of  it! 
Here  comes  The  Flag!" 

There  is  spur  and  challenge  in  these 
martial  lines.  They  quicken  pulse- 
beats  and  stir  the  patriotic  heart  to 
high  resolve.  Most  appropriately  may 
I  use  them  to  introduce  my  theme.  I 
am  to  speak  to  you  this  morning  about 
the  Flag— our  Flag — the  Flag  of  our 
country — the  Stars  and  Stripes  of  the 
American  Republic — the  Flag  we  all  so 
ardently  love  and  which  in  our  enthus- 
iasm we  fondly  call,  "Old  Glory." 


I  frankly  confess  to  you  that  my 
purpose  in  selecting  such  a  subject 
for  this  occasion  is  to  stimulate  zeal 
for  the  Flag  and  for  all  it  represents. 
I  would  have  you  hail  it,  give  hurrahs 
for  it  and  in  its  presence  kindle  anew 
the  fires  of  loyalty.  As  a  part  of  our 
religion  we  give  this  day  to  the  cul- 
tivation of  patriotism. 

In  the  closing  chapter  of  that 
fascinating  volume,  entitled,  "The 
Making  of  an  American,"  Mr.  Jacob 
Riis,  the  author,  describes  in  vivid 
fashion  the  emotions  which  swept 
through  his  soul  as  one  day,  from  a 
sickbed  by  the  shore  of  the  North 
Sea,  he  caught  sight  of  the  American 
Flag,  flying  at  the  mast-head  of  a 
passing  ship.  He  had  been  ill  a  long 
time,  far  away  from  his  family,  in  a 
land  which  in  boyhood  had  been  his 
home,  but  which  he  had  early  left  to 
make  his  fortune  in  the  new  world. 
His  sickness  had  worn  upon  him  till 
he  had  become  depressed  and  sore  at 
heart.     Suddenly,  as  he  gazed  moodily 


*This  address  or  sermon,  by  a  distinguished  clergyman  and  native  son  of  New  Hampshire, 
was  to  have  been  published  in  the  Granite  Monthly  in  June  last;  but  the  publication  has 
been  delayed  by  press  of  other  matter.     It  is  good  for  the  present,  or  at  any  other  time. 

Willis  P.  Odell  was  born  in  Lake  Village,  in  what  is  now  ward  6  of  Laccnia,  on  December 
14,  1855.  His  father,  Joseph  L.  Odell,  was  for  years  the  local  druggist  and  later  became  asso- 
ciate justice  of  the  Laconia  Police  Court.  At  fourteen  years  of  age  the  son  went  to  Tilton  as 
a  student  in  the  Seminary,  whence  he  graduated  in  1874.  In  1880  he  received  the  degree  of 
A.  B.  from  Boston  University  and  immediately  began  the  study  of  theology  in  preparation 
for  the  ministry.  He  joined  the  New  England  Methodist  Episcopal  Conference  in  1882  and 
went  to  Cliftondale,  Mass.,  for  his  first  charge.  Along  with  his  pastoral  work  he  continued 
post-graduate  studies  at  the  University,  and  in  due  time  received  from  his  Alma  Mater  the 
degrees  of  A.  M.  and  Ph.  D.  Allegheny  College  gave  him  the  honorary  degree  of  D.  D.  in 
1895.  In  1883  he  was  assigned  to  Salem,  Mass.,  and  in  1886  went  to  Maiden,  Mass.  His 
next  two  appointments  were  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  where  he  remained  eight  years.  In  1898  he 
was  sent  to  Calvary  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  in  New  York  City,  which  is  the  largest 
Methodist  Church  in  the  country.  During  his  pastorate  of  six  years  at  this  important  station 
he  raised  over  $240,000  and  received  over  1,000  persons  into  membership.  His  next  charge 
was  the  Germantown  First  Church,  in  Philadelphia.  He  came  to  his  present  work  at  St. 
Mark's,  Brookline,  Mass.,  four  years  ago.  This  church  is  often  called  the  Cathedral  of  Boston 
Methodism.  It  is  the  finest  of  the  denomination  in  this  region.  His  first  wife  was  Miss  Mary 
F.  French  of  Sandown.  After  her  decease  he  married  Miss  Eva  J.  Beede  of  Meredith,  who  is 
well  known  to  the  readers  of  the  Granite  Monthly.  She  still  continues  to  be  his  helper  in 
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through  the  open  window  out  upon 
the  sea,  a  great  vessel  sailed  majesti- 
cally by,  close  in  shore,  with  the  Ameri- 
can Flag  blown  out  to  the  breeze,  till 
every  star  and  bar  shone  bright  and 
clear.  Gone  on  the  instant,  he  said, 
were  discouragement  and  gloom. 
Forgotten  were  weakness  and  suffer- 
ing, the  cautions  of  doctor  and  nurse. 
He  sat  up  in  bed  and  shouted  and 
laughed  and  cried  by  turns,  waving 
his  handkerchief  to  the  Flag.  The 
people  about  him  thought  he  had  lost 
his  head.  But  no,  he  said.  He  had 
not  lost  his  head.  He  had  found  it 
and  his  heart,  too,  and  he  knew  then 
that  he  had  become  an  American  in 
truth.  And  he  thanked  God,  and 
"like  unto  the  man  sick  of  the  palsy, 
arose  from  his  bed  and  went  home 
healed." 

The  martial  poem  and  the  experi- 
ence of  Jacob  Riis  go  hand  in  hand. 
The  Flag  is  an  inspiration,  an  invig- 
oration,  a  quickener  of  life.  For 
many  years  it  has  been  casting  a 
mighty  spell  over  increasing  multi- 
tudes. Cheers  and  tears  and  quench- 
less ardor  have  come  because  of  it. 
It  has  set  the  blood  coursing  swiftly 
through  the  brain  and  heart  of  millions 
and  led  the  way  to  many  valiant 
deeds. 

But  why  such  potent  influence? 
What  secret  explains  its  extraordinary 
power?  The  Flag!  It  is  a  bit  of 
bunting,  a  flash  of  color,  a  picturesque 
decoration,  looking  well  at  mast-heads 
and  above  assemblies,  but  still  simply 
a  product  of  the  weaver's  art.  In- 
deed, is  that  all?  By  no  means. 
The  Flag  is  a  symbol,  an  emblem,  an 
ensign.  It  has  a  history  behind  it. 
It  is  a  recognized  representative  of 
sturdy  facts.  It  is  a  pledge  of  things 
to  come.  Before  it  there  is  a  future. 
Men  yet  unborn  are  to  carry  it  as 
those  long  dead  have  marched  be- 
neath it.  It  is  an  embodiment  of 
purpose,  a  revelation  and  a  prophecy. 

That  we  may  appreciate  the  better 
the  Flag  we  today  salute,  let  me 
briefly  set  before  you  some  important 
considerations. 


I.  In  the  first  place  this  Flag  re- 
minds us  of  a  glorious  history.  It 
was  born  in  a  mighty  struggle  for 
human  rights.  That  was  an  epochal 
hour  in  the  life  of  the  world  when  the 
American  Colonies  arose  against  in- 
justice and  tyranny.  The  Declara- 
tion of  Independence  marked  the 
beginning  of  a  very  brave  enterprise 
of  human  courage.  It  was  a  challenge 
to  what  was  at  that  hour  the  greatest 
power  on  earth.  The  men  who  signed 
it  had  no  adequate  resources  for  war. 
They  pitted  themselves  against  a 
nation  fully  equippedin  experience  and 
arms  and  wealth  for  great  military 
operations.  But  with  a  sublime  con- 
fidence in  the  justice  of  their  cause 
they  dared  to  make  the  fight.  The 
Flag  was  evolved  to  stand  as  the 
symbol  of  their  lofty  purposes.  At 
Saratoga  and  Monmouth,  at  the  Cow- 
pens  and  at  Yorktown,  the  patriot 
host  wrought  with  such  soldierly 
effectiveness  as  to  conquer  an  honor- 
able peace  and  win  for  their  new 
Republic  an  established  place  among 
the  nations  of  the  earth. 

The  fiery  baptism  to  which  the 
Flag  was  subjected  in  1812  brought 
further  glory  to  its  defenders.  Perry 
and  Hull  and  Biddle  sailed  the  high 
seas  with  their  colors  nailed  to  the 
mast-head  and  by  their  valorous 
deeds  compelled  a  recognition  of 
American  Naval  power.  In  six 
months'  time  they  and  their  asso- 
ciates took  into  port  300  English 
merchantmen  with  3,000  prisoners 
of  war.  Out  of  the  smoke  of  a  vic- 
torious battle  on  Lake  Erie  the 
memorable  report,  which  long  thrilled 
the  nation's  heart,  was  sent  to  Wash- 
ington, "We  have  met  the  enemy 
and  they  are  ours."  It  was  during 
this  period  that  Francis  Scott  Key,  a 
prisoner  for  the  moment  on  an  English 
vessel  in  Chesapeake  Bay,  wrote  the 
lines  which  were  quickly  caught  up 
to  become  a  National  Anthem.  In 
spite  of  all  the  enemy  could  do,  Fort 
McHenry  remained  untaken,  the  Flag 
was  "still  there"  when  the  fierce 
cannonade    ceased,    and   the   victory 


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inspired  the  patriot  author  to  proph-     second    place    extraordinary    present 

esv-  conditions.     It   floats   today   over   a 

"Then  conquer  we  must,  when  our  cause  it      vast   territory   which   Mr.    Gladstone 

\n]+Kfiust'  ct   r,  j-  one  time,  very  truthfully,  said,  pro- 

shall  wave  est  continuous  empire  ever  established 
O'er  the  land  of  the  free  and  the  home  of     by  man."     The  forefathers,  who  came 
the  brave. "                                        to  Massachusetts  Bay.  gave  it  as  their 
The  American  soldier  fully  main-     opinion   that   population   was   never 
tained  his  reputation  in  the  War  with     likely  to  be  very  dense  beyond  New- 
Mexico.     If  the  authorities  at  Wash-     ton.     Tne   founders   of   Lynn,    after 
ington  did  not  reveal  a  high  order  of     exploring  the  land  west  of  them  for 
statesmanship    in    precipitating    the     about  fifteen  miles,  declared  it  their 
conflict,  the  men  at  the  front  gave  a     conviction  that  people  would  never 
good  account  of  themselves  as  cham-     fin^    it    worth    while    to    settle    any 
pions  of  the  flag.     Sent  on  an  errand     further  in  that  direction.     For  many 
of  conquest,  they  did  their  work  well,  years  there  was  no  adequate  appre- 
Monterey     and     Buena    Vista    saw     ciation  of  the  possibilities  in  the  in- 
courage  unsurpassed,  and  at  Molino  terior  of  the  country  and  only  the 
del    Rey    and    at    Churubusco    the  vaguest   notion   of   what    existed   in 
American    army    rendered    splendid  the  transmissouri   region.     But  now 
service.     General  Grant,  in  his  Me-  our  continental  area  in  the  forty-eight 
moirs,   said  that   after   nearly   forty  states  is  2,970,000  square  miles,  giving 
years,  in  looking  back  upon  the  cam-  us  a  territory  eighteen  times  as  large 
paigns  there,  it  appeared  to  him  that  as  Spain,  thirty-one  times  as  large  as 
the  generalship  was  well  nigh  perfect  Italy,  and  sixty-one  times  as  large  as 
and  that  the  conduct  of  the  troops  England  and  Wales.     And  when  to 
was  all  that  could  have  been  desired,  this  is  added  the  600,000  square  miles 
The  Civil  War  put  a  supreme  test  of  Alaska  and  the  125,000  more  of 
upon  loyalty.     Those  were  dreadful  Porto  Rico,  Hawaii,  Guam,  Panama, 
days  which  followed  the  attack  on  and  the  Philippines,   it  is  apparent 
Sumter.     Major  Anderson  was  forced  that  in  physical  proportions  we  have 
to    pull    down    his    flag      Was    the  become  indeed  a  mighty  nation, 
defeat  final  and  the  Union  to  be  de-         On  this  broad  expanse  an  immense 
stroyed?     An  embattled  host  of  heroes  population  has  now  been  gathered, 
poured  forth  from  every  walk  in  life  When    the    fathers    cut    loose    from 
to  defend  the  national  standard.     By  England  they  numbered  onlv  three 
the  bloody  sacrifices  they  made  at  millions.     Today  in  New  York  City 
Shiloh,  Vicksburg,  Gettysburg,  Mis-  alone    five    million    persons     dwell, 
sionary    Ridge,     Cold    Harbor    and  Beyond    the    wildest    dreams    of  the 
Petersburg  they  proved  their  devo-  most  sanguine  founders  of  the   Re- 
tion    to    native    land    and    won    for  public  has  been  the  growth  of  the 
themselves    enduring    honors.  nation.     Our  present  continental  pop- 
Fresh  in  mind,  as  but  of  yesterday,  ulation  is  one  hundred  millions,  while 
are  the  battles  of  Manila  Bay,  San-  ten  millions  more  reside  in  the  islands 
tiago  and  San  Juan  Hill.     As  Admiral  under  our  sway.      Spain  has  a  popu- 
Schley  said,  there  was  glory  enough  lation    of    eighteen    millions,     Italy 
to  go  all  around.  thirty-two    millions,    France    thirty- 
Oh,  it  is  a  glorious  Flag,  with  a  niue  millions,  Great  Britain  forty-five 
history    behind    it    of    which    every  millions,  Germany  sixty  millions.    We 
patriot  may  well  be  proud,   a  Flag  have  one  hundred  and  ten  millions 
made   resplendent   by   the   immortal  Of   all   the   western   nations   it   thus 
deeds  of  many  noble  men.  appears  we  have  become  numerically 
11.   lnis    Hag    represents    in    the  far  and  away  the  largest 


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Along  with  these  conditions  our 
wealth  has  outrun  all  anticipations. 
When  Thomas  B.  Reed  was  Speaker 
of  the  National  House  of  Represen- 
tatives the  annual  governmental  ap- 
propriations for  the  first  time  reached 
one  billion  dollars.  Some  adverse 
criticism  was  aroused  at  the  expendi- 
ture of  such  an  enormous  sum.  Mr. 
Reed  replied  that  this  was  ''a  billion 
dollar  country."  He  was  correct. 
It  is  a  billion  dollar  country  and  then 
some  more.  No  nation,  ancient  or 
modern,  can  be  put  alongside  our  own 
in  accumulated  possessions. 

When  Ave  come  to  undeveloped 
treasures  anything  like  a  truthful 
statement  seems  like  a  Munchausen 
yarn.  During  the  Civil  War  Bishop 
Simpson  delivered  a  lecture  in  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  on  the  wonderful  re- 
sources of  the  American  people.  It 
was  a  brilliant  effort  and  elicited 
tremendous  applause.  Lincoln  was 
present  and  listened  with  eager  at- 
tention. At  the  close  he  highly 
complimented  the  speaker  but  ven- 
tured one  suggestion.  He  said, 
"Bishop,  you  did  not  strike  the  ile." 
Simpson  was  quick  to  see  the  point. 
"True,  Mr.  President,  I  did  omit  oil 
but  I  will  not  do  so  again."  The 
next  time  he  delivered  that  lecture 
the  value  of  the  oil  fields,  just  coming 
to  attention,  was  eloquently  pre- 
sented. But  neither  Lincoln  nor 
Simpson  had  any  adequate  vision  of 
a  Rockefeller  fortune  or  the  amazing- 
future  of  oil  production.  And  then 
who  dreamed  of  the  riches  in  Alaska? 
The  territory  was  not  purchased  until 
1867.  Seven  million  two  hundred 
thousand  dollars  were  paid  for  it. 
Already  it  has  brought  to  our  people 
$500,000,000  in  mines,  fisheries  and 
furs,  and  we  are  only  approaching 
the  beginning  of  its  development. 
The  value  of  the  coal  stored  away 
beneath  its  hills  and  mountains  has 
not  till  recently  commenced  to  dawn 
upon  our  officials. 

The  possibilities  in  irrigation  and 
the  reclamation  of  unused  lands  in 
all  the  states  and  territories  is  another 


matter  still  in  its  infancy.  It  appears 
that  it  is  altogether  feasible  for  the 
United  States  of  America  to  support 
a  thousand  million  people,  who  shall 
be  rich  and  happy  in  an  abundant 
material    civilization. 

And  over  all  this  Old  (Horn  floats 
as  the  representative  of  national 
greatness.  There  is  but  one  banner 
today  recognized  in  all  this  wide 
stretch  of  land  by  this  vast  aggrega- 
tion of  human  beings,  and  that  is  the 
Flag  we  honor  here  this  hour. 

III.  In  the  third  place  this  flag 
stands  for  high  ideals.  The  Declara- 
tion of  Independence  took  lofty 
ground.  It  insisted  that  all  men  had 
an  inherent  right  to  "life,  liberty  and 
the  pursuit  of  happiness."  Its  vig- 
orous arraignment  of  tyranny  and  its 
stalwart  defeiice  of  freedom  marked 
a  splendid  advance  in  national  spirit 
and  purpose.  The  Flag  went  forward 
as  a  pioneer  in  the  realm  of  popular 
government.  It  stood  from  the  first 
for  the  fundamental  proposition  that 
a  just  administration  of  civil  affairs 
can  rest  only  on  the  consent  of  the 
governed  and  that  taxation  without 
representation  must  be  resisted  to  the 
last.  Proudly  through  all  its  history 
has  the  flag  championed  these  ideals. 

The  Emancipation  Proclamation 
reached  a  similarly  lofty  plane.  Its 
defence  of  the  rights  of  man  was  like- 
wise virile.  It  lifted  the  conflict 
with  the  South  out  of  all  sordidness 
and  gave  to  it  an  ethical  form  which 
put  the  North  absolutely  on  the  side 
of  righteousness.  Said  Wendell  Phil- 
lips, "Cannon  think  in  the  nineteenth 
century."  When  it  became  clearly 
recognized  that  the  War  had  become  a 
struggle  for  human  liberty  all  the 
pent  up  reserves  of  moral  purpose  in 
the  loyal  states  wheeled  into  line  and 
the  success  of  the  Union  arms  was 
assured.  Slavery  must  cease.  That 
was  the  continent-wide  resolve.  The 
Flag,  committed  to  the  liberation  of 
the  bondman,  became  the  holy  ori- 
Hamme  of  a  righteous  crusade  before 
which  mercenary  selfishness  inevitably 
went  down  in  defeat. 


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One  day  the  piteous  cries  of  a  long 
suffering  people,  crushed  beneath  the 
iron  heel  of  a  system  devised  in 
avarice  and  wrought  out  with  cruelty, 
came  into  the  ears  of  the  American 
public.  Good  heed  was  given  to  the 
appeal.  It  was  found  that  a  policy 
of  extermination  was  in  operation  at 
our  very  doors.  In  the  interests  of 
pleading  humanity  and  with  a  definite 
publication  to  all  the  world  of  absolute 
personal  disinterestedness,  the  Amer- 
ican Nation  bared  its  right  arm  for 
justice  and  bade  the  butcher  Weyler 
and  the  Government  behind  him  move 
out  and  off  the  Western  Hemisphere. 
The  Spanish  War  came  with  its  brief 
but  glorious  record.  The  Flag  went 
to  Cuba  in  the  name  of  righteousness. 
There  was  no  confusion  in  the  issue. 
That  barbarities  might  cease  and  the 
oppressed  go  free  the  conflict  was 
fought  to  a  successful  termination 
under  "Old  Glory's"  stainless  stars. 

IV.  In  the  fourth  place  this  Flag  is 
pledged  today  to  give  protection  to 
all  who  put  themselves  beneath  its 
ample  folds.  It  is  the  fixed  purpose 
of  the  American  people  to  deal  justly 
with  everybody.  No  notion  is  more 
firmly  wrought  into  the  policy  of  this 
Republic. 

General  Grant,  in  his  last  Virginia 
campaign,  stopped  one  day  for  re- 
freshment at  a  stately  mansion,  whose 
men  were  with  the  Confederate  Army. 
The  mother  of  the  household  did  not 
recognize  her  guest  but  was  quite 
moved  by  the  courtesy  shown  her 
and  the  earnest  effort  made  to  allay 
her  fears  of  personal  harm.  She 
acknowledged  that  she  was  in  mortal 
terror  of  the  Northern  soldiers  and 
especially  of  their  chief.  When  the 
party  was  about  to  leave,  she  said, 
"I  wish  you  would  remain  here  until 
the  Federals  have  passed  and  particu- 
larly till  Grant  gets  bj7."  "I  assure 
you  that  you  have  nothing  to  fear, 
Madam,"  was  the  reply.  ''I  am 
General  Grant.  I  will  put  a  guard 
here  to  protect  you  from  all  intrusion." 

The  incident  was  characteristic. 
The    great    general    correctly    inter- 


preted   the    spirit    of    the    American 

government  and  the  function  of  the 
Flag.  It  exists  by  will  of  a  free  people 
to  give  protection  to  the  defenceless. 

It  should  never  be  forgotten  that  the 
the  Flag  is  definitely  committed  to 
the  establishment  of  law  and  order. 
When  Taylor  entered  Monterey  in 
1846,  he  at  (face  quieted  the  appre- 
hensions of  the  residents  there  by 
assuring  them  that  no  looting  nor 
robbery  would  be  permitted  while  he 
remained  and  that  private  property 
would  be  sacredly  respected.  When 
Scott  reached  Mexico  City  in  1847;  he 
made  it  his  first  business  to  restore 
'  order.  With  strong  hand  he  repress- 
ed all  violence.  When  Fletcher  a 
few  days  ago  landed  in  Vera  Cruz  he 
immediately  devoted  himself  to  calm- 
ing the  town.  In  a  very  brief  time 
confidence  was  restored  and  business 
went  on  as  usual. 

It  can  not  be  too  distinctly  em- 
phasized that  the  American  Flag- 
guarantees  opportunity  for  the  pur- 
suit of  chosen  callings  unmolested. 
This  is  the  land  of  the  fair  chance. 
Roosevelt's  favorite  phrase  of  the 
"square  deal"  is  in  exact  accord 
with  the  genius  of  our  institutions. 
It  is  the  vigorously  declared  purpose 
of  the  people,  who  are  the  real  sover- 
eigns here,  to  put  an  end  to  injustice 
and  to  see  that  the  rights  of  all  persons 
are  held  in  an  even  balance,  through- 
out all  our  territory.  And  the  Star 
Spangled  Banner  is  the  emblem  of 
this  equitable  policy.  It  proclaims, 
wherever  it  goes,  to  all  who  look  upon 
it,  that  its  mission  is  to  defend  the 
weak  and  helpless  and  establish  peace 
with  righteousness. 

V.  Now  what  attitude  ought  we  as 
American  citizens  to  take  toward  a 
Flag  having  such  a  history  and  stand- 
ing for  such  lofty  ideals?  Can  there 
be  any  question  in  any  mind  this  hour? 

At  the  great  Gettysburg  Reunion 
last  July,  celebrating  the  fiftieth  anni- 
versary of  that  memorable  battle, 
veterans  of  both  armies  met  in  fra- 
ternal fellowship  under  an  amazing- 
wealth  of  flags.     The  red.  white  and 


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blue  were  everywhere.  One  old  vet- 
eran in  gray,  with  bared  head,  point- 
ing to  the  glorious  sweep  of  color,  said 
reverently,  "That  is  my  Flag,  the 
Flag  of  my  fathers,  the  Flag  of  my 
country,  my  children's  Flag  forever. 
God  keep  it  in  the  skies. " 

That  is  precisely  the  attitude  every 
loyal  citizen  should  'take.  Hearts 
should  go  out  in  love  toward  it  and 
prayers  should  be  sincerely  offered  in 
its    behalf. 

During  the  night,  following  the 
battle  at  Stone  River,  General 
Rosecrans  came  to  General  Thomas, 
who  was  asleep,  and  awakening  him 
said,  "Thomas,  will  you  protect  the 
rear  during  a  retreat  to  Overhall's 
Creek?"  Though  only  about  half 
awake,  Thomas,  with  solid  emphasis 
which  admitted  of  no  misunderstand- 
ing, answered  in  sonorous  voice, 
"Rosecrans,  this  army  can't  retreat." 
Then  he  turned  over  and  went  to 
sleep.  And  the  army  did  not  retreat 
but  the  enemy  did. 

It  was  this  same  sturdy  Thomas, 
plucky  fighter,  ignorant  of  fear,  to 
whom  General  Grant  telegraphed, 
"Hold  Chattanooga."  And  Thomas 
wired  back,  "Will  hold  Chattanooga 
till  we  starve."  That  was  the  spirit 
which  makes  heroes.  Every  one  who 
knew  Thomas  appreciated  the  mean- 
ing of  his  reply.  He  would  hold  the 
town  or  die  in  the  attempt.  With 
him  loyalty  was  a  passion  which  mas- 
tered all  his  energies. 

For  love  of  country  no  sacrifice 
should  be  considered  too  great. 
Every  citizen  should  hold  himself  in 
readiness  to  give  his  best.  The  Flag 
ought  to  be  able  to  command  instant 
and  loyal  support  from  all. 

As  Farragut  swept  up  the  Missis- 
sippi, past  the  Vicksburg  batteries, 
Lieutenant  Cummings  had  one  of  his 
legs  shot  away  and  was  in  a  very 
serious  plight,  but  he  refused  to  be 
carried  below  for  treatment.  Cheer- 
ing on  his  brave  tars,  he  cried,  "Get 
the  ship  by  the  batteries,  get  the  ship 
by,  boys,  and  they  may  have  the 
other  leg."     Ah,   what  instances  of 


glorious    devotion    to    country    have 
been  witnessed  through  the  years. 

Yonder  on  Beacon  Hil)  in  our  State 
House,  where  are  gathered  the  re- 
mains of  many  battle-flags,  there  is 
one  nearly  bare  pole.  It  was  carried 
at  the  assault  on  Fort  Wagner  at  the 
head  of  a  negro  regiment.  The  color- 
sergeant  was  severely  wounded  but 
would  not  give  up  his  task.  As  he 
staggered  out  of  the  fearful  tempest, 
holding  high  the  staff  from  which 
nearly  all  the  flag  had  been  shot  off, 
he  cried  again  and  again  in  jubilant 
delight,  "It  did  not  touch  the  ground, 
boys,  it  did  not  touch  the  ground." 
Of  course  it  did  not  touch  the  ground. 
There  was  -valiant  loyalty  and  sturdy 
resolve  upholding  it.  Nothing  but 
death  could  have  struck  it  down. 

Have  we  such  invincible  courage? 
Why  not?  It  is  our  Flag.  Under  it 
we  have  protection.  By  it  we  are 
given  privilege.  With  it  opportunity 
continues.  So  long  as  it  is  sustained 
by  patriotic  devotion  that  long  shall 
a  free  people's  best  interests  be  con- 
served. 

Have  you  been  comforting  your- 
selves with  the  notion  that  the  days 
of  strenuous  obligation  are  passed  and 
that  no  great  demands  for  sturdy 
service  are  likely  to  be  made  in  the 
future?  Do  not  deceive  yourselves 
with  false  ideas.  The  truth  is  we  are 
living  in  troublous  times.  The  unrest 
in  Colorado  and  in  Mexico  are  symp- 
tomatic. An  awakening  democracy 
is  coming  to  a  consciousness  of  power 
and  is  bestirring  itself,  not  always 
wisely  or  with  best  ideals,  but  ever 
with  increasing  energy. 

Benton  said  to  Sumner,  when  the 
latter  was  first  elected  to  Congress, 
"Young  man,  nothing  important  will 
happen  in  your  day.  It  has  all 
happened."  What  a  speech  and  that 
only  a  few  years  before  the  Civil  War ! 
In  our  own  time  anything  may  happen 
any  hour.  Are  we  at  War  with 
Mexico?  Have  we  permanently  qui- 
eted belligerent  miners?  Has  the 
last  move  been  made  by  rampant 
socialists? 


Waiting 


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Of  this  much  we  may  be  sure. 
There  is  always  need  of  a  distinct 
sense  of  patriotic  obligation.  No 
nation  can  long  endure  whose  citizens 
are  not  keenly  alive  to  personal  re- 
sponsibility for  the  defence  of  the 
national  honor.  The  Flag  must  be 
upheld.  Law  must  be  enforced. 
Order  must  be  maintained. 

One  evening  in  1861,  when  the  com- 
mander of  Fort  Pickens  had  reason 
to  believe  that  an  attack  might  be 
expected  from  the  rebels  at  any 
moment,  he  called  his  officers  about 
him  and  said,  "Gentlemen,  you  all 
hold  commissions  from  the  President 
and  I  have  a  right  to  expect  that  in  the 
coming  storm  you  will  all  be  loyal, 
but  before  the  battle  begins,  for  our 
mutual  encouragement,  I  desire  to 
know  from  each  one  of  you  just  what 
your  attitude  is,  and  so  I  propose  that 
we  renew  our  oath  of  allegiance  to  the 
government."  That  was  good.  And 
as  each  one  pledged  himself  anew  to 
the  defence  of  the  Flag  there  was  an 


increased  sense  of  comradeship  and 
courage. 

We  must  not  allow  ourselves  to  be 
stampeded  into  unreasoning  frenzy. 
War  is  to  avoided  by  all  possible 
means,  consistent  with  righteousness 
and  honor.  But  we  must  be  prepared 
to  uphold  the  Flag  and  all  for  which  it 
stands,  whatever  the  cost  may  be.  I 
propose  a  renewal  of  allegiance.  As 
American  citizens,  proud  of  our  his- 
tory, conscious  of  our  responsibility, 
let  us  pledge  ourselves  anew  to  stand 
by  our  colors. 

"Here  comes  The  Flag! 
Cheer  it! 
Valley  and  crag 
Shall  hear  it. 
Fathers  shall  bless  it, 
Children  caress  it. 
All  shall  maintain  it, 
No  one  shall  stain  it . 
Cheers  for  the  sailors 
That  fought  on  the  wave  for  it! 
Cheers  for  the  soldiers 
That  always  were  brave  for  it ! 
Tears  for  the  men 

That  went   down  to  grave  for  it! — 
Here  comes  The  Flag!" 


WAITING 

By  Francis  W.   Tewksbury 

I  am  sitting  in  the  twilight, 
And  the  wind  is  moaning  low, 

And  I'm  thinking  of  the,  dear  one, 
One  who  left  me  long  ago. 

Tender  memories  cluster  round  me, 
Thoughts  of  happy  days  gone  by, 

When  the  world  was  bright  before  me, 
And  the  love  light  in  her  eye.  ' 

Chill  the  night  is  closing  round  me, 
And  the  bird  has  found  its  nest, 

And  the  weary  heart  is  waiting 
For  the  homeland  and  for  rest. 


Dunbarton,  N.  H. 


On  the  banks  of  that  dark  river, 
Where  the  boatman  plies  the  oar, 

There  my  loved  one  will  be  waiting, 
She  will  meet  me  on  the  shore. 


IS  MARRIAGE  A  FAILURE? 


By  MarillQ  M.  Richer  * 


Under  the  old  common  law  I  think 
it  came  very  near  it,  but  such  women 
as  Susan  B.  Anthony,  Matilda  Joslyn 
Gage  and  Elizabeth  Cady  Stanton 
have  done  much  to  improve  the  con- 
dition of  woman  in  the  state  of 
matrimony,  and  I  hope  that  New 
Hampshire — -one  of  the  thirteen 
original  States — will  soon  revise  and 
improve  her  laws  and  give  to  all  her 
citizens  equal  rights,  equal  opportu- 
nities and  equal  compensation.  Under 
such  a  government  as  that  marriage 
would  be  a  success.  It  is  the  old 
common  law  idea  that  the  husband 
and  wife  are  one,  and  that  the  husband 
is  the  one,  that  has  caused  so  much 
unhappiness  in  the  "marriage  rela- 
tion." One  of  the  most  prolific 
sources  of  unhappiness  lies  in  the  fact 
that  wives  must  ask  and  husbands 
give  money.  It  is  a  humiliating  con- 
dition that  will  prevent  any  feeling  of 
independence  or  liberality  on  the  part 
of  the  wife.  How  many  wives  are 
there  who  can  ask  a  husband  for  five 
dollars  without  having  him  say  "What 
do  you  want  to  do  with  it?"  or  "Where 
is  that  dollar  and  a  half  I  gave  3^ou  day 
before  yesterday?  "  I  know  a  woman, 
a  friend  of  mine  who  literally  never 
has  any  money.  Her  husband  is 
rich,  his  credit  excellent,  but  all 
articles  are  bought  at  stores  where 
bills  are  run  up  to  be  paid  off  twice  a 
year.  There  is  a  carriage  for  her  use, 
an  elegant  house  for  her  residence, 
but  not  one  dollar  passes  through  her 
hands  that  are  kept  in  an  idleness 
that  she  would  gladly  exchange  for 
some  honest  toil  that  would  give  her 
a  few  dollars  of  her  own.  Ask  the 
dressmakers  and  milliners  how  the 
wives   of  many  rich   men  pay  their 

*  Mrs.  Rieker,  who  was  the  first  aggressive  woman 
suffrage  champion  in  New  Hampshire,  and  the  first 
woman  to  be  admitted  to  the  bar  in  the  State,  and  that 
after  a  long  contest,  gave  this  paper  as  a  lecture,  or  ad- 
dress, in  several  different  States,  more  than  thirty 
years  ago. 


bills.     If    you    should    be    truthfully 
answered    you     would    be    shocked 
Marriage  in  law  is  a  "civil  contract;" 
it  is  a  partnership  and  all  partnerships 
should  be  protected  by  law  as  other 
contracts    are.     Law    should    secure 
rights  and  punish  injustice.     But  my 
wife  is  "supported,"  many  men  will 
say.     In   many   instances    that    is   a 
false   and    fallacious   term.     When  I 
was  in  California  I  visited  a  mining 
camp.     In    the    camp    one    man    is 
always    elected    to    do    the    cooking, 
usually  "by  lot,"  but  the  cook  shares 
equally  in  all  the  partnership  gains. 
Go   tell    that    man   cook   that   he   is 
supported    and    he    would    probably 
reply  with  his  shotgun!     Yet  the  man 
cook  cares  for  no  children,   does  no 
sewing  and  the  washing  is  an  individ- 
ual affair,  done  every  Sunday  morning 
in  the  nearest  stream.     Every  woman 
who  labors  in  her  own  family  is  en- 
titled to  a  housekeeper's  wages.     Yet 
how   few   women    are    given   twenty 
dollars  per  month  to  do  as  they  please 
with.     Under  the  common  law  and  in 
many  of  the  states  today  the  husband 
can   select    the    home    and    locate   it 
where     he     pleases,     irrespective     of 
physical   or   moral   surroundings — no 
matter  how  repugnant  to  the  wife's 
taste  or  business  judgment.     Yet  if 
she  refuses  to  go  with  him  she  has 
"abandoned"  her  husband  and  he  is 
no  longer  responsible  for  her  support; 
the  law  gives  the  custody  of  the  chil- 
dren to  him  as  head  of  the  family  and 
she   cannot  control  a  dime  of  com- 
munity property.     I  often  hear  men 
and  women  say  no  man  will  use  this 
power.     True  no  good  man  will,  but 
bad  men  do  use  it  and  this  remnant 
of  barbarism  should  be  swept  from 
our    laws    and    the    woman    suffrage 
broom  can  do  it  more  effectually  than 
anything    else.     In    many    states    a 
wife  cannot  give  her  children  a  cent  of 


Is  Marriage  a  Failure/ 


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community  property,  though  she  may 
have  earned  it  all.  A  wife's  debts, 
made  before  marriage,  cannot  be 
collected  from  common  property, 
hut  a  husband's  can.  As  a  wife  she 
has  no  more  status  in  the  civil  law 
than  the  cow  in  the  pasture.  How 
can  marriage  be  a  success  when  such 
laws  "obtain?"  Under  the  old  com- 
mon law,  and  in  many  of  the  States 
today,  when  a  man  asks  a  woman  to 
marry  him,  it  amounts  to  just  this: 
I  want  you  to  become  my  partner 
for  life — I  to  be  senior  partner  and 
head  of  the  firm;  you,  to  do  as  I  direct 
and  live  as  I  choose,  never  to  go  away 
without  my  knowledge  and  consent, 
while  I  am  to  have  absolute  freedom 
of  action;  you  to  devote  your  best 
energies,  your  talents,  and  your 
powers  to  such  duties  as  I  shall  indi- 
cate, in  return  for  which  I  will  give 
you  your  board  and  lodging  and 
occasionally  a  suit  of  clothes,  but  no 
salary  whatever!  What  would  one 
man  say  to  another  if  such  a 
proposition  were  made  to  him?  I 
fancy  there  wrould  be  some  emphatic 
language  heard,  to  use  a  mild  term. 
Yet  just  such  partnerships  women 
are  constantly  forming — giving  up 
their  whole  lives  to  men  in  return  for 
a  mere  support  and  no  legal  title  to 
the  joint  earnings  of  the  copartner- 
ship. 

It  may  be  interesting  to  see  the 
status  of  woman  as  far  as  her  claim  to 
the  public  lands  are  concerned.  Un- 
married women,  widows,  maidens  and 
deserted  wives,  who  are  over  the  age 
of  twenty-one  years,  are  entitled  to 
all  the  rights,  privileges  and  benefits 
under  the  homestead  laws  that  can  be 
enjoyed  by  men.  The  mother  of  a 
living  child  or  children  whether 
widow,  deserted  wife,  (or  unfortunate 
single  woman),  may  acquire  title  to 
land  as  the  head  of  a  family,  though 
under  the  age  of  twenty-one.  Widows 
of  deceased  entrymen  succeed  to  the 
rights  of  their  husbands  and  may  make 
final  proof  and  take  title  in  their  own 
names.  The  widow  of  a  person  who 
served  ninety  days  or  more  during  the 


war  of  the  rebellion  in  the  United 
States  army,  navy,  or  Marine  Corps 
and  died  without  making  an  entry 
may  make  an  entry  the  same  as  her 
husband,  if  living,  might  do,  and  in 
making  final  proof  receive  credit  in 
lieu  of  residence  on  the  land  for  the 
period  of  the  husband's  service,  not  to 
exceed  four  years.  So  you  see  in  the 
eye  of  the  law  it  is  better  to  be  a 
widow  than  a  wife!  Are  these  things 
conducive  to  making  marriage  a 
success? 

What  is  woman's  position  today? 
In  many  states  we  have  woman  dis- 
franchised, with  no  voice  in  the  gov- 
ernment under  which  she  lives,  denied 
until  recently  the  right  to  enter  col- 
leges or  professions,  laboring  at  half 
price  in  the  world  of  work;  a  civil  code 
that  makes  her  in  marriage  a  nonen- 
tity; her  person,  her  children,  the 
property  of  her  husband.  In  ad- 
justing the  institution  of  marriage 
woman  has  never  yet  in  the  history 
of  the  world  had  one  word  to  say. 
The  relation  has  been  absolutely  es- 
tablished and  perpetuated  without  her 
consent.  We  have  thus  far  had  the 
man  marriage.  He  has  made  all  the 
laws  concerning  it  to  suit  his  own 
convenience  and  love  of  power. 
Women  have  quite  as  much  interest 
in  good  government  as  men  and  I  fail 
to  see  why  the}'  should  be  excluded 
from  the  ballot  box.  We  hear  that 
"Governments  derive  their  just  pow- 
ers from  the  consent  of  the  governed. " 
A  republican  form  of  government  is 
said  to  be  of  and  by  and  in  the  interest 
of  the  people,  but  is  it?  It  seems  to 
me  to  be  an  aristocracy  of  sex  and  I 
think  it  the  meanest  aristocracy  in  the 
world.  If  taxation  without  repre- 
sentation was  tyranny  before  the 
revolutionary  war,  and  it  is  generally 
conceded  to  have  been  one  of  the 
great  causes  of  the  war,  it  is  tyranny 
today.  Women  are  taxed  under  the 
laws,  are  put  into  the  prisons  and  are 
hanged  under  the  laws,  and  they 
should  have  a  voice  in  making  them. 
In  other  words  if  women  are  citizens 
they  should  have  all  the  rights  and 


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privileges  of  citizens.  If  they  are  not 
citizens,  what  are  they?  On  my  way 
home  from  a  trip  not  long  since  I 
heard  one  woman  say  to  another  in 
the  cars,  "I  have  all  the  rights  I  want." 
I  involuntarily  turned  and  said  to 
her, — "if  you  are  a  married  woman 
have  you  the  right  to  control  your  own 
earnings?  Have  you  a  right  to  will 
away  any  part  of  the  community 
property?  Have  you  the  right  to  the 
guardianship  of  your  children?"  In 
many  States  of  this  Union  women 
have  not  these  rights.  Have  you 
ever  been  a  teacher  and  expected  to 
work  beside  a  man,  equal  work  and 
equal  time,  he  to  get  eighty  dollars 
per  month  and  you  forty  dollars?  If 
so,  how  did  you  like  it? 

Disfranchisement  is  not  the  only 
cause  of  the  distress  of  working 
women,  nor  will  giving  them  the  ballot 
immediately  set  all  things  right,  but  it 
will  be  a  great  help  in  that  direction. 
The  ballot  does  not  make  men  happy, 
respectable,  rich  nor  noble,  but  they 
guard  it  for  themselves  with  sleepless 
jealousy.  Why?  Because  they  know 
it  is  the  golden  gate  to  every  oppor- 
tunity, and  precisely  the  kind  of 
advantage  it  gives  to  one  sex  it  would 
give  to  the  other.  It  would  arm  it 
with  the  most  powerful  weapon  known 
to  political  society.  It  would  main- 
tain the  natural  balance  of  the  sexes 
in  human  affairs  and  secure  to  each 
fair  play  within  its  sphere. 

Under  the  common  law  a  husband 
could  whip  his  wife,  give  her  moderate 
correction,  in  the  same  moderation 
that  a  man  was  allowed  to  correct  his 
children.  If  the  husband  killed  his 
wife  it  was  the  same  as  if  he  had  killed 
a  stranger,  or  any  other  person,  and 
he  was  hanged;  but  if  the  wife  killed 
the  husband  it  was  considered  a  much 
more  atrocious  crime, — it  was  trea- 
son and  she  was  condemned  to  the 
same  punishment  as  if  she  had  killed 
the  king  and  her  punishment  was  to 
be  burned  alive.  Under  the  common 
law  all  women  were  denied  the  "bene- 
fit of  clergy,"  and  till  the  third  and 
fourth   William   and    Mary   they   re- 


ceived sentence  of  death  and  were 
hanged  for  the  first  offence  of  simple 
larceny,  however  learned  they  were, 
merely  because  their  sex  precluded  the 
possibility  of  their  taking  holy  orders, 
though  a  man  who  could  read  was  for 
the  same  crime  subject  only  to  burning 
on  the  hand  and  a  few  months'  im- 
prisonment. Under  the  common  law 
a  son  though  younger  than  all  his 
sisters  was  heir  to  all  the  real  property. 
A  woman's  personal  property  by 
marriage  became  absolutely  her  hus- 
band's which  at  his  death  he  could 
leave  entirely  away  from  her  and  the 
husband  was  absolutely  the  master 
of  the  profits  of  the  wife's  lands  during 
the  marriage,  and  a  husband  could  be 
tenant  by  curtesy  of  the  trust  estates 
of  his  wife,  though  the  wife  could  not 
be  endowed  of  the  trust  estates  of  the 
husband. 

The  Revised  Statutes  of  the  United 
States,  Chapter  I,  Section  I,  says:— 
"Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and 
House  of  Representatives  of  the 
United  States  of  America  in  Congress 
assembled.  In  determining  the  mean- 
ing of  the  revised  statutes  or  of  any  act 
or  resolution  of  Congress  passed  subse- 
quent to  February  25th,  1871,  words 
mporting  the  singular  number  may 
extend  and  be  applied  to  several  per- 
sons or  things;  words  importing  the 
plural  number  may  include  the  singu- 
lar; words  importing  the  masculine 
gender  may  be  applied  to  females; 
the  words  insane  person  and  lunatic 
shall  include  every  idiot,  non  compos, 
lunatic  and  insane  person;  the  word 
'person'  may  extend  and  be  applied 
to  partnerships  and  corporations  and 
the  reference  to  any  officer  shall  in- 
clude any  person  authorized  by  law 
to  perform  the  duties  of  such  office 
unless  the  context  shows  that  such 
words  were  intended  to  be  used  in  a 
more  limited  sense;  and  a  requirement 
of  an  oath  shall  be  deemed  complied 
with  by  making  affirmation  in  judicial 
form." 

The  Revised  Statutes  are  liberal, 
and  it  seems  to  me  that  we  can  truth- 
fully say  there  is  no  gender  in  brain, 


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and  it  is  high  time  to  do  away  with  band  and  wife  were  one  person — that 

the  silly  notion  that  there  is.     Every  is,  the  very  legal  existence  or  being  of 

student   of   English   law  knows  that  the  woman  was  suspended"  during  the 

statutes  imposing  penalties  are  to_  be  marriage,  or  at  least  was  incorporated 

strictly   construed,    so   as   to   exclude  and    consolidated    into    that    of    the 

every  body  and  thing  not  within  their  husband.     How  could  marriage  be  a 

letter.     Statutes    creating   privileges,  success? 

conferring  benefits,  are  to  be  liberally  But  if  marriage  was  a  failure  under 

construed,    so    as    to    include    every  the  common  law  it  was  worse  than 

person  within  the  reach  of  their  spirit,  that  under  the  canon  law.     According 

I   think   we   have   reached   a   period  to   church   teaching  woman   was   an 

when  women  are  to  have  the  benefit  afterthought    in    the    creation,    the 

of  both  these  rules  to  correlate  each  author  of  sin  and  in  collusion  with 

other.  Satan  and  in  no  form  of  popular  reli- 

As  a  more  striking  and  frequent  gion  has  woman  ever  been  indebted 
occurrence  of  the  masculine  form  I  for  one  pulsation  of  liberty.  I  was  at 
refer  to  the  criminal  code  of  the  Salem,  Mass.,  not  long  ago  and  in 
United  States,  and  some  of  the  many  looking  over  the  old  documents  con- 
curious  uses  of  the  words  "he,  him,  cerning  witches  one  peculiar  thing  was 
and  his."  The  very  first  section  noticeable:  that  is,  its  victims  were 
limits  the  punishment  of  treason  ex-  chiefly  women;  few  wizards  were  ever 
clusively  to  males  unless  he  can  be  heard  of.  Speaking  of  witchcraft, 
construed  to  mean  she  (Sec.  552,  Rev.  Lecky  says  the  Reformation  was  the 
Stat.  Page  1041),  and  a  woman  who  signal  for  a  fresh  outbreak  of  the 
commits  perjury  cannot  be  punished  superstition  in  England;  and  there  as 
unless  "he"  means  "she,"  for  the  stat-  elsewhere,  its  decline  was  represented 
ute  declares  that  "he  "shall  be  pun-  by  the  clergy  as  a  phase  of  infidel- 
ished  and  says  nothing  about  her.  ity.  In  Scotland  where  the  ministers 
Still  I've  heard  a  woman  sentenced  to  exercised  greater  influence  than  in 
five  years  at  hard  labor  for  perjury.  any   other   country,    and   where   the 

It  is  a  matter  of  history  that  witch  trials  fell  almost  entirely  into 
women  have  filled  and  still  do  fill  the  their  hands,  the  persecution  was  pro- 
various  classes  of  post  offices  in  the  portionally  atrocious.  Probably  the 
republic,  but  how  can  they  unless  ablest  defender  of  the  belief  was 
"he"  means  "she?"  No  woman  was  Glanoil,  a  clergyman  of  the  English 
ever  known  to  escape  a  criminal  Church;  and  one  of  the  most  influen- 
statute  because  its  language  ignored  tial  was  Baxter,  the  greatest  of  the 
her  sex.  Shall  there  be  more  than  Puritans.  It  spread  with  Puritanism 
one  rule  for  the  construction  of  all  into  the  new  world  and  the  executions 
our  statutes  on  this  important  point?  in  Massachusetts  form  one  of  the 
Shall  the  word  "he"  include  woman  darkest  pages  in  American  history. 
in  one  set  of  laws  and  exclude  her  in  The  greatest  religious  leader  of  the 
another,  or  shall  they  all  be  expounded  last  century,  John  Wesley,  was  among 
by  one  rule?  I  am  aware  that  when  the  latest  of  its  supporters.  He  said 
a  penalty  is  imposed  masculine  pro-  that  giving  up  witchcraft  was  giving 
nouns   mean  women  also.     When  a  up  the  Bible. 

benefit  is  offered   or   a   privilege  be-  Scepticism  on  the  subject  of  witches 

stowed  man  alone  in  most  instances  first    arose    among   those    who    were 

is  meant  by  them.     In  other  words  least   governed   by   the   church,    ad- 

"she"  is  included  for  penalties  and  vanced  with  the  decline  of  the  influence 

disabilities,  excluded  from  favors  and  of    the    clergy,    and    was    commonly 

privileges.     I    contend    for    the    one  branded  by  them  as  a  phase  of  in- 

rule   for   all   without   fear   or   favor,  fidelity.     Lecky   in   his   "History   of 

But  under  the  common  law  the  hus-  Rationalism"     and     his     "European 


26 


The  Granite  Monthly 


Morals"  gives  facts  sufficient  to  con- 
vince any  woman  of  common  sense 
that  the  greatest  obstacle  in  the  way 
of  the  freedom  and  elevation  of  her 
sex  has  been  and  is  the  teaching  of  the 
church  in  regard  to  her  rights  and 
duties.  Women  have  ever  been  the 
chief  victims  in  the  persecutions  of 
the  church,  amid  all  its  dreadful 
tragedies,  and  on  them  have  fallen  the 
heaviest  penalties  of  the  canon  law. 

In  reading  the  History  of  Boston 
from  its  settlement  in  1630  to  the  year 
1770  I  find  that  the  historian,  Samuel 
G.  Drake,  said,  that  to  deny  the  exist- 
ence of  witchcraft  was  to  deny  the  in- 
spiration of  the  Bible,  and  few  could  be 
found  who  had  the  hardihood  to  do 
it.  Such  were  infidels  in  the  most 
objectionable  sense  of  the  word  and 
were  in  danger  of  personal  violence. 
' '  Thou  shalt  not  suffer  a  witch  to  live, " 
is  good  Bible  doctrine.  Laws  were 
made  in  those  days  in  accordance 
with  the  teachings  of  the  Bible,  and 
I've  known  instances  since  my  admis- 
sion to  the  Bar  where  a  good  honest 
reliable  man's  testimony  was  objected 
to  simply  because  he  did  not  believe 
the  Bible.  The  clergy  everywhere 
sustained  witchcraft  as  Bible  doctrine 
until  the  spirit  of  Rationalism  laughed 
the  whole  thing  to  scorn  and  science 
gave  mankind  a  more  cheerful  view 
of  life. 

The  worst  features  of  the  canon  law 
reveal  themselves  today  in  woman's 
condition  as  clearly  as  they  did  1,500 
years  ago.  The  clergy  in  their  pulpits 
teach  the  same  doctrines  in  regard  to 
her  from  the  same  texts  and  echo  the 


same  old  platitudes  and  false  ideas 
promulgated  for  centuries  by  eccle- 
siastical councils.  The  grand  ideas 
of  Confucius,  Buddha,  and  Moham- 
med have  been  slowly  transforming 
the  world  from  the  reign  of  brute 
force  to  moral  power,  and  science  has 
been  as  slowly  emancipating  mankind 
from  their  fears  of  the  Unknown;  but 
the  church  has  steadily  used  its  in- 
fluence against  progress,  science,  the 
education  of  the  masses  and  freedom 
for  woman.  Some  women  are  allowed 
to  preach  but  what  evangelical 
churches  ordain  them?  Women 
work  elaborate  altar  covers  but  in 
many  churches  are  not  allowed  to 
enter  the  enclosures.  To  those  not 
conversant  with  the  history  of  the 
Christian  Church  and  the  growth  of 
the  canon  law  it  may  seem  a  startling 
assertion,  but  it  is  true  that  the 
church  has  done  more  to  degrade 
woman  than  all  other  adverse  influ- 
ences put  together.  Young  men 
educated  by  sewing  societies  of  women 
often  preach  from  1st  Cor.  14  chap., 
34  and  35  verses.  "Let  your  women 
keep  silence  in  the  churches,  for  it  is 
not  permitted  unto  them  to  speak; 
but  they  are  commanded  to  be  under 
obedience  as  also  saith  the  law."  No 
priest  or  parson  has  ever  been  instru- 
mental in  making  a  law  favorable  to 
woman,  but  Susan  B.  Anthony  has,  so 
women  one  and  all,  think  for  your- 
selves and  when  Mona  Caird  or  any 
other  person  raises  the  question — 
"Is  Marriage  a  Failure?"  you  can 
truthfully  answer — under  the  common 
law  it  came  dangerously  near  it. 


THE  DYING  OAK 

By  Charles  Nevers  Holmes 

Dethroned  at  last  by  time's  delayed  decay, 
Yet  rooted  firmly  to  his  mossy  seat, 

Like  aged  monarch,  broken,  bowed  and  gray, 
.Or  patriarch  who  soon  shall  pass  away, 

Or  mighty  heart  which  waits  its  final  beat, 

Yon  old  oak  lies  supinely  where  it  stood, 

The  king  of  all  the  wide  surrounding  wood, 
Defying  winter's  blight,  wind,  snow  and  sleet, 


The  InevitabU  27 


A  sylvan  giant  upon  massive  feet, 
With  arms  so  stalwart  that  he  deemed  it  pl;r 

To  battle  gales  however  fierce  and  fleet, 
And  only  feared  the  lightning's  vivid  ray; 

Alone  he  dies! — His  life  untold,  complete, 

Still  regnant  on  his  throne,  without  defeat. 


THE  INEVITABLE 

By  Frank  M.  Beverly 

The  fleeting  years  had  passed  us  by — 

We  were  no  longer  young — 
They'd  left  their  impress  on  our  hearts, 

Across  our  path  had  flung 
Some  shadows  dark  of  discontent. 

The  burdens  that  we  bore 
Were  heavy,  taxing  utmost  strength— 

We  scarce  could  carry  more. 

The  blazing  fagots  from  the  hearth 

Gave  out  uncertain  light, 
And  near  we  sat  within  the  warmth, 

For  chilly  was  the  night ; 
I  thought  of  all  the  years  had  wrought, 

Recalled  the  days  long  past; 
I  saw  our  shadows  on  the  wall 

As  ghostly  figures  cast. 

No  words  were  spoken  as  we  sat 

Beside  the  fire  alone; 
I  held  my  thoughts  unto  myself, 

And  so  she  held  her  own, 
And  though  I  wished  that  she  would  speak 

Her  inmost  thoughts  to  tell, 
Yet  Silence  sat  between  us  two — 

No  words  to  break  the  spell. 

She  cast  her  eyes  full  into  mine, 

As  once  she  did  when  young; 
I  knew  her  thoughts  were  just  my  own — 

To  them  she  gave  no  tongue — 
She  turned  and  looked  as  into  space, 

For  I  was  growing  old; 
I  knew  the  trend  of  all  her  thoughts 

As  though  I  had  been  told. 

Though  Youth  departs,  we  fade  in  age; 

Life's  burdens  sore  we  bear; 
We  hope  that  some  good  day  we'll  lay 

Aside  our  every  care, 
And  that  beyond  in  fairer  clime, 

Where  hearts  ne'er  beat  in  pain, 
It  will  be  ours  to  reunite 

Perpetual  youth  to  gain. 


CONSOLATION 


By  George  Wilson  Jennings 


The  greatest  trial  in  life  that  hu- 
manity has  to  contend  with  is  the  loss 
we  suffer  through  the  death  of  friends, 
those  that  are  near  and  dear  to  us. 
In  such  an  emergency  we  turn  for 
help  to  the  Great  Architect  of  the 
Universe.  That  "He  is  our  refuge 
and  strength,  a  very  present  help  in 
time  of  trouble,"  every  one  who  in  the 
ordeal  of  affliction  has  invoked  Divine 
assistance  can  readily  testify. 

Second  only  to  this  source  of  con- 
solation is  that  which  emanates  from 
true  and  loyal  friendship,  each  friend 
to  whom  we  confide  our  griefs  express- 
ing sympathy  and  often  revealing  to 
us  the  path  by  which  we  reach  a  heal- 
ing spring  of  comfort. 

"Sympathy  is  the  sweetest  of  jewels, 

The  rarest  of  all  its  kind, 
The  gem  most  nearly  royal, 
Yet  the  hardest  of  all  to  find." 

The  above  thoughts  were  recently 
borne  home  to  the  writer  upon 
learning  of  the  sudden  death  of  a  life- 
long friend,  who  experienced  great 
comfort  in  the  knowledge  that 
throughout  her  entire  life  she  had 
been  a  source  of  helpfulness  to  others 
when  they  had  been  sorely  tried 
through  affliction.  Of  her  it  could  be 
said:  "Her  trust  being  in  God  her 
faith  was  well  founded."  What  conso- 
lation it  is  to  those  who  are  left,  to 


look  over  the  life  of  a  dear  departed 
friend  whose  days  had  been  filled  with 
good  deeds,  and  who  had  done  all 
that  was  possible  to  afford  material 
and  spiritual  help  to  others.  Such 
lives  are  never  forgotten.  It  was 
Beecher  who  once  said:  "The  greatest 
afflictions  have  their  sweetness  when 
shared." 

This  assurance  we  have,  that  just 
a  little  later  on  we  will  have  the 
experience  of  that  blessed  reunion  to 
which  we  all  look  forward  as  our 
greatest  consolation  in  this  life,  and 
the  life  hereafter. 

"Then  what  raptured  greetings, 

On  Heaven's  happy  shore, 
Renewing  servered  friendships, 
Where  partings  are  no  more." 

But  we  never  shall  remove  life's 
pressure.  We  are  bearers  of  burdens 
like  the  ships  that  traverse  the  sea, 
and  to  be  heavily  freighted  is  always 
better  than  to  sail  in  ballast,  for  the 
weight  of  our  burden  is  the  assurance 
of  its  great  value. 

So  in  life  we  must  meet  the  grey 
days  hopefully,  not  mournfully,  and 
rejoice  that  we  have  the  consolation 
and  assurance  that  it  will  always  be 
morning  when  we  reach,  "That 
bourne  from  whence  no  traveller 
returns." 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


ODE  ON  SOLITUDE 

By  H.    Thompson  Rich 

Troubled  and  ill  at  ease  all  day, 
At  length  I  rose  and  fled  away 

To  the  cool  upper  quiet 
Of  a  hoar  hill  that  lifted  high  its  head 
Above  the  plain  as  though  wide  heaven  't  would  wed. 

There  underneath  the  riot 
Of  an  autumnal  oak  I  sat 
And  thought  of  this  and  thought  of  that. 


Ode  on  Solitude  29 

So  glad  I  was  to  breath  the  air 
Of  solitude,  Idid  not  care 

On  what  my  thoughts  were  bent : 
I  thought  how  gorgeous  seemed  fair  nature's  gown, 
How  wondrous,  as  she  walked  the  fall  adown! 

How  ultimately  blent 
The  thousand  gala  colors  were 
She  wore  entwined  in  her  brown  hair! 

It  was  a  gladsome  sight  to  see 
Her  in  her  royal  robery; 

The  very  sky  was  glad 
That  Nature  had  put  on  her  such  array, 
And  smiled  the  autumn  afternoon  away! 

Long  could  one  not  be  sad, 
Nor  long  have  any  thought  of  care 
In  company  so  debonair! 

Yet  thought  I  how  near  o'er  the  bay 
Seemed  the  blue  ocean  of  the  day, 

How  near — how  far  away! 
And  thinking  thus  I  looked  into  the  sky, 
Into  its  emptiness  and  mystery, — 

Grim  caravanserai 
Of  sleeping  camps  of  stars  that  link 
The  universe     .     .     .     and  dared  not  think! 

Then,  while  I  sat  there  sad,  distraught, 
Earth's  evening  miracle  was  wrought 

And  the  red  sun  went  down, 
Leaving  the  scroll-red  clouds  to  register 
The  sudden  dazzling  images  that  were 

Reflected  all  around, 
Like  echoes  of  a  martial  air 
Cut  short — loud-ringing  everywhere! 

And  twilight,  soft  with  dim  delight — 
The  very  mother  of  the  night ! — 

Wrapped  everything  in  hush: 
The  trees,  the  houses,  aye,  the  very  hills 
Wore  a  great  peace  that  calms  withal  it  thrills; 

A  tiny  meadow-thrush, 
Like  a  swift  shadow,  strong  and  straight 
Winged  through  the  silence  to  its  mate! 

Night,  with  its  wonderment,  was  here; 
The  deepening  shades  of  day  drew  near, 

To  dance  and  disappear: 
Star  after  star,  slowly,  majestically, 
The  fleets  of  heaven  sailed  across  the  sky — 

And  never  moved!     A  fear 
Of  the  Eternal  leapt  in  sway.     .     .     . 
Troubled,  I  rose  and  fled  away! 


NEW  HAMPSHIRE  NECROLOGY 


HON.  HERBERT  0.  HADLEY 

Hon.  Herbert  O.  Hadley,  one  of  the  best 
known  and  highly  esteemed  citizens  of  New 
Hampshire,  died  at  his  home  in  Peterboro, 
December,  1913. 

He  was  a  native  of  Peterboro.  born  Novem- 
ber 20,  1855,  but  removed  with  his  parents 
to  Temple,  in  infancy,  where  he  was  reared 
and  educated,  and  spent  his  life  until  his 
return  to  his  native  town  in  1909. 

He  was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  but  did 
a  large  business  as  an  auctioneer  in  the  later 
years  of  his  life.  He  was  prominent  in  the 
Grange,  and  had  holden  most  of  the  offices  in 


Hon.  Herbert  O.  Hadley 

the  subordinate,  Pomona,  and  State  Granges, 
having  been  for  six  years  master  of  the  latter. 
He  had  long  been  a  member  of  the  State 
Board  of  Agriculture,  and  was  the  last  presi- 
dent of  that  organization.  He  represented 
the  town  of  Temple  in  the  legislature  of  1895, 
and  was  a  State  Senator  in  1907.  In  1908 
he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  board  of 
Commissioners  for  the  County  of  Hills- 
borough, and  was  reelected  at  each  subse- 
quent election,  serving  as  chairman  of  the 
board  until  his  death.  He  was  a  Mason,  an 
Odd  Fellow,  a  Congregationalist,  and  a 
Democrat,  and  had  often  been  urged  to  be- 
come the  candidate  of  his  party  for  Governor. 
He  married,  January  12,  1879,  Miss  Nettie 
C.  Benton,  by  whom  he  is  survived,  with  one 
daughter,  Florence  E. 


FOREST  E.  BARKER 

Forest  E.  Barker,  born  in  Exeter  Septem- 
ber 29,  1853,  died  at  Washington,  D.  C,  No- 
vember 21,  1914. 

Mr.  Barker  was  the  son  of  Josiah  G.  and 
Betsy  (Kent)  Barker.  He  graduated  from 
Wesleyan  University,  Middletown,  Conn., 
in  1874;  studied  law  at  the  Boston  University 
Law  School,  and  settled  in  practice  in  Wor- 
cester, Mass.,  where  he  continued  to  reside. 
He  served  several  years  as  a  member  of  the 
Worcester  school  board;  was  a  representa- 
tive in  the  General  Court  of  Massachusetts  in 
1883-4,  and  became  a  member  of  the  State 
Board  of  Gas  and  Electric  Light  Commission- 
ers in  1885,  and  its  Chairman  in  1S94, 
continuing  till  his  death,  which  occurred  sud- 
denly, while  he  was  on  a  visit  to  the  National 
Capital. 

Mr.  Barker  was  a  Republican,  a  Metho- 
dist, and  a  prominent  Mason.  He  married, 
August  11,  1881,  Flora  I.  Hovey  of  Exeter, 
who  survives  him. 

HON.  GEORGE  S.  ROGERS 
George  S.  Rogers,  a  prominent  citizen  of 
Lebanon,  died  at  the  Adams  House  in  Boston, 
December  1,  1914. 

He  was  a  native  of  Plymouth,  seventy-one 
years  of  age,  but  spent  his  early  life  in  Thet- 
i'ord,  Yt.,  removing  to  Lebanon  in  1889, 
where  he  acquired  extensive  real  estate  in- 
terests, and  recently  erected  a  fine  modern 
hotel.  He  was  a  Congregationalist,  a  Repub- 
lican and  a  member  of  the  State  Senate  in  the 
legislature  of  1911.  He  is  survived  by  a 
widow,  who  was  Miss  Angie  Davis,  and  a 
In-other,  Alfred  Rogers  of  Thetford,  Yt. 

OR  A   M.   HUNTOON 

Ora  M.  Huntoon,  a  prominent  citizen  of 
Contoocook,  died  in  that  village  Sunday, 
November  1,  1914,  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
five  years. 

He  was  born  at  East  Unity,  May  1,  1893, 
the  third  son  of  the  Hon.  Harvey  and  Maria- 
(Morse)  Huntoon,  his  father  having  been 
one  of  the  leading  farmers  and  most  active 
Democrats  of  Sullivan  County.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  and  select  schools,  and 
studied  law  for  a  time,  but  finally  suc- 
ceeded his  father  on  the  old  homestead  at 
East  Unity,  where  he  was  engaged  in  agri- 
culture for  many  years,  serving  also  as  super- 
intending school  committee,  selectman,  and 
representative  in  the  legislature  in  1868  and 
1869.  Some  twenty  years  ago  he  removed  to 
Contoocook,  where  he  resided  till  his  death, 
having  been  for  several  years  a  travelling 
salesman  for  Norris  &  Co.,  of  Concord.  He 
was  a  Democrat  in  politics,  liberal  in  relig- 
ion, and  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity. 


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COL.  DAXA  W.  KING 
Dana  W.  King,  horn  in  Alstead  June  29> 
1832,  died  in  Nashua  November  19,  1914. 

Colonel  King  was  a  son  of  William  and 
Anna  (Ritchie)  King,  and  educated  in  the 
schools  of  his  native  town.  He  was  employed 
for  a  time  in  Boston  and  Detroit,  but  finally 
located  in  Nashua  where  was  his  home  through 
life.  He  served  in  the  First  New  Hampshire 
Regiment  in  the  Civil  War,  and  was  com- 
missioned second  lieutenant  in  Company  A, 
in  the  Eighth.  He  participated  in  the  cap- 
ture of  New  Orleans,  and  in  Banks'  Red  River 
expedition,  and  was  captured  by  the  Con- 
federates at  Sabin's  Cross  Roads,  suffering 
great  hardship  during  his  imprisonment. 
Being  exchanged  he  served  till  the  close  of 
the  war,  returning  as  lieutenant-colonel  of  his 
regiment. 

He  was  elected  register  of  deeds  for  the 
County  of  Hillsborough  in  1868,  and  held 
the  position  for  thirty-eight  years.  He  was 
prominent  in  Masonic  and  G.  A.  R.  circles, 
and  was  for  many  years  treasurer  of  the  New 
Hampshire  Veterans  Association.  He  leaves 
one  son,  William  D.  King  of  Nashua,  and 
one  daughter,  Mrs.  Winifred  H.  Judkins. 

DUDLEY  L.  FURBER 
Dudley   L.    Furber,    born    in    Northwood 
August  18,  1848,  died  in  Dover  December  1, 
1914. 

Mr.  Furber  was  long  engaged  in  business  as 
a  shoe  manufacturer  in  Farmington,  North- 
wood  and  Dover.  In  the  latter  city  he  was 
connected  with  the  Merchants  'National 
Bank  as  director  and  president.  He  was  a 
trustee  of  the  savings  bank,  also,  and  a  direc- 
tor of  the  Boston  &  Maine  railroad.  While 
in  Farmington  he  served  as  a  member  of  the 
legislature.  He  was  a  Mason,  a  Knight  of 
Pythias  and  a  member  of  the  Bellamy  Club  of 
Dover.  He  is  survived  by  a  widow,  a  brother, 
William  M.  Furber  of  Manchester,  and  a 
sister,  Mrs.  F.  M.  Knowles  of  Concord. 

GEORGE   M.   ROBERTS 
George  Morrison  Roberts,  a  native  of  the 
town  of  Haverhill,  born  in  1838,  died  at  his 
home  in  Maiden,  Mass.,  October  27,  1914. 

He  had  been  for  many  years,  till  about 
six  years  ago,  the  New  England  passenger 
agent,  in  Boston,  of  the  Pennsylvania  Rail- 
road and  in  that  capacity  was  long  favorably 
known  to  the  business  world.  He  was  a 
lieutenant  in  the  60th  Mass.  Volunteers  in 
the  Civil  War,  was  a  member  of  the  Loyal 
Legion  and  G.  A.  R.  He  leaves  a  son  and 
daughter. 

DR.    BUKK   G.   CARLETON 
Bukk  G.  Carleton,  M.  D.,  a  noted  surgeon 
and  medical  author,  died  October  21,  at  his 
residence   at    75   West    Fiftieth   Street,    New- 
York  City. 


Doctor  Caileton  was  a  native  of  the  town 
of  Whitefield,  born  November  11,  1856,  and 
graduated  from  the  New  York  Homeopathic 
Medical  College  in  1876.  He  was  for  a  time 
connected  with  the  medical  department 
of  New  York  University,  and  a  member  of 
the  house  staffs  of  the  Homeopathic  ami 
Metropolitan  hospitals  and  of  the  staff  of 
the  Department  of  Charities.  He  was  for 
several  years  demonstrator  and  professor  of 
anatomy  at  the  Homeopathic  Medical  Col- 
lege and  was  consulting  surgeon  of  the  Hahne- 
mann Hospital. 

He  is  survived  by  his  second  wife,  who  was 
Miss  Clarice  E.  Griffith  of  New  York,  and 
three  sons  and  a  daughter.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  man}'  medical  and  other  societies, 
among  them  the  Union  League  Club,  the 
Interstate  Medical  Society  and  the  Academy 
of  Pathological  Science. 


BURRILL  PORTER,  JR. 

B'irrill  Porter,  Jr.,  a  leading  citizen  of 
North  Atteboro,  Mass.,  and  a  native  of 
Charlestown,  N.  H.,  who  spent  his  early  life 
in  Langdon,  died  October  23,  1914. 

He  was  the  son  of  Burrill  and  Susan  (Gar- 
field) Porter,  born  February  22,  1832,  and 
graduated  from  Dartmouth  College  in  1856, 
among  his  classmates  being  the  late  Gov.  B. 
F.  Prescott,  Rev.  Dr.  Franklin  D.  Aver, 
Judge  Caleb  Blodgett,  and  Lieut. -Gov. 
William  H.  Haile. 

After  graduation  he  spent  man}'  years  in 
teaching.  He  had  been  principal  of  Canaan 
and  Cold  River  Union  Academies,  Mt.  Caesar 
Seminary  at  Swanzey  and  of  high  schools  in 
Ohio  and  Massachusetts,  the  last  being  that 
at  North  Attleboro  of  which  he  wa"  principal 
for  a  dozen  years,  resigning  in  1879,  after 
which  he  was  prominent  in  public  affairs, 
serving  as  assessor,  collector,  selectman,  four 
years  as  postmaster  and  seven  years  as  a 
representative  in  the  legislature.  He  was  an 
active  Republican  and  for  many  years  chair- 
man of  the  town  committee  of  that  party. 
He  was  an  alternate  delegate  in  the  conven- 
tion that  nominated  William  McKinley  for 
President.  He  was  for  some  time  editor  of 
the  North  Attleboro  Chronicle,  and  had  been 
Noble  Grand  of  Aurora  Lodge,  I.  O.  O.  F., 
of  that  place.  He  was  a  Universalist  in 
religion,  and  active  in  the  affairs  of  the  Uni- 
versalist Church  at  North  Attleboro. 

He  married  Harriet,  daughter  of  Asa  H. 
Carpenter  of  Alstead,  N.  H.,  who  died  a  few 
years  after  marriage.  He  is  survived  by  a 
daughter,  Mrs.  G.  Fred  Ball  of  North  Attle- 
boro, and  a  son,  Asa  Porter  of  Philadelphia, 
children  by  a  second  marriage. 

As  a  successful  teacher,  Mr.  Porter  took 
high  rank,  and  was  held  in  great  esteem  by 
those  who  had  been  his  pupils,  among  the 
most  notable  of  whom  was  the  late  Col.  Car- 
roll D.  Wright. 


EDITOR   AND  PUBLISHER'S  NOTES 


The  next  issue  of  the  Granite  Monthly 
will  be  a  legislative  double  number  for  Feb- 
ruary and  March,  issued  early  in  the  latter 
month. 


Bound  copies  of  the  Granite  Monthly, 
Vol.  46— New  Series,  Vol.  9,  will  be  ready  for 
delivery  in  about  ten  days.  They  will  be 
exchanged  for  the  unbound  numbers  for  1914, 
for  fifty  cents. 


The  corrected  list  of  Rev  olutionary  soldiers, 
buried  in  the  several  cemeteries  in  the  town 
of  Claremont,  promised  for  this  issue,  is  un- 
avoidably omitted  but  will  appear  in  the 
next  number. 


Major  John  Proctor  Thompson,  U.  S.  A. 
(retired),  whose  death  in  San  Francisco,  Cali- 
fornia, October  13,  1914,  was  noticed  in  our 
December  "Necrology,"  was,  through  his 
mother,  a  great-great-grandson  of  Captain 
Jonathan  Prescott  of  Hampton,  N.  H.,  who 
commanded  a  company  in  Sir  William  Pep- 
perill's  regiment  at  Louisberg,  Cape  Breton, 
in  1745,  and  lost  his  life  there. 


A  delightful  little  volume  of  New  England 
character  stories  in  dialect,  by  Eva  Beede 
Odell,  well  known  to  the  readers  of  the  Gran- 
ite Monthly,  takes  its  name  from  the  title 
of  the  first  story — "Miss  Prissy 's  Diamond 
Rings."  "Eleanor  Raymond's  Story,"  and 
"House  Cleanin'  in  Sappin'  Time,"  are  the 
others — all  finely  done,  in  the  author's  best 
style,  and  affording  a  pleasant  evening's  read- 
ing for  any  New  England  home.  The  book 
may  be  had  by  remitting  fifty  cents  to  the 
author  at  Brookline,  Mass. 


The  opening  of  the  present  year  brings  the 
customary  biennial  change  in  the  State  gov- 
ernment, so  far  as  the  executive  and  legisla- 
tive departments  are  concerned.  This  change 
also,  as  a  result  of  the  November  election, 
involves  a  change  in  party  control.  The 
House  of  Representatives,  with  its  large  Re- 
publican majority,  organized  on  Wednesday, 
January  6,  by  the  choice  of  Edwin  C.  Bean 
of  Belmont  as  Speaker,  all  other  Republican 
aspirants  having  withdrawn  long  before  the 
time  of  organization.  Harrie  M.  Young  of 
Manchester,  and  Bernard  W.  Cary  of  New- 


port were  reelected  Clerk  and  Assistant  Clerk 
of  the  House,  respectively. 

The  Senate  organized  by  the  choice  of 
George  I.  Haselton  of  District  No.  Sixteen, 
Manchester,  President;  Earl  Gordon  of  Ca- 
naan, Clerk,  and  Thomas  P.  Cheney,  2d,  of 
Ashland,  Assistant  Clerk.  On  Thursday,  as 
usual,  the  Governor-elect,  Rolland  H.  Spauld- 
ing  of  Rochester,  was  formally  inaugurated, 
succeeding  Samuel  D.  Felker  of  the  same  city, 
in  the  executive  chair.  In  order  that  the 
"decks"  might  be  fully  cleared  for  action, 
and  all  obstacles  in  the  way  of  prompt  atten- 
tion to  business  gotten  out  of  the  way  during 
the  first  week,  the  customary  "Governor's 
ball"  was  worked  off  Thursday  evening. 
Governor  Spaulding's  inaugural  address  was 
a  model  for  brevity  and  comprehensiveness, 
and  gave  evidence  of  a  desire  on  his  part  to 
promote  strict  attention  to  legitimate  busi- 
ness, and  no  subordination  of  the  public  wel- 
fare to  partisan  ends.  The  Speaker  of  the 
House  having  promptly  announced  the  com- 
mittees, and  there  being  no  Senatorial  elec- 
tion to  interfere  with  legislative  work,  the 
"short  session,"  so  generally  talked  about, 
ought  to  materialize,  and  is  likely  to  unless  a 
radical,  reactionary  policy  is  adopted,  in 
which  case  there  is  no  telling  when  the  end 
will  come. 


The  "Great  Reaper,"  in  His  "harvest  of 
souls,"  gathered  in  during  the  year  just 
ended  a  goodly  number  from  the  ranks  of 
our  New  Hampshire  men  of  note,  including 
ex-Governors  Chester  B.  Jordan  of  Lancaster, 
and  John  B.  Smith  of  Hillsborough,  and  Rt. 
Rev.  W.  W.  Niles,  Protestant  Episcopal 
bishop  of  New  Hampshire.  Among  others 
dying  during  the  year  were  Judge  Robert  M. 
Wallace,  of  Milford;  Col.  Richard  M.  Scam- 
mon,  of  Stratham,  Bank  Commissioner;  John 
T.  Abbott  of  Keene,  ex-Minister  to  Co- 
lombia; Gen.  Charles  S.  Collins  of  Nashua; 
Hon.  Herbert  O.  Hadley,  of  Peterboro;  Hon. 
Charles  A.  Dole,  of  Lebanon;  Capt.  R.  W. 
Musgrove  of  Bristol;  Denis  F.  O'Connor  of 
Manchester;  Dr.  John  W.  Staples  of  Frank- 
lin; Warren  G.  Brown  of  Whitefield  and 
Josiah  M.  Fletcher  of  Nashua.  Among  dis- 
tinguished natives  of  the  State,  abroad,  who 
passed  away  in  1914,  were  ex-Lieut. -Gov. 
Edwin  O.  Stanard  of  Missouri,  native  of 
Newport;  Prof.  Franklin  W.  Hooper  of  New 
York,  born  in  Walpole;  and  Martha  Dana 
Shepard  of  Boston,  born  in  New  Hampton. 


HIS  EXCELLENCY  ROLLAND  H.  SPAULDING 
Governor  of  New  Hampshire 


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Vol.  XLVII,  Nos.  2-3                                 FEBRUARY-MARCH,  1915  New  Series,  Vol.  10,  Nos.  2-3 

THE  LEGISLATURE  OF  1915 

By  James  W.  Tucker 

The  largest  legislative  body  in  the  Senate  four,  only,  are  Democrats  and 
world  excepting  the  British  Parlia-  one  a  Progressive,  leaving  nineteen 
ment  and  the  Congress  of  the  United  Republicans,  or  nearly  a  four  to  one 
States  (which  latter  has  recently  come  majority;  while  of  408  Representa- 
into  second  position)  namely,  the  New  tives  elected  to  the  House — the  largest 
Hampshire  General  Court,  has  been  number  ever  before  chosen — 250  were 
in  session  at  Concord  for  eleven  weeks,  classed  as  Republicans,  153  Demo- 
and  the  indications  are,  at  the  time  crats,  and  five  Progressives,  giving  a 
of  this  writing  (January  22),  that  not  clear  Republican  majority  of  ninety- 
less  than  three  weeks,  and  possibly  two  over  all,  which,  while  smaller 
more,  will  be  required  to  conclude  the  than  had  been  the  case  before  for  a 
work  of  the  session,  making  it  one  of  quarter  of  a  century,  except  in  the 
the  longest  sessions  holden.  since  the  legislature  of  two  years  ago,  when  the 
biennial  system  was  adopted,  instead  Democrats  and  Progressives  combined 
of  the  shortest,  which  latter  had  been  outnumbered  the  Republicans  and 
confidently  predicted  in  some  quar-  were  able  to  control  the  action  of  the 
ters,  and  ardently  hoped  for  in  all,  House  so  far  as  they  could  agree  upon 
though  there  was,  it  must  be  con-  terms  of  union,  was  naturally  re- 
fessed,  no  reasonable  ground  for  such  garded  as  sufficient  to  warrant  the 
hope.  conclusion     that     the     Republicans 

The  election  in  November  last,  in  would  be  able  to  carry  out  any  plan 
this,  as  in  some  other  states,  had  re-  of  action  which  they  might  agree 
suited  in  a  return  of  the  Republican  upon;  and  it  was  quite  generally 
party  to  power,  and  there  was  a  nat-  expected,  as  a  matter  of  course,  that 
ural  desire  and  purpose  on  the  part  of  the  work  of  the  session  would  be 
the  leaders  of  that  party,  or  some  of  largely  devoted  to  the  overturn  of 
them  at  least,  to  regain  complete  con-  such  legislation  of  a  partisan  nature, 
trol  and  possession  of  all  branches  of  as  had  been  enacted  by  the  preceding 
the  government  and  every  depart-  legislature;  though  up  to  the  present 
ment  thereof,  notwithstanding  the  time  not  so  much  has  been  accom- 
famous  Manchester,  after-election  plished  in  that  direction  as  had  gen- 
speech  of  Governor-elect  Rolland  H.  erally  been  anticipated. 
Spaulding,  who,  as  a  representative  The  present  Senate,  on  the  whole, 
of  the  progressive  element  of  his  party,  ranks  higher  in  point  of  average  abil- 
quietly  supported  by  many  afore-  ity,  than  has  usually  been  the  case, 
time  Democrats,  had  been  chosen  to  This  comes  from  the  presence  in  its 
the  executive  chair  by  a  plurality  un-  membership  of  several  men  of  high 
precedented  in  recent  years,  and  who  rank  in  point  of  ability  and  expe- 
strongly  deprecated  any  action  by  his  rience  in  public  affairs.  Aside  from 
party  based  on  the  idea  of  mere  party  President  Haselton,  who  is  a  lawyer, 
advantage,  alone  or  primarily.  and  has  had  the  advantage  of  legisla- 

Of  the  twenty-four  members  of  the  tive  experience  in  the  popular  branch, 


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Senators  Martin  of  Concord  and 
Smith  of  Peterboro,  are  men  of  ex- 
ceptional ability  and  large  public 
experience,  the  former  being  an  ex- 
mayor  of  Concord,  and  ex-solicitor  of 
Merrimack  County,  and  one  of  the 
most  successful  trial  lawyers  in  the 
state;  while  the  latter  combines  with 
large  legislative  experience  a  strong 
legal  mind  and  a  power  of  logical 
statement   seldom   surpassed.     Sena- 


wide  experience  in  public  life  adds  a 
readiness  in  debate  which  has  seldom 
been  equalled  in  recent  days.  It  is, 
therefore,  not  to  be  wondered  that 
the  Senate  has  ideas  of  its  own,  and 
has,  at  times,  no  hesitation  in  nega- 
tiving the  action  of  the  House,  as 
evidenced  by  its  prompt  slaughter  of 
the  bill  passed  by  the  House  abolish- 
ing capital  punishment,  as  well  as  its 
similar  disposition  of  that  doing  away 


New  Hampshire  State  House 


tor  Lucier  of  Nashua  is  also  a  lawyer 
of  ability,  and  has  had  experience  in 
both  branches  of  the  legislature;  while 
Senators  Cain  and  Kinney  are  young 
men  of  legal  training  and  public  and 
professional  experience.  Senator 
Crossman,  a  physician  of  wide  repu- 
tation, and  a  student  of  social  prob- 
lems, late  United  States  Collector  of 
Internal  Revenue,  and  former  mem- 
ber of  the  House,  adds  largely  to  the 
strength  of  the  body;  while  Senator 
Musgrove,   the   lone   Progressive,   to 


with   the   Fast   Day   farce,    as  it   is 
generally  regarded. 

In  the  House,  while  there  is  a 
larger  proportion  of  new  members 
than  usual,  and  fewer  men  of  com- 
manding ability  than  is  often  the  case, 
there  are,  nevertheless,  quite  a  num- 
ber of  members  of  large  legislative 
experience  and  knowledge  of  parlia- 
mentary procedure;  as  well  as  not  a 
few  men  fresh  from  the  people,  who 
have  manifested  much  aptitude  for 
legislation  and  no  little  readiness  in 


The  New  Hampshire  Legislature  of  1915 


35 


debate.  French  of  Moultonboro  is 
the  "dean"  of  the  House  in  point  of 
extended  service,  and  Ahern  of  Con- 
cord is  a  close  second — the  one  long 
known  as  the  "watch  dog  of  the 
treasury"  and  the  other  as  the  Demo- 
cratic leader  and  parliamentary  chief- 
tain, upon  whom  both  sides  rely  for 
the  settlement  of  all  knotty  questions 


House  has  been  divided  between 
Messrs.  Couch  and  Lyford  of  Con- 
cord, the  former  serving  his  third 
successive  term  in  the  House  and 
also  as  chairman  of  the  Judiciary 
Committee,  and  the  latter  returning 
after  several  years'  absence  to  the 
place  he  once  held  as  a  leading  spirit 
among  those  who  direct  Republican 


HON.  JAMES  E.  FRENCH 
The  Watchdog  of  the  Treasury 


in  which  no  partisanship  is  involved. 
This  year,  however,  the  active  leader- 
ship on  the  side  of  the  minority  has 
passed  into  the  hands  of  Major  Bren- 
nan  of  Peterboro,  who  enjoys  the 
distinction  of  having  been  twice  suc- 
cessively elected  from  one  of  the 
strongest  Republican  towns  in  the 
state,  who  has  developed  legislative 
ability  of  a  high  order,  and  is,  withal, 
a  forceful  debater. 

The  Republican  leadership  in  the 


measures  and  movements.  Both  are 
ready  and  frequent  speakers,  though 
in  oratorical  force  Levin  J.  Chase  of 
Ward  3,  of  the  same  city,  is  generally 
regarded  as  leading  all  others,  regard- 
less of  party.  He  it  was  who  so  ably 
championed  the  bill  for  the  abolition 
of  capital  punishment  in  the  House. 
Clement  of  Warren,  Democrat,  and 
Hoyt  of  Sandwich,  Republican,  are 
among  former  members  who  have 
been  more  or  less  prominent  in  the 


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present   session   in   committee    work  and  as  the  day  of  caucus  control  has 

and  on  the  floor,  as,  also,  is  Preston  passed  (whether  fortunately  or  unfor- 

of  New  Hampton.  tunately)  and  individual  members,  to 

Among  the  new  members,  Duncan  a  considerable  extent  at  least,  insist 

of  Jaffrey,  Democrat;  Tobey  of  Tern-  upon  acting  in  accordance  with  their 

pie,  Progressive;  and  Wood  of  Ports-  own   judgment,   it   is   manifest  that 

mouth  and  Miller  of  Keene,  Repub-  short    sessions    of   the    old-fashioned 

licans,   have  been   among   the   most  order  are  no  longer  to  be  looked  for. 

active  and  conspicuous.     The  latter,  Moreover,  it  has  come  to  that,  that 

who  is  a  Methodist  clergyman,  made  there  are  now,  practically,  only  about 

the  most  effective  speech  against  the  two   and   a   half  legislative   working 

woman  suffrage   bill,   introduced  by  days  in  a  week,  and  there  is  no  more 

Mr.  Wood,  who  opened  the  debate  in  probability  of  changing  this  order  of 

its  support.     It  was  Mr.  Miller,  also,  things  than  there  is  of  a  substantial 

who  made  the  strongest  argument  for  reduction  of  the  membership  of  the 

the  repeal  of  the  local   option  law,  House,  or  a  return  to  former  methods 

anomalous  as  his  position  may  have  in  the  nomination  of  party  candidates 

seemed  considering  his  stand  on  the  for  office.     "The  old  order  changes" 

suffrage    question.     It    was    another  — in  some  respects,  though  not  in  all. 

new  member  also — Dr.  Dillingham  of  Whether  for  the  better  or  not,  it  is  not 

Roxbury — who  made  the  most  strik-  the  present  purpose  to   attempt  to 

ing  speech  of  the  session  during  the  discover  or  determine, 

suffrage  debate,  in  opposition  to  the  Portraits    and    brief    biographical 

measure,   in   which   he   shocked   the  sketches  of  some  of  the  men  respon- 

sensibilities  of  men  and  women  of  all  sible   for  the   legislation   enacted   or 

views,    alike,    by   his    sweeping   and  defeated     by    the    present     General 

wholesale    abuse    of    womankind    in  Court,  are  presented  in  the  following 

general  and  suffragists  in  particular,  pages. 

Fortunately,    there    is    little    danger  

that  he  will  ever  return  to  the  House, 

as  his  town  elects  only  once  in  ten  GOVERNOR  SPAULDING 

years.  While  the  Governor  is  the  head  of 

While  the  legislature  was  organized  the  executive  department,  he  is  also  a 
with  unusual  promptitude,  this  year,  prominent  factor  in  legislation,  as  no 
the  election  of  Hon.  Edwin  C.  Bean  bill  can  become  a  law  except  with  his 
of  Belmont  to  the  speakership  of  the  approval  or  over  his  veto. 
House  having  been  practically  set-'  Rolland  H.  Spaulding  came  to  the 
tied  upon  long  before  the  time  of  governorship  with  certain  well-form- 
meeting,  and  while  he  has  been  a  ulated  notions  as  to  what  the  state 
ready  and  efficient  presiding  officer,  of  New  Hampshire  needed  and  with  a 
and  has  also  exerted  his  influence  in  disposition  to  see  that  those  needs 
behalf  of  a  short  session,  as  has  Gov-  were  met.  He  is  essentially  a  busi- 
ernor  Spaulding  himself,  whose  inau-  ness  man  and  believes  that  business 
guration  was  carried  out  with  sim-  principles  should  be  applied  to  the 
plicity  and  expedition,  the  work  of  the  administration  of  state  affairs.  These 
session,  as  has  been  noted,  has  not  first  few  months  of  his  administration 
been  pushed  as  rapidly  as  had  been  have  been  devoted  to  putting  his 
hoped  in  some  quarters  and  expected  theories  into  practice  and  with  the 
in  others.  The  delay  has  been  largely  success  those  who  knew  his  capabili- 
the  result  of  counter  purposes  among  ties  best,  expected  of  him. 
the  majority  leaders,  some  being  pri-  Governor  Spaulding  was  born  in 
marily  intent  upon  pushing  partisan  Townsend  Harbor,  Mass.,  March  15, 
measures,  while  others  have  regarded  1873,  the  youngest  son  of  Jonas 
such  course  as  unwise  and  impolitic;  Spaulding,    a   lumber    operator    and 


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37 


manufacturer  of  fibre  board.  After 
graduation  at  Phillips  Andover  Acad- 
emy in  1893,  he  entered  into  business 
with  his  father  and  two  brothers. 
Eighteen  years  ago  they  began  the 
manufacture  of  fibre  board  at  Milton, 
this  state,  and  a  few  years  later  erected 
large  plants  at  Rochester  and  North 
Rochester,  still  later  adding  another 
large  plant  of  the  same  sort  at 
Tonawanda,  N.  Y.,  all  being  con- 
ducted under  the  firm  name  of  the 
J.  Spaulding  &  Sons  Company.  The 
Governor  has  lived  in  North  Rochester 
since  the  plant  was  built  there. 

In  a  general  way  he  has  been  since 
his  majority  a  student  of  political 
affairs,  as  any  successful  business 
man  and  public-spirited  citizen  must 
be,  but  his  first  real  taste  of  "  practical" 
politics  was  at  the  legislative  session 
of  1907,  the  year  when  the  Spauld- 
ing-Jones  bill,  providing  a  charter  for 
a  dam  at  Reed's  Ferry  intended  to 
develop  water  power  for  electrical  pur- 
poses, passed  the  House,  but  was 
killed  in  the  Senate. 

His  experiences  at  that  time  made 
him  sympathetic  with  the  propaganda 
of  the  Progressive  element  of  the 
Republican  party  and  he  entered 
heartily  into  their  reform  movement, 
working  with  them  until  the  split  in 
1912.  Then  believing  more  good 
could  be  accomplished  within  the 
old  party  ranks,  with  customary  in- 
dependence he  elected  to  remain  and 
became  a  leavening  force,  so  dominant 
that  all  factions  turned  naturally  and 
resistlessly  toward  him  to  lead  back  to 
power  the  regenerated  party. 

His  campaigns,  both  in  the  primary 
and  election,  were  characteristic  of 
his  frank  nature.  Persuaded  to  be- 
come a  candidate,  he  made  his  an- 
nouncement, then  awaited  with  un- 
ruffled equanimity  the  expression  of 
his  party  in  the  primary.  Nominated 
by  a  decisive  majority,  he  buckled  on 
his  armor  and  went  forth  to  meet  the 
people  and  tell  them  what  he  stood 
for  and  proposed  to  do,  if  elected. 
His  message  appealed  to  46,413 
voters,  12,739  more  than  Albert  W. 


Noone,  Democrat,  was  able  to  con- 
vince, and  giving  Mr.  Spaulding  a 
majority  of  8,718  over  all  opposition. 

Usually,  the  two  months  between 
election  and  inauguration  have  been 
employed  by  successful  candidates 
largely  in  recuperating  from  the  stren- 
uosities  of  the  campaign,  with  more  or 
less  desultory  conferences  with  party 
leaders  and  selecting  statistical  ex- 
cerpts from  reports  to  dull  the  inau- 
gural message.  But  the  dispensation 
of  1915  had  brought  forth  a  different 
order  of  governor.  Governor  Spauld- 
ing's  success  in  business  has  been  due 
to  knowledge  of  that  business.  He 
reasoned  that  in  order  to  be  a  success- 
ful governor,  he  needs  must  know  the 
business  of  being  governor,  and  set 
about  learning  it  immediately. 

So  in  the  two  months  following 
election  he  visited  every  state  insti- 
tution, dropping  in  upon  them  unex- 
pectedly. A  keen  observer,  the  gov- 
ernor derived  much  valuable  informa- 
tion not  to  be  gained  by  reading  reports 
or  at  prearranged  conferences.  The 
result  was  that  when  he  was  inducted 
into  office,  Governor  Spaulding  was 
the  best  informed  executive  along  the 
needful  lines  ever  inaugurated. 

Innovations  are  accepted  easily  by 
the  governor.  He  even  had  his  staff 
named  and  uniformed  to  heighten 
the  color  of  the  inauguration  and  add 
tone  to  the  time-honored  inaugural 
ball,  so  that  the  fluffy  concomitants 
of  a  new  administration,  ordinarily 
extending  over  several  weeks,  could 
be  cleaned  up  in  one  day,  leaving 
him  free  to  devote  his  time  to  the 
serious  concerns  of  the  state. 

When  he  consented  to  become  a 
candidate,  he  mapped  out  a  general 
plan.  When  he  took  office,  he  had  this 
plan  reduced  to  a  workable  basis, 
which  he  enunciated  in  his  address  to 
the  legislature,  instead  of  feeding  them 
up  on  platitudes  and  figures.  He 
told  the  legislators  it  was  desirable 
to  keep  the  expenditures  within  the 
amount  the  state  can  afford  to  spend 
and  to  have  efficient  officials  spend 
that   amount.     To    accomplish    that 


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end  he  favors  concentration  of  power 
and  related  duties.  Governor  Spauld- 
ing  recommended  a  single  head  to  the 
highway  department,  a  more  effective 
board  of  control,  consolidation  of  the 
banking  and  auditing  departments 
and  of  the  attorney-general  and  legacy 
tax  departments,  a  reorganization  of 
the  license  law  department  and  com- 
pulsory supervision  of  schools. 

He  had  a  commission  authorized  to 
work  out  a  uniform  scheme  of  muni- 
cipal finance  and  accounts,  for  the  con- 
sideration of  the  next  legislature.  He 
recommended  an  amendment  to  the 
workmen's  compensation  law  to  make 
its  operation  as  nearly  automatic  as 
possible  and  forced  through  a  practi- 
cable solution  of  the  problem  of 
limiting  campaign  expenditures;  the 
greater  part  of  which  varied  program 
has  been  carried  out  or  is  in  process 
of  legislation  at  this  writing. 

Some  have  not  met  with  the  favor 
of  the  legislature,  but  the  Governor 
meets  defeat  and  victory  with  the 
same  smiles  and  keeps  right  on,  seek- 
ing the  one  end  of  the  good  of  the  state 
as  he  sees  it.  W.  E.  W. 


George  Irving  Haselton,  Presi- 
dent of  the  New  Hampshire  Senate, 
was  elected  from  the  sixteenth  sena- 
torial district  and  on  the  organization 
of  the  Senate  he  was  the  unanimous 
choice  of  the  Republican  senators  for 
the  office  of  president  of  that  body. 

President  Haselton  is  the  only 
child  of  Henry  I.  and  Emma  E. 
(French)  Haselton  and  was  born  in 
Manchester  July  19,  1878.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  city  graduating  from  its  high 
school  in  1898,  and  after  his  gradua- 
tion was  for  a  time  in  the  employ  of 
the  Manchester  Mills  and  Amoskeag 
Manufacturing  Company.  He  after- 
wards studied  law  and  in  1909  gradu- 
ated from  the  law  school  of  the  George 
Washington  University  at  Washing- 
ton,  D.   C.,   receiving  the  degree  of 


LL.B.,  and  since  his  graduation  he 
has  been  engaged  in  the  practice  o,f 
law  at  Manchester. 

In  1903  he  was  married  to  Fannie 
L.  Trenholm,  who  was  born  in  Grand 
Pre,  Nova  Scotia,  May  15,  1881,  the 
daughter  of  Robert  and  Catherine  E. 
(Mitchell)  Trenholm,  and  they  have 
one  child,  Mary  Louise,  born  Novem- 
ber 24,   1907.  ' 

Mr.  Haselton  is  an  attendant  at 
the  Franklin  Street  Congregational 
Church.  He  is  a  past  master  of 
Lafayette  Lodge,  No.  41,  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons;  a  member  of  the 
Mount  Horeb  Royal  Arch  Chapter; 
Adoniram  Council;  Trinity  Com- 
mandery,  Knights  Templar;  and  Bek- 
tash  Temple  of  the  Ancient  Arabic 
Order  of  the  Mystic  Shrine;  also  of 
the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution. 

As  a  young  Republican  he  took  an 
active  interest  in  the  politics  of  the 
Queen  City  and  for  four  years,  1903-6, 
was  a  member  of  the  Common  Coun- 
cil, being  president  of  that  body 
during  the  last  two  years  of  his  term. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  legislature  of 
1911-12  and  1913-14  and  in  1912  was 
a  member  of  the  Constitutional  Con- 
vention. 

As  the  presiding  officer  of  the 
Senate,  Mr.  Haselton  has  made  an 
enviable  record,  and  it  is  the  concen- 
sus of  opinion  that  in  the  long  line  of 
eminent  men  who  have  presided  over 
that  body,  efficiency  and  dignity  have 
had  no  better  example. 

President  Haselton  attracts  con- 
fidence in  his  stability  of  action  and 
deliberate  fairness.  While  always  a 
devoted  and  consistent  Republican, 
he  is  well  known  for  his  advanced 
ideas  of  party  progress  and  has  never 
failed  to  advocate  the  measures  of 
progress  that  have  distinguished  the 
Republican  party  of  New  Hampshire 
in  the  last  decade. 

Future  usefulness  in  party  councils 
and  endeavor  are  freely  predicted  at 
Concord  for  the  popular  and  efficient 
President  of  the  Senate. 


HON.  GEORGE   I.  HASELTON 
President  of  the  Senate 


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Ezra  M.  Smith,  of  Peterborough, 
and  a  Republican  member  of  the 
Senate  from  District  Number  11,  is 
a  man  of  whom  public  life  has  seen 
a  great  deal.  Born  in  Langdon  in 
1838,  Mr.  Smith  was  educated  at 
Cold  River  Union  Academy  and  in 
the  law  department  of  the  Albany 
(New  York)  University.  While  prac- 
ticing his  profession  as  a  lawyer  he 
has  served  as  town  treasurer  for  one 
year,  justice  of  the  police  court  nine 


portant  judiciary  committee  and  as  a 
member  of  the  committee  on  towns 
and  parishes.  In  spite  of  his  advanced 
years,  Mr.  Smith  is  a  most  active  and 
well-preserved  man  and  his  speeches, 
carefully  delivered  in  a  strong,  robust 
voice,  are  always  welcomed  and  heed- 
ed on  the  floor  of  the  senate  chamber. 

Mr.  Smith  is  married  and  has  two 
children.  He  attends  the  Congrega- 
tional church  and  is  an  Odd  Fellow 
and  Patron  of  Husbandry. 


Hon.  Ezra  M.  Smith 


years,  has  been  a  member  of  the  school 
board  for  ten  years  and  for  twenty- 
three  years  served  the  town  of  Peter- 
borough as  a  member  of  the  board  of 
selectmen.  He  was  elected  as  dele- 
gate to  two  constitutional  conven- 
tions and  as  a  member  of  the  House 
of  Representatives  at  the  last  six 
sessions  of  the  legislature,  in  which 
body  no  man  has  wielded  a  stronger 
influence  for  the  good  of  the  state. 

During  his  present  term  as  senator 
he  is  acting  as  chairman  of  the  im- 


Alvin  J.  Lucier,  Senator  from  Dis- 
trict Number  20,  has  been  a  promi- 
nent figure  in  the  legal  profession  and 
in  Democratic  politics  in  Nashua  for 
many  years.  He  was  born  there  June 
16,  1869,  and  educated  in  the  Nashua 
public  schools,  St.  Hyacinthe  College 
and  the  Boston  University  Law 
School,  graduating  from  the  latter  in 
1891,  since  when  he  has  been  in  the 
practice  of  law  in  his  native  city, 
where  he  is  a  member  of  the  well- 
known  law  firm  of  Doyle  &  Lucier, 


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the  senior  partner,  who  is  his  brother- 
in-law,  being  ex-Mayor  Jeremiah  J. 
Doyle. 

Senator  Doyle's  first  legis  ative 
service  was  in  1907  when  he  was  a 
member  of  the  House  of  Represen- 
tatives from  Ward  7,  serving  as  a 
member  of  the  judiciary  and  rules 
committees,  and  taking  an  active  part 
in  the  work  of  the  House.  He  served 
upon  the  special  committee,  appointed 
at  this  session  to  investigate  the  affair 
of  Hillsborough  County,  out  of  which 


a  minority  member.  Representing 
his  district  in  the  Senate  again  the 
present  session,  he  is  assigned  to  serv- 
ice on  the  judiciary,  revision  of  laws 
and  election  committees,  and  is 
chairman  of  the  committee  on  claims. 
He  has  taken  an  active  part  in  the 
work  of  the  session,  his  previous  ex- 
perience in  both  branches  of  the  leg- 
islature having  fitted  him  for  efficient 
service. 

Senator    Lucier    is    a    Catholic,    is 
married  and  has  three  children.     He 


Hon.  Alvin  J.  Lucier 


investigation  some  practical  reforms 
resulted.  He  was  reelected  to  the 
House  in  1809,  served  on  the  same 
standing  committees,  and  enhanced  his 
reputation  as  an  efficient  legislator. 

In  the  election  of  1910  he  was 
chosen  senator  from  District  No.  20, 
and  was  a  prominent  figure  in  the 
upper  branch  of  the  legislature  of 
1911-12,  serving  as  a  member  of  the 
judiciary,  labor,  public  improvements, 
state  prison  and  industrial  school 
committees,  and  as  chairman  of  the 
committee  on  revision  of  laws,  though 


is  a  member  of  the  Derryfield  Club 
of  Manchester,  the  Vesper  Country 
Club  of  Lowell,  the  St.  Jean  Baptiste 
Society  and  the  Knights  of  Columbus. 

Dr.  Edgar  O.  Crossman.  Per- 
haps more  interest  in  the  personality 
of  the  members  of  the  1915  legislature 
when  the  session  was  new,  centered  in 
Senator  Edgar  0.  Crossman  of  Lis- 
bon, representing  the  second  district, 
than  in  any  other  member  of  either 
branch.  Made  a  prominent  figure  in 
the  state  hospital  imbroglio  against 


DR.  EDGAR  O.  CROSSMAN 


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his  inclination  and,  many  believe, 
without  reason,  he  had  been  the  re- 
cipient of  much  publicity;  some  fav- 
orable, some  not  so  much  so.  His 
appointment  to  the  superintendency 
of  the  state  hospital  after  Dr.  Charles 
P.  Bancroft  had  been  deposed  by  the 
Board  of  Control,  turned  the  wrath  of 
the  pro-Bancroft  faction  against  him 
and  made  him  the  mark  of  vitupera- 
tion that  would  have  unnerved  a  thin- 
skinned  man.  But  Doctor  Crossman 
is  used  to  the  political  game  and  if  he 
was  hurt  by  the  unwarranted  asper- 
sions on  his  standing  as  a  psychiatrist, 
nobody  could  discover  it  in  the  im- 
perturbable senator  who  went  about 
his  business  as  if  his  name  never  had 
been  coupled  with  "intricate  political 
intrigues"  or  other  fantastic  hallu- 
cinations. 

That  is  the  dominant  characteristic 
of  Doctor  Crossman.  He  has  de- 
veloped the  power  of  concentration 
and  whether  it  be  in  private  concerns, 
the  practice  of  his  profession,  or  in 
politics,  he  keeps  his  mind  on  the  mat- 
ter in  hand  and  knows  every  minute 
what  he  is  doing  and  why.  He  is  a 
shining  type  of  the  public-spirited 
professional  man  who  is  keeping  New 
Hampshire  to  the  front  as  a  progres- 
sive state.  His  fertile  mind  conceived 
the  state  care  of  the  insane,  the  board 
of  control,  the  spirit  of  which  sur- 
vives despite  the  change  in  name 
sought  by  the  present  legislature  and 
was  a  prime  mover  in  the  creation  of 
the  board  of  charities  and  correction. 
He  was  a  trustee  of  the  state  hospital 
ten  years,  being  president  when  the 
board  was  abolished,  and  a  member 
of  the  board  of  charities  and  president 
also  of  that. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  House  of 
Representatives  in  1903  and  collector 
of  internal  revenue  under  Presidents 
Roosevelt  and  Taft,  has  been  medi- 
cal referee  of  Grafton  County  and 
prominent  in  national,  state  and 
county  medical  societies.  He  was 
born  in  Ludlow,  Vt.,  June  8,  1864,  and 
was  educated  at  the  New  Hampshire 
State  College  and  University  of  Ver- 


mont Medical  School.  The  founda- 
tion of  his  training  in  psychiatry  was 
laid  in  the  institutions  at  Clifton 
Springs,  N.  Y.,  and  Markelton,  Pa., 
supplemented  by  his  service  as  presi- 
dent of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the 
New  Hampshire  State  Hospital,  giv- 
ing him  high  standing  as  an  alienist, 
as  well  as  a  general  practitioner.  He 
is  chairman  of  the  Senate  Committees 
on  public  health  and  a  member  of 
education,  public  improvements,  state 
library,  Soldiers'  Home  and  roads, 
bridges  and  canals  committees. 


Hon.  Nathaniel  E.  Martin,  sena- 
tor from  District  Number  Fifteen,  is 
one  of  the  Democratic  leaders  in  the 
state,  and  as  a  senator  has  been  an 
unqualified  success. 

Senator  Martin  was  born  in  Loudon 
August  9,  1855,  and  spent  his  youth 
upon  his  father's  farm.  Between 
chores  he  found  time  to  attend  the 
town  schools,  later  enrolling  in  the 
Concord  High  school  from  which  in- 
stitution he  graduated  in  1876.  Fol- 
lowing this  he  studied  law  with  Sar- 
gent and  Chase,  being  admitted  to 
the  New  Hampshire  bar  in  1879.  As 
a  young  man  he  took  deep  interest  in 
the  affairs  of  the  city  and  of  the  state 
and  in  1887  he  was  elected  solicitor 
of  Merrimack  County,  holding  the 
office  for  two  years.  In  1899  he  was 
elected  mayor  of  Concord  and  his 
administration  of  the  municipal  af- 
fairs for  the  next  two  years  was  of  the 
highest  order. 

He  has  often  been  referred  to  as 
"The  People's  Lawyer,"  probably  by 
reason  of  the  fact  that  no  case  has 
ever  been  too  insignificant  or  small 
for  him  to  handle  with  the  same  de- 
gree of  skill  and  care  that  he  would 
exercise  in  a  case  where  large  issues 
were  at  stake.  To  this  fact,  in  a 
great  measure,  is  his  popularity  due. 
He  has  always  been  a  hearty  supporter 
of  Democratic  doctrines  and  has 
served  as  chairman  of  state  and  city 
committees.  In  1904  he  was  a  dele- 
gate from  this  state  to  the  National 


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Democratic  convention  at  St.  Louis 
and  in  1912  he  was  a  member  of  the 
Constitutional  Convention. 

Aside  from  his  extensive  law  prac- 
tice, Mr.  Martin  has  found  time  to 
engage  in  lumbering  operations  and  to 
deal  considerably  in  real  estate,  of 
which  he  is  an  extensive  owner.  He 
is  an  ardent  sportsman  and  is  as  much 
at  home  with  a  rod  or  gun  as  with  a 
law  brief.  He  has  taken  active  in- 
terest in  the  affairs  of  the  senate  and 


Edwin  C.  Bean  of  Belmont,  the 
speaker  of  the  present  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives, was  born  in  Gilmanton  on 
February  20,  1854.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town  and  at  Tilton  Seminary.  Leav- 
ing the  preparatory  school  he  entered 
business  and  soon  located  in  Bel- 
mont, where  he  has  been  actively 
identified  with  the  drug  and  general 
merchandise  business.  He  is  married 
and  has  three  children.     He  attends 


Hon.  Nathaniel  E.  Martin 


is  a  member  of  the  following  com- 
mittees: Judiciary,  military  affairs, 
towns  and  parishes  and  chairman  of 
the  committee  on  state  hospital. 

His  professional  calling  has  en- 
dowed him  with  the  knowledge  of  how 
to  make  a  convincing  speech;  a  "right 
to  the  point"  speech  in  the  fewest 
possible  words  and  for  this  reason  he 
has  been  able  to  weild  an  unmistak- 
able influence  in  the  senate.  He  is 
affiliated  with  the  Odd  Fellows  and 
is  a  Patriach  Militant. 


the  Free  Baptist  church,  is  a  Knight 
Templar  and  Scottish  Rite  Mason, 
a  Knight  of  Pythias  and  a  Granger. 
He  is  also  a  member  and  has  been 
president  of  the  New  Hampshire 
Retail  Grocers'  Association. 

"Bean  of  Belmont"  has  always 
been  more  or  less  prominent  in  public 
life,  having  taken  an  active  part  in 
town  affairs,  serving  as  moderator, 
town  clerk  and  postmaster  and  also 
having  attended  county,  district  and 
state    committee   conventions   of   his 


HON.  EDWIN  C.  BEAN 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives 


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party.  He  represented  his  town  in  the 
legislature  of  1887  and  was  a  member 
of  the  state  senate  in  1901.  As  a  dele- 
gate from  this  state  he  attended  the 
National  Republican  convention  of 
1904  and  was  an  active  member  of 
the  last  state  Constitutional  Conven- 
tion. Mr.  Bean  served  on  the  staff 
of  the  late  Governor  McLane  as  an 
aide-de-camp  with  the  rank  of  Colo- 
nel.     During  the  legislature   of  two 


House.  He  has  filled  the  position 
with  dignity  and  nothing  but  the 
greatest  credit  is  his  due  for  the  quiet, 
yet  forceful  manner  with  which  he  has 
expedited  the  business  of  one  of  the 
largest  governing  bodies  in  the  world. 


Levin  J.  Chase,  Representative 
from  Ward  3,  Concord,  is  one  member 
of  the  House  who  is  always  sure  of  an 
attentive  audience  when  he  arises  to 


Levin  J.  Chase 


years  ago,  Mr.  Bean  was  one  of  the 
most  prominent  members,  being  chair- 
man of  the  Republican  caucus  and 
also  chairman  of  the  committee  on 
education,  although  he  gave  deep 
personal  consideration  to  every  other 
question  of  import  which  arose  during 
the  session,  often  speaking  forcefully 
on  matters  in  which  he  took  an  inter- 
est. 

Mr.  Bean  was  nominated  for 
speaker  of  the  House  by  the  Repub- 
lican caucus  this  year,  upon  the  first 
ballot,  and  was  similarly  elected  in  the 


speak.  Two  years  ago  he  established  a 
reputation  as  the  most  brilliant  phrase 
coiner  in  the  legislature  and  as  a  cogent 
feasoner  on  any  subject  in  which  he  was 
interested  enough  to  talk.  This  session 
he  has  easily  maintained  that  reputa- 
tion. Curiously,  two  speeches  stand 
out  conspicuously  in  each  session.  His 
fame  in  the  1913  session  would  have 
been  secured  on  his  "gray  squirrel" 
speech  alone,  but  a  little  later  he  came 
through  with  his  other  gem  on  equal 
suffrage,  a  scintillantly  epigrammatic 
and    bitingty    satirical    dissertation, 


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from  which  some  of  the  butts  have  not 
recovered  yet. 

This  year  he  repeated  on  the  suf- 
frage issue  and  to  maintain  the  hu- 
manitarian equilibrium,  he  went  out 
after  the  abolishment  of  capital  pun- 
ishment when  a  Hillsborough  county 
jury  demonstrated  that  the  existing 
law  does  not  in  reality  do  away  with 
the  death  penalty.  When  Chase 
introduced  his  repeal  bill,  it  was 
greeted  with  the  same  merry  guffaws 
that  met  the  gray  squirrel  measure, 
particularly  by  the  Manchester  con- 
tingent which  was  quite  well  satisfied 
with  the  jury's  verdict.  But  just  as 
he  routed  the  coldly  practical  ob- 
jections by  farmers  who  found  only 
bare  husks  where  nice  yellow  corn 
had  been  before  the  squirrels  denuded 
the  husks,  by  touching  descriptions 
of  the  playful  antics  and  graceful 
scurryings  of  the  squirrels  in  the  state 
house  yard,  this  year  he  sent  creepy 
sensations  shooting  down  legislators' 
spines  by  a  harrowing  recital  of  an 
execution  he  witnessed  some  aeons 
ago  in  California.  While  the  thrill 
was  on,  the  House  passed  the  bill  to 
the  surprise  and  consternation  of  its 
opponents. 

Any  bill  that  carries  a  reasonable 
humanitarian  appeal  finds  the  hearty 
support  of  Mr.  Chase.  His  particular 
hobby  is  the  state  prison  and  it  was 
due  more  to  his  insistent  demand  for 
a  board  of  trustees  for  that  institu- 
tion than  anything  else,  that  the  com- 
promise board  of  control  bill  was 
framed,  providing  that  there  be  a 
central  board  of  ten  members,  with 
two  designated  to  look  after  each  of 
the  five  state  institutions. 

Mr.  Chase  comes  of  old  New  Hamp- 
shire stock,  although  he  was  born  in 
Philadelphia,  February  1,  1862.  He 
was  the  son  of  Reginald  and  Susan 
(Stanwood)  Chase,  both  natives  of 
Hopkinton.  He  was  educated  in 
Philadelphia,  but  passed  much  of  his 
youth  in  Hopkinton  and  he  still  owns 
the  ancestral  home  in  that  village, 
which  is  situated  near  the  Episcopal 
church,  of  which  his  grandfather,  Rev. 


Moses  B.  Chase,  was  rector.  In  1888, 
Mr.  Chase  went  to  San  Francisco, 
where  for  eighteen  years  he  was  con- 
nected with  the  Wells  Fargo  Com- 
pany. He  then  returned  east  and 
since  1909  has  been  connected  with 
the  Concord  Electric  Company,  first 
as  cashier  and  now  as  manager.  By 
inclination  he  is  a  Republican,  though 
of  an  independent  caste  that  impels 
him  to  weigh  men  and  measures 
rather  than  the  party  label  in  deciding 
how  he  will  vote.  His  political  ene- 
mies, and  he  has  quite  a  few,  call  him 
a  psychological  spot-lighter.  His  ad- 
mirers, and  he  has  more,  declare  him 
a  keen-visioned  altruist. 


George  H.  Duncan,  Representa- 
tive from  Jaffrey,  was  born  in  Leo- 
minster, Mass.,  December  23,  1876,  his 
parents  moving  to  Jaffrey  a  few  months 
later.  He  attended  the  Jaffrey  schools, 
graduated  from  the  Murdock  School 
at  Winchendon,  Mass.,  and  entered 
Amherst  College  with  the  class  of 
1899,  being  prevented  from  graduat- 
ing by  the  death  of  his  father  during 
the  senior  year.  While  in  college 
he  was  member  of  the  College  Glee 
Club  and  the  Track  Team.  Return- 
ing to  Jaffrey  he  took  up  his  father's 
business  as  a  druggist,  which  he  has 
since  continued.  He  was  married  in 
1900  and  has  one  son  thirteen  years 
old.  He  is  a  member  and  past  master 
of  Charity  Lodge  of  Masons  and  a 
member  of  the  Grange. 

Mr.  Duncan  has  been  active  in  the 
life  of  the  community,  having  served 
as  selectman,  tax  collector,  member 
of  the  school  board,  prosecuting  agent, 
constable  and  justice  of  the  district 
police  court.  For  the  past  three  years 
he  has  been  president  of  the  Jaffrey 
Board  of  Trade.  Politically  he  is  a 
Democrat,  has  been  for  ten  years  a 
member  of  the  State  Committee,  and 
was  a  member  of  the  Constitutional 
Convention  of  1912.  In  the  present 
House  he  is  clerk  of  the  Democratic 
caucus,  clerk  of  the  Revision  of 
Statutes  Committee,  and  member  of 
the  committee  on  House  Journal. 


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He  is  an  enthusiastic  single  taxer, 
believing  that  only  by  raising  funds 
for  community  expenditures  by  a  tax 
on  land  in  proportion  to  its  value  can 
economic  freedom  be  gained.  In 
connection  with  this  movement  he  is 
secretary  of  the  newly  organized  New 
Hampshire  Single  Tax  Club.  But 
before  this  important  change  in  tax 
matters  can  be  obtained,  he  believes 
there  must  be  political  freedom. 
Consequently  he  is  a  strong  supporter 


came  up  for  consideration,  he,  as 
chairman  of  the  committee  on  liquor 
laws,  was  brought  prominently  to  the 
front. 

Mr.  Garland  was  born  in  Parsons- 
field,  Me.,  December  23,  1867.  He 
was  educated  there  in  the  common 
and  high  schools  and  at  the  present 
time  is  engaged  in  the  general  mer- 
chandise business.  He  is  married, 
has  four  sons  and  a  daughter  and  in 
religion  is  a  Methodist.     He  has  al- 


George  H.  Duncan 

of  the  initiative  and  referendum, 
and  is  secretary  of  the  New  Hamp- 
shire Direct  Legislation  League,  a 
member  of  the  Executive  Council  of 
the  American  Proportional  Represen- 
tation League,  and  one  of  the  advisory 
editors  of  Equity,  which  is  devoted  to 
these  improvements  in  representative 
government. 


John  H.  Garland,  who  represents 
the  town  of  Conway  in  the  House  at 
this  session  of  the  legislature  is  a  man, 
large  not  only  in  stature  but  in  men- 
tal capabilities  and  during  the  stirring 
scenes  enacted  in  the  House  when  the 
bill  to  abolish  the  present  license  law 


John  H.  Garland 

ways  taken  an  active  interest  in  town 
and  state  affairs,  having  been  town 
clerk,  selectman,  supervisor,  modera- 
tor and  at  the  present  is  a  trustee  of 
the  public  library.  This  is  by  no 
means  his  first  visit  to  Concord  as  a 
member  of  the  state  governing  body 
for  he  was  a  member  of  the  legisla- 
tures of  1905  and  1907. 


Olin  H.  Chase,  editor  and  pub- 
lisher of  the  Republican  Champion  of 
Newport,  is  one  of  the  young  Repub- 
licans of  the  state  who  is  and  always 
has  been  ready  to  cast  his  lot  with  the 
element  of  his  party  which  is  com- 
monly   called    "standpat"    and    this 


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sentiment  he  has  never  been  ashamed 
to  voice.  He  was  born  in  Springfield, 
August  24,  1876,  the  son  of  Hosea 
B.  and  Evelyne  H.  (Kidder)  Chase. 
Educated  at  the  Newport  High  School 
he  soon  learned  the  printer's  trade 
and  has  been  editor  and  manager  of 
the  Champion  for  the  past  eleven 
years.  He  was  a  second  lieutenant 
of  Company  M,  First  New  Hamp- 
shire Volunteers  in  the  Spanish 
War,  and,  following  the  war,  was  a 


Ira  Leon  Evans  is  not  only  one 
of  the  j^oungest,  but  is  one  of  the 
most  energetic  and  successful  business 
men  of  the  Capital  City,  so  it  is  not 
in  the  least  surprising  that  Ward 
Four  gave  him  more  votes  for  repre- 
sentative than  any  other  candidate. 
He  has  entered  into  his  duties  as  a 
member  of  the  House  with  the  same 
characteristic  thoroughness  that  has 
brought  him  success  in  the  printing 
business  as  proprietor  of  the  Evans 


Olin  H.  Chase 


Ira  Leon  Evans 


captain  in  the  N.  H.  N.  G.  for  five 
years. 

He  has  always  been  particularly 
active  in  advancing  the  welfare  of 
his  town  and  of  the  state.  He  has 
been  a  leading  member  of  the  New- 
port Board  of  Trade  and  of  the  State 
Board  of  which  he  was  president  in 
1912-13;  has  been  town  clerk  for 
many  years  and  is  active  in  Masonry. 
He  is  a  Congregationalist  in  religion. 
In  the  House  he  is  a  very  active  man, 
claiming  membership  on  three  com- 
mittees; public  improvements,  state 
hospital  and  rules. 


Press,  although  a  portion  of  his  bus- 
iness ability  and  sagacity  may  have 
been  inherited  from  his  father,  the 
late  Ira  C.  Evans,  at  the  time  of  his 
death  one  of  the  oldest  and  best 
known  printers  in  the  state. 

Mr.  Evans  was  born  in  Concord 
on  July  14,  1884,  and  educated  at 
the  Concord  High  School.  He  is 
married,  has  a  son  and  daughter, 
has  served  in  the  Second  Regiment 
Band  of  the  N.  H.  N.  G.  and  that  he 
is  some  "jiner"  is  evidenced  by  the 
following  list  of  fraternal  organiza- 
tions   and    clubs    with    which    he    is 


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affiliated:  Elks,  Odd  Fellows,  Re- 
bekahs,  Knights  of  Pythias,  D.  O.  K. 
K.,  Sons  of  Veterans,  Typographical 
Union,  White  Mountain  Travelers 
Association,  Concord  Poard  of  Trade, 
Concord  Press  Club,  Kearsarge  Club, 
Contoocook  River  Improvement  So- 
ciety and  the  N.  H.  Press  Associa- 
tion. In  the  House  he  is  a  member 
of  the  committee  on  industrial  school. 


James  F.  Brennan  of  Peterborough 
is  the  able  leader  of  the  minority  or 
democratic  party  in  the  House  and 
was  that  party's  candidate  for  speaker 
this  session.  He  was  elected  to  the 
House  for  the  first  time  two  years  ago, 
being  the  first  democratic  representa- 
tive from  that  town  in  sixty  years; 
his  popularity  and  ability  returning 
him  to  the  1915  legislature  by  an 
increased  majority. 

Major  Brennan  Was  born  in  Peter- 
borough, March  31,  1853,  and,  after 
graduating  from  Maryland  University 
in  Baltimore  in  1884,  he  engaged  in 
the  practice  of  law  in  his  native  town 
where  he  has  continued  for  over  a 
quarter  of  a  century  gaining  a  large 
clientage  and  making  a  host  of  friends 
through  his  ability,  geniality,  enter- 
prise and  public  spirit.  He  has  not 
only  taken  an  active  part  on  promot- 
ing the  interests  of  his  town,  but  he 
has  grasped  every  opportunity  to 
boost  for  New  Hampshire.  For  six 
years,  up  until  1909,  he  was  one  of  the 
three  trustees  of  the  State  Library 
and  is  now  a  member  of  the  State 
Board  of  Charities  and  Correction  to 
which  he  was  appointed  in  1899. 
As  a  member  of  the  legislature  of 
1913  he  gained  a  reputation  as  an 
eloquent  and  effective  speaker  of 
great  resources  and  ready  wit.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  judiciary,  elections 
and  rules  committees  of  the  present 
House. 

Major  Brennan  takes  a  great  in- 
terest in  historical  matters  and  is  a 
member  of  the  Peterborough,  Ameri- 
can-Irish and  New  Hampshire  His- 
torical Societies,  holding  the  position 
of    historiographer    in    the    first    two 


named.  He  has  long  been  prominent 
in  the  councils  and  on  the  stump  for 
the  democratic  party,  for  many  years 
being  a  member  of  the  executive  com- 
mittee of  the  state  committee.  He 
served  as  a  member  of  the  staff  of 
Governor  Felker.  In  religion  he  is  a 
Catholic. 

Honest,  able  and  aggressive,  he  is 
among  the  formulaters  of  public 
opinion.  Urged  to  allow  his  name  to 
be  used  as  a  candidate  for  high  state 
offices,  he  has  steadfastly  refused; 
accepting  no  offices  other  than  those 
from  his  own  town  and  those  in  which 
he  was  especially  interested  in  a 
charitable  or  literary  way. 


Aristide  L.  Pelissier 

Aristide  L.  Pelissier  was  one  of 
three  young  Republicans  who  outdis- 
tanced their  Democratic  opponents  in 
the  representative  contest  in  Ward 
Seven,  Concord,  at  the  November 
election.  Although  not  exactly  new  in 
the  political  field,  Mi .  Pelissier  is  now 
serving  his  first  term  as  a  member  of 
the  state  government.  However  he 
has  been  a  member  of  the  city  govern- 
ment of  the  Capital  City,  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  city  council  from  1906  to 


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1910    and    as    a    ward    alderman    in 
1911-'13. 

Mr.  Pelissier  was  born  in  Yamaska, 
Province  of  Quebec,  October  13,  1869, 
removing  to  Concord  as  a  young 
boy.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Concord  and  at  the  Ottawa 
(Canada)  College.  At  the  present 
time  he  is  engaged  in  the  saddlery 
and  harness  business,  with  his  uncle, 
at  9  Warren  street,  Concord.  He  is 
married  and  is  a  Catholic. 


may  well  be  termed  one  of  the  most 
active  men  in  that  body.  He  is  a 
thorough  Democrat  and  is  keenly  alive 
to  everything  that  is  going  on.  A 
member  of  the  two  important  com- 
mittees— state  hospital  and  ways  and 
means,  he  has  plenty  of  opportunity 
to  work,  aside  from  on  the  floor  of 
the  House,  and  he  takes  every  ad- 
vantage of  the  opportunity  thus  af- 
forded. 

He  is  a  native  of  Concord,   born 


William  A.  Lee 


Mr.  Pelissier  is  affiliated  with  the 
Association  Canado  Americaine,  the 
St.  Jean  Baptiste  D'Amerique  and 
the  Catholic  Order  of  Foresters. 
From  1907  to  1911  he  was  the  head 
of  the  latter  order  in  this  state.  He 
is  an  unassuming  gentleman  who  has 
many  friends  in  this  city  and  in  the 
state.  He  is  a  member  and  clerk  of 
the  committee  on  claims. 


William   A.    Lee,  who   represents 
Ward  Eight  of  Concord  in  the  House 


April  10,  1862.  Following  an  educa- 
tion in  the  public  schools  he  learned 
the  plumber's  trade  and  has  been 
engaged  for  many  years  as  a  plumb- 
ing and  heating  contractor,  with  an 
office  at  12  Center  street.  Mr.  Lee 
married  Josephine  Kelley  of  North- 
field,  Vt.,  and  they  have  one  son. 
He  is  a  Catholic  in  religion  and  is 
connected  with  no  fraternal  organiza- 
tions. He  has  given  much  of  his 
time  in  furthering  the  interests  and 
looking  after  the  welfare  of  the  Capi- 


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tal  city,  having  served  two  years  as 
a  member  of  the  common  council, 
six  years  as  an  alderman  and  ten 
years  as  a  member  of  the  board  of 
assessors  under  the  old  charter. 


Henry  B.  Fairbanks,  one  of  the 
leaders  of  the  Manchester  delegation, 
was  elected  as  a  Republican  from  the 
third  ward  of  the  Queen  City.  He 
was  born  in  Manchester  on  Oct.  10, 
1847,  the  son  of  Alfred  G.  Fairbanks. 


one  man  in  the  state  can  boast  of. 
However,  it  is  not  alone  through  his 
vocation  that  Mr.  Fairbanks  is  well 
known  for  perhaps  even  more  people 
of  the  state  know  him  either  as  com- 
mander of  the  famous  military  organ- 
ization, the  Amoskeag  Veterans,  which 
position  he  has  held  for  seven  years, 
or  as  department  commander  of  the 
Patriachs  Militant.  The  last  posi- 
tion he  has  held  for  twelve  years.  He 
is  also  a  Fast  Grand  of  Wildeyj Lodge, 
I.  O.  O.  F.,  a  Red  Man  and  a  charter 


Henry  B.  Fairbanks 


He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  that  city,  graduating  from  the  high 
school  and  entering  the  hardware 
business.  He  was  with  the  Staniels 
Hardware  Company  for  five  and  a 
half  years  and  for  two  years  with  the 
John  D.  Varick  Company.  He  later 
engaged  in  the  stove  business  and  for 
five  years  was  a  member  of  the  firm 
of  Fairbanks  &  Folsom. 

Now,  as  an  auctioneer,  appraiser  and 
real  estate  broker,  he  is  one  of  the  best 
known  men  in  New  Hampshire,  he 
having  gained  through  his  business, 
as  wide  an  acquaintanceship  as  any 


member  of  the  Calumet  Club  of  Man- 
chester. 

He  has  always  taken  a  deep  interest 
in  the  affairs  of  the  city  of  Manchester 
and  at  one  time  served  in  the  city 
council.  He  was  a  delegate  to  the 
state  Constitutional  Convention  of 
1912  and  was  a  member  of  the  legisla- 
ture of  two  years  ago.  He  is  married 
and  has  one  child. 

Mr.  Fairbanks  takes  a  hearty  inter- 
est in  the  business  of  the  legislature  and 
has  been  very  attentive  to  his  duties 
as  a  member  of  the  committee  on 
Appropriations. 


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Benjamin  W.  Couch  of  Ward 
Five,  Concord,  was  born  in  this  city, 
August  19,  1873,  and  educated  at 
Concord  High  School,  Dartmouth 
College  and  the  Harvard  Law  School. 
He  went  to  the  legislature  first  in 
1911  and  at  that  time  was  made 
chairman  of  the  important  committee 
on  judiciary.  The  voters  of  his  ward 
sent  him  back  to  the  legislature  in 
1913  and  although  he  was  an  earnest 
Republican,  Mr.  Couch  was  again 
made  chairman  of  the  judiciary  com- 
mittee, a  position  which  he  filled 
with  fairness  and  ability.  His  excel- 
lent record  in  the  service  of  the  state 
led  to  his  appointment  as  a  member 
of  the  State  Board  of  Control  under 
the  Felker  administration  and  it  is 
not  surprising  that  Mr.  Couch  is 
found  at  the  head  of  the  judiciary 
committee  of  the  present  legislature. 
He  is  one  of  the  most  logical  speakers 
in  the  House  and  his  concise,  pithy 
arguments  have  put  an  end  to  many  a 
lengthy  debate  during  the  present 
session.  He  has  held  many  impor- 
tant municipal  offices  and  is  an  active 
member  of  several  local  clubs.  He 
is  a  Mason,  attends  the  Unitarian 
church  and  at  the  present  time  is 
engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  in 
Concord. 


moved  to  Providence,  R.  I.  He  is  a 
Son  of  the  American  Revolution  on 
both  sides  of  the  family. 

Mr.  Wright's  early  education  was 
obtained  in  the  public  schools  of 
Sanbornton.  He  attended  Franklin 
High  school,  graduating  in  1896 
after  which  he  took  a  general  course 
at  New  Hampshire  College,  grad- 
uating from  the  latter  in  1900 
after  an  active  four  years.  He  was 
prominent  in  athletics  at  Durham, 
playing  on  the  varsity  baseball  and 
football  teams  during  his  entire  course. 


Robert  M.  Wright,  Republican 
member  of  the  House  from  Sanborn- 
ton, is  the  only  son  of  Rev.  Elisha  H. 
and  Ambrosia  (Morrill)  Wright.  Born 
October  31, 1877,  onthe farm  which  has 
been  owned  in  the  Morrill  family  for 
more  than  one  hundred  and  twenty-five 
years,  Mr.  Wright  has  ever  since  made 
it  his  home.  He  is  descended  from  good 
old  New  England  parentage,  claiming 
relationship  on  his  mother's  side  with 
Henry  Morrill,  who  settled  in  Hawke, 
now  Danville,  N.  H.,  and  with  Abra- 
ham Morrill,  who  settled  in  Cambridge 
and  Salisbury,  Mass.  and  died  in  the 
latter  place  in  1662.  On  his  father's 
side,  he  is  a  lineal  descendant  of  one  of 
the  earliest  of  Colonial  settlers,  Henry 
Wright,  who  came  to  Dorchester, 
Mass.,  about  1634  and  from  there  re- 


Robert  M.  Wright 

He  was  a  member  of  the  Kappa  Sigma 
fraternity. 

Upon  graduation  he  taught  in  the 
public  schools  of  Hill  and  Belmont, 
N.  H.,  being  principal  of  the  grammar 
schools  in  the  latter  town.  He  was 
afterwards  an  instructor  in  the  Stearns 
School  for  Boys  at  Hartford,  Ct., 
and  later  engaged  in  business  in  Hill 
for  a  period  of  four  years.  Later  he 
studied  law  in  the  office  of  Streeter 
and  Hollis  at  Concord  and  attended 
the  Boston  University  Law  school  in 
1910.  When  Mr.  Allen  Hollis  with- 
drew from  the  firm,  Mr.  Wright  con- 


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tinued  his  studies  with  him  and  M'as 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1912.  Since 
that  time  he  has  been  engaged  in  the 
practice  of  law  in  the  office  of  Allen 
Hollis. 

In  politics,  he  has  always  been  a 
Republican.  In  1905  he  was  elected 
chairman  of  the  board  of  selection  of 
Sanbornton,  succeeding  a  chairman 
who  had  held  the  position  for  sixteen 
years.  After  a  second  year  in  that 
position    he    served    three    years    as 


and  a  member  of  the  Committee  on 
Revision  of  Statutes,  his  practical  and 
first-hand  information  as  to  the  con- 
ditions in  the  "  Little  Republic," 
coupled  with  his  legal  training,  being 
exceedingly  helpful  in  the  work  of 
those  important  committees.  The 
fact  that  he  retains  his  rural  environ- 
ments and  yet  comes  in  contact  with 
city  life  daily  while  practicing  law  in 
Concord,  cannot  help  but  be  benefi- 
cial to  his  constituents. 


Fred  G.  Smalley 


second  member  of  the  board.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Constitutional  Con- 
vention of  1912  and  since  1910  has 
been  chairman  of  the  Republican 
Club  of  Sanbornton. 

On  August  30,  1911,  he  married 
Nettie  G.  Straw  of  Hill  and  they  have 
one  son,  Robert  Morrill  Wright,  who 
was  born  December  2,  1913.  He  is 
a  Mason  and  Patron  of  Husbandry. 

As  a  member  of  the  present  House 
Mr.  Wright  has  taken  an  active  part 
both  in  debate  upon  the  floor  and  in 
the  committee  work.  He  is  chairman 
of  the  Committee  on  Incorporations 


Fred  C.  Smalley,  Republican 
member  of  the  House  from  Ward 
Three,  Dover,  received  the  highest 
vote  cast  for  representative  in  his  ward 
on  election  day  last  November.  He  is 
known  in  Dover  as  one  of  the  "  wide- 
awakes" and  because  of  his  active 
interests  in  everything  pertaining  to 
the  welfare  of  the  city  has  been  elected 
to  the  city  council  on  two  different 
occasions  and  is  now  serving  his  third 
term  as  a  ward  alderman  in  the  city 
government. 

Mr.  Smalley  was  born  at  Shrews- 
bury, Vt.,  on  November  18,  1866,  and 


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educated  in  the  Green  Mountain  state 
at  Black  River  Academy,  Ludlow,  Vt. 
He  afterwards  took  a  course  in  the 
Albany  (N.  Y.)  Business  College,  en- 
tering into  the  monumental  business 
shortly  afterwards.  Today  he  is  en- 
gaged in  the  manufacture  of  granite 
and  marble  for  monumental  and  build- 
ing purposes  with  places  of  business  in 
Dover  and  Portsmouth.  He  also  has 
large  quarry  interests  in  Milford,  N. 
H.,  and  Westerly,  R.  I.  and  owns  a 
fine  plot  of  farm  land  just  outside  the 
city  of  Dover  which  he  has  cultivated 
according  to  the  latest  and  most  ap- 
proved methods. 

Mr.  Smalley  is  married  and  has  two 
sons  and  two  daughters.  He  attends 
the  Unitarian  church,  is  a  Mason — ■ 
lodge,  chapter,  council,  commandery; 
belongs  to  the  Knights  of  Pythias 
and  the  Royal  Arcanum.  He  is  also 
a  member  of  the  Bellamy  Club  of 
Dover. 

Although  deeply  interested  in  the 
affairs  of  the  state,  Mr.  Smalley  has 
never  been  heard  on  the  floor  of  the 
House  except  once  and  that  was  when 
he  arose  to  endorse  the  passage  of  a 
resolution  introduced  for  the  purpose 
of  expediting  business.  As  a  member 
of  the  committees  on  Banks  and  En- 
grossed bills  and  as  one  of  the  leading 
men  of  the  Strafford  County  delega- 
tion, Mr.  Smalley  manages  to  keep 
very  busy  while  attending  the  ses- 
sions. 


reinlistment  on  June  12,  1862.  On 
August  15,  1862,  he  was  appointed 
Captain  of  K  company  which  office 
he  held  when  he  was  discharged  on 
account  of  disability  on  November  2, 
1864. 

Many  are  the  deeds  of  valor  which 
are  told  of  Colonel  Sanborn,  but  none 
surpass  in  heroism  the  incident  which 
accured  at  the  Siege  of  Wagner.     The 


Col.  True  Sanborn,  of  Chichester, 
is  not  only  the  oldest  member  of  the 
present  House  of  Representatives, 
but  he  also  stands  out  by  reason  of 
his  prominent  military  record,  which 
continued  over  a  period  of  thirty 
consecutive,  years.  Colonel  Sanborn 
served  with  gallantry  in  the  Civil  War, 
enlisting  on  September  14,  1861,  from 
Chichester  as  a  member  of  Company 
I,  4th  New  Hampshire  volunteers. 
On  September  20  of  the  same  year 
he  was  made  second  lieutenant.  He 
was  mustered  out  of  service  for  a  short 
period  and  was  immediately  appointed 
first  Lieutenant  of  Company  K  upon 


Col.  True  Sanborn 

men  of  the  Fourth  were  worn  and 
heartbroken  after  months  of  the  siege. 
One  day  when  a  detail  of  his  company 
was  hard  pressed,  Captain  Sanborn 
waived  his  rank  and  leaving  his  sword 
in  his  tent,  seized  a  rifle  and  went  to 
the  front  line  as  a  private  soldier  in 
order  to  lighten  the  detail  and  raise 
the  spirits  of  his  command. 

FolloAving  the  war,  Captain  San- 
born was  active^  identified  with  the 
state  militia  for  years,  here  receiving 
his  title  of  Colonel.  He  was  born  in 
Chichester  on  July  30,  1827.  and  re- 


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ceived  a  common  school  education. 
He  has  always  been  a  farmer  and  has 
established  considerable  reputation 
as  a  surveyor,  it  being  said  that  no 
man  in  his  section  could  estimate  the 
value  of  a  lumber  lot  closer  than  True 
Sanborn.  He  is  a  widower  with  six 
children.  He  attends  the  Methodist 
church. 

Colonel  Sanborn  is  an  active  and 
popular  member  of  the  House  in  spite 
of  his  eighty-eight  years.  As  is 
most  befitting,  he  is  a  member  of  the 


ready  to  speak  his  mind  on  any  one  of 
the  momentous  questions  that  arise  to 
be  settled  in  the  House.  He  fathered 
the  bill  to  grant  municipal  suffrage 
to  women  of  New  Hampshire  and  his 
oratorical  effort  in  behalf  of  the  bill 
was  none  the  less  a  masterpiece  be- 
cause of  the  fact  that  the  measure 
was  defeated.  He  also  has  been  given 
credit  for  defeating  the  proposed 
amendments  to  the  present  primary 
law  which  would  have  practically 
destroyed  it.     As  a  member  of  the 


George  A.  Wood 


committee  on  military  affairs  and 
takes  a  deep  interest  in  the  work  of 
this  committee.  Several  times  he  has 
filled  the  speaker's  chair  with  dignity 
and  ability  during  the  session. 


George  A.  Wood  of  Portsmouth, 
Ward  Two,  is  one  of  the  "big"  men 
who  represent  old  "Strawberry  Bank" 
in  the  House  of  Representatives  and 
he  is  big  in  physical  proportions  as 
well  as  in  mental  ability.  Mr.  Wood 
is  probably  as  well  known  as  any  mem- 
ber of  the  House  and  he  is   always 


committee  on  revision  of  statutes  and 
also  the  committee  on  engrossed 
bills,  he  finds  plenty  to  do  in  the  com- 
mittee rooms  and  makes  the  most  of 
his.opportunity  to  thus  serve  the  state. 

Mr.  Wood  was  born  in  South 
Acworth  on  August  24,  1862,  and 
received  his  early  education  there  and 
at  the  Vermont  Academy.  He  is 
married  and  has  four  children. 

Mr.  Wood  has  also  been  active 
in  municipal  affairs  and  was  alderman 
in  the  city  of  Portsmouth  for  two 
years.     For  many  years  he.  was  Dep- 


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uty  Collector  of  Internal  Revenue  at 
Portsmouth,  commencing  under  his 
father,  the  late  Col.  James  A.  Wood 
of  Acworth,  who  was  long  one  of  the 
prominent  leaders  of  the  Republican 
party  in  the  State.  His  wife,  Mary 
I.  Wood,  is  well  known  as  a  leader  in 
club  life  and  in  Equal  Suffrage  work. 


Harry  K.  Rogers  is  one  of  the 
three  Democrats  who  represents  the 
lively  and  interesting  town  of  Pem- 


Harry  K.  Rogers 

broke  in  the  legislature  of  1913.  Liv- 
ing on  the  Pembroke  side  of  the  village 
of  Suncook,  he  has  ever  been  mindful 
of  the  welfare  of  his  town  and  made 
a  fine  record  during  his  three  years  as 
a  selectman. 

He  was  born  in  Bow,  May  11,  1886, 
and  received  his  education  in  Pem- 
broke and  at  the  Concord  High  School, 
graduating  from  Dartmouth  with 
the  class  of  1908.  He  is  married,  has 
one  child  and  is  a  Protestant.  At 
present  he  is  well  known  throughout 
central  New  Hampshire  as  a  whole- 
sale lumber  man,  being  engaged  in 
buying  and  operating  woodlots.  He 
also  does  considerable  civil  engineer- 


ing work.  He  is  affiliated  with  the 
following  fraternal  organizations  and 
clubs:  Patrons  of  Husbandry,  Moose, 
Masons,  Knights  Templars,  Shriners, 
Suncook  Club  and  Suncook  Valley 
Fish  and  Game  Association.  He  is 
president  of  the  latter  organization 
and  as  its  head  has  done  much  toward 
the  propagation  and  conservation  of 
fish  and  game  in  Merrimack  county. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  House  com- 
mittee on  banks. 


Paul  Labonte 

Paul  Labonte  is  a  solid  substan- 
tial Democrat  who  represents  the 
third  ward  of  the  town  of  Somers- 
worth,  a  solid  substantial  Democratic 
city  where  Republicans  are  as  scarce 
as  Progressives  are  today  in  the 
state. 

He  was  born  in  Canada,  February 
10,  1877,  and  educated  at  Levis  in  the 
Province  of  Quebec.  He  conducts 
probably  the  largest  grocery  business 
in  Somersworth,  is  married  and  a 
Catholic. 

Mr.  Labonte  has  had  as  wide  an 
experience  in  municipal  affairs  as 
any  man  in  the  state,  having  served 
his  city  as  councilman,  city  clerk  and 


HON.  WILLIAM  J.  AHERN 


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mayor.  He  made  a  fine  record  while 
acting  in  the  latter  capacity.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Elks,  Eagles,  A.  C. 
A.,  C.  0.  F.,  U.  S.  J.  B.,  and  A.  F. 


William  J.  Ahern  of  Ward  Nine, 
Concord,  is  now  serving  his  tenth 
term  in  the  House.  He  was  born 
in  Concord  on  May  19,  1855,  and 
following  a  public  school  education 
entered  into  politics  where  he  has 
been  prominent  ever  since.  He  has 
served  as  a  county  commissioner, 
deputy  sheriff  and  jailer  and  has 
long  been  the  efficient  secretary  of 
the  State  Board  of  Charities  and  Cor- 
rections. Mr.  Ahern  is  a  member 
of  the  committee  on  appropriations 
and  of  the  committee  on  rules  in  the 
House  this  year  and  is  one_  of  the 
strong  leaders  of  the  minority  party. 
He  is  considered  the  best  parliamen- 
tarian in  the  House  and- has  straight- 
ened out  many  a  seemingly  hopeless 
tangle  through  his  intimate  knowledge 
of  the  rules  of  procedure. 


Franklin  Pierce  Curtis  hadserved 
the  interests  of  Ward  Two,  Concord, 
so  successfully  as  a  member  of  the 
legislatures  of  1911  and  1913  that  the 
citizens  of  "Eastside"  returned  him 
to  the  present  House.  He  is  actively 
interested  in  the  development  of 
agriculture  in  the  state  and  probably 
for  this  reason  takes  an  even  deeper 
interest  in  the  work  of  the  committee 
on  agricultural  college  than  he  would 
otherwise.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the 
state  library  committee. 

Born  February  12,  1856,  the  son  of 
the  late  George  H.  and  Harriett 
(Lougee)  Curtis,  he  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  and  by  private 
tutors.  His  parents  having  moved 
to  East  Concord  when  he  was  but  a 
year  old,  Mr.  Curtis  as  a  young  man 
became  interested  in  the  affairs  of 
that  section  of  the  city  and  through 
his  work  as  a  newspaper  reporter 
and  correspondent  was  able  to  keep 
in  close  touch  with  every  phase  of 
life  in  Ward  Two.     Alwavs  a  Demo- 


crat, he  has  been  ward  clerk  for  over 
twenty  years;  has  been  a  supervisor 
of  the  checklist  for  two  terms  and  has 
also  represented  his  ward  in  the  city 
government  as  an  alderman  for  two 
terms. 

He  is  affiliated  with  several  frater- 
nal organizations,  attends  the  Con- 
gregational and  Episcopal  churches 
of  his  ward  and  for  the  last  two  years 
served  as  clerk  of  the  Concord  dis- 
trict police  court. 


Frank  P.  Curtis 

Charles  W.  Tobey  of  Temple  is 
the  leading  Progressive  member  of 
the  House  of  Representatives  and  a 
3roung  man  whose  pleasing  personality, 
comprehensive  power  of  reasoning 
and  forceful  arguments  have  gained 
for  him  many  friends.  He  always  has 
an  attentive  audience  when  he  takes 
the  floor  to  speak  and  whether  he  be 
arguing  the  popular  or  unpopular 
side  he  holds  the  members'  attention 
until  he  is  through.  No  one  thinks 
for  Tobey.  That  fact  is  evident  to 
anyone  who  enjoys  his  acquaintance, 
even  for  the  short  space  of  an  hour. 

He  was  particularly  successful 
early  in  the  session  in   his  fight  to 


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have  the  South  Side  highway  go  over 
Temple  mountain,  where  it  was 
originally  laid  out  by  the  Felker 
administration,  and  his  triumph  over 
the  strong  opposition  which  wanted 
the  location  changed,  was  a  particu- 
larly noteworthy  one. 

Mr.  Tobey  was  born  in  Roxbury, 
Mass,  on  July  22,  1880,  and  was  edu- 
cated in  the  Boston  public  schools 
and  in  the  Roxbury  Latin  school.  He 
is  a  farmer  who  specializes  in  the  rais- 


during  the  present  session  of  the 
House,  he  having  argued  strongly  on 
the  floor  against  the  bill  to  do  away 
with  compulsory  vaccination  and 
having  done  much  work  in  favor  of 
the  car  stake  bill  which  passed  the 
House.  He  also  did  considerable 
work  in  behalf  of  the  single-headed 
fish  and  game  commission  and  has  been 
not  only  a  regular,  but  an  interested 
attendant  upon  all  sessions. 

Mr.    Huckins    was    born    in   New 


Charles  W.  Tobey 

ing  of  poultry;  is  married  and  has 
four  children.  In  religion  he  is  a 
Baptist.  Mr  Tobey  has  been  ac- 
tively interested  in  the  affairs  of 
the  town  of  Temple,  being  a  selectman 
and  chairman  of  the  school  committee. 
In  the  House  he  is  a  member  of  the 
committee    on    revision    of    statutes. 

John  C.  Huckins,  of  Ashland,  is  a 
young  Progressive  member  of  the 
House,  whose  name  must  be  added  to 
that  honorable  list  of  successful  New 
Hampshire  physicians  who  have  been 
public-spirited  enough  to  give  a  part 
of  their  valuable  time  to  the  needs  of 
the  body  politic.  Mr.  Huckins  has 
been   quite   a  little  in  the   limelight 


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John  C.  Huckins 

Hampton  on  December  24,  1878.  He 
was  educated  at  the  New  Hampton 
Literary  Institution  and  graduated 
from  the  Baltimore  Medical  College 
with  the  class  of  1904.  He  practices 
as  a  physician,  is  a  Protestant  and  a 
member  of  the  various  state  and 
county  medical  societies.  He  is  affili- 
ated with  the  Odd  Fellows  and  the 
Knights  of  Pythias.  Mr.  Huckins  is 
married  and  has  one  son. 

Aside  from  his  interest  in  the  affairs 
of  state,  he  has  been  a  prominent 
figure  in  town  affairs  at  Ashland,  is 
now  serving  his  second  term  as  select- 
man. He  is  a  member  of  the  House 
committees  on  public  health  and 
school  for  feeble-minded. 


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Bertram  Blaisdell  of  Meredith 
is  one  of  the  Democratic  minority  in 
the  House  and  a  man  who  has  gained 
considerable  prominence  at  this  ses- 
sion by  reason  of  the  active  interest 
he  has  displayed  in  the  work  of  the 
judiciary  committee,  of  which  he  is 
a  member,  and  also  in  the  general 
work  of  the  House. 

Born  in  Meredith  on  April  13,  1869, 
the  son  of  Philip  D.  and  Jane  Leavitt 
Blaisdell,  he  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  pre- 
pared for  college  at  Tilton  Seminary. 


two  children  and  is  a  member  of  the 
Congregational  church. 

Under  the  administration  of  Gov- 
ernor Felker,  Mr.  Blaisdell  was  ap- 
pointed special  justice  of  the  Laconia 
District  court,  which  included  in  its 
jurisdictions  the  city  of  Laconia  and 
the  towns  of  Meredith,  New  Hamp- 
ton, Gilford  and  Center  Harbor.  As 
police  court  justice  he  gave  the  great- 
est possible  satisfaction,  being  pos- 
sessed of  the  faculty  of  tempering 
justice  with  clemency  to  just  the 
proper  degree. 


Bertram  Blaisdell 

He  graduated  from  Brown  University 
with  the  class  of  1892  and  was  prin- 
cipal of  Meredith  High  school  for 
three  years  following  his  graduation. 
He  then  took  up  the  study  of  law 
with  the  Hon.  S.  W.  Rollins,  and  fol- 
lowing his  admittance  to  the  bar  in 
1897  he  opened  an  office  in  Meredith 
where  he  still  continues  to  practice. 

He  has  been  very  active  in  town 
affairs  and  at  the  present  time  is 
chairman  of  the  school  board.  He 
has  served  as  a  trustee  of  the  Mere- 
dith Village  Savings  bank  and  is  a 
member  of  Chocorua  Lodge,  No.  83, 
A.  F.  and  A.  M.     He  is  married,  has 


George  I.  Leighton 

George  I.  Leighton,  representa- 
tive from  Ward  Two,  Dover,  is  one  of 
the  most  popular  men  of  that  city,  as 
is  evidenced  by  the  fact  that  he  re- 
ceived by  far  the  highest  vote  of  any 
of  the  six  candidates  from  his  ward. 
Always  a  steadfast  Republican,  Mr. 
Leighton  has  previously  served  his 
party  and  city  as  a  delegate  to  the 
Constitutional  Convention  of  1902 
and  as  a  member  of  the  House  of  Rep- 
resentatives in  1907. 

Porn  and  educated  in  Vermont,  a 
barber  by  trade,  but  also  proprietor 
of  a  modern  restaurant  in  the  city 
of    his    adoption,     Mr.     Leighton    is 


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married,  is  a  Protestant  and  among 
the  fraternal  organizations,  is  a  Mason, 
Knight  of  Malta  and  Red  Man. 

In  the  present  session  he  is  serving 
as  a  member  of  the  committees  on 
railroads  and  claims. 


Hon.  James  O.  Lyford,  Represen- 
tative from  Ward  Four,  a  leading  fig- 
ure in  the  Republican  party  of  New 
Hampshire  for  many  years,  and  an 
active  member  of  the  House  in  this 
and  previous  sessions,  is  a  native  of 
Boston,  Mass.,  born  June  28,  1853, 
but  removed  to  Canterbury  in  early 
life,  where  he  passed  his  childhood 
and  youth.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  and  at  Tilton  Semi- 
nary, studied  law,  but  entered  jour- 
nalism and  political  life,  in  which  he 
has  been  active  and  conspicuous. 
He  was  a  delegate  from  Canterbury 
in  the  Constitutional  Convention  of 
1876,  and  from  Ward  Four,  Concord 
in  those  of  1902  and  1912,  and  repre- 
sented the  latter  also  in  the  legisla- 
tures of  1893,  1895,  and  1897,  serv- 
ing on  the  Judiciary  Committee,  as 
during  the  present  session,  and  tak- 
ing a  prominent  part  in  both  com- 
mittee work  and  debate.  He  was 
Chairman  of  the  State  Bank  Com- 
mission from  1887  to  1895;  City 
Auditor  of  Concord  from  1896  to 
1898  and  U.  S.  Naval  Officer  at  the 
port  of  Boston  from  1898  to  1913. 
He  is  married,  has  one  son,  is  a  Uni- 
tarian and  a  member  of  the  Wono- 
lancet  Club  and  Capital  Grange  of 
Concord,  of  the  Algonquin  and  City 
Clubs  of  Boston,  and  the  Derryfield 
Club  of  Manchester. 


James  E.  French  of  Moulton- 
borough  is  now  serving  his  eleventh 
term  as  a  member  of  the  House  of 
Representatives.  In  fact  he  has  be- 
come so  much  of  a  "fixture"  in  the 
House  that  delegations  of  school 
children  visiting  the  legislature  with 
their  teacher,  always  ask  to  have 
"Jim"  French  pointed  out  to  them. 
Until  a  Democratic  administration 
drove  him  to  a  second  place  last  year 


he  had  always  headed  the  committee 
on  appropriations,  and  so  it  is  not  sur- 
prising that,  with  the  "G.  O.  P." 
back  in  the  saddle  in  the  Granite 
State,  Mr.  French  is  again  directing 
the  affairs  of  this  important  com- 
mittee as  its  chairman.  Aside  from 
his  experience  in  the  House  he  has 
served  one  term  in  the  senate  and  was 
a  delegate  to  the  constitutional  con- 
vention of  1912.  He  was  collector 
of  internal  revenue  from  1889  to 
1893  and  a  railroad  commissioner 
from  1879  to  1883.* 


Dr.  Ervin  W.  Hodsdon 

Ervin  W.  Hodsdon,  M.  D.,  Repub- 
lican representative  from  the  town 
of  Ossipee,  was  born  there  on  April 
8,  1863,  the  son  of  Edward  P.  and 
Emma  B.  (Demerritt)  Hodsdon.  He 
was  educated  in  the  schools  of  his 
native  town,  at  Dover  High  School, 
Phillips  Exeter  Academy  and  gradu- 
ated from  Washington  University  at 
St.  Louis,  Mo.  in  the  class  of  1884, 
with  the  degree  of  M.  D. 

Following   his   graduation   he   was 


*  For  portrait,  see  page  35. 


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interne  in  the  City^  Hospital  at  St. 
Louis  for  two  years  after  which  he 
went  to  Dover  where  he  engaged  in 
practice.  Later  he  removed  to  Center 
Sandwich  and  afterwards  to  Ossipee, 
where  he  has  lived  for  the  past 
nineteen  years. 

Doctor  Hodsdon,  like  innumerable 
other  New  Hampshire  physicians, 
has  found  time  to  assist  in  the  man- 
agement of-  town  and  state  affairs. 
In  Ossipee  he  has  taken  an  active 
interest  in  the  development  of  the 
town  and  is  at  the  present  time  chair- 
man of  the  board  of  selectmen.     For^ 


Grange,  A.  0.  U.  W.,  Knights  of 
Pythias,  New  Hampshire  Medical 
Society  and  American  Medical  Asso- 
ciation. In  the  House  he  is  chairman 
of  the  committee  on  state  hospital 
and  a  member  of  the  committee  on 
public  health.  He  is  the  father  of  the 
bill  making  provision  for  the  parole 
of  insane  patients.  Doctor  Hodsdon 
is  seldom  heard  on  the  floor  in  debate, 
preferring  to  do  his  work,  and  he 
accomplishes  a  great  deal,  in  the  com- 
mittee rooms.  Ossipee  would  do  well 
to  return  Doctor  Hodsdon  to  the  legis- 
lature two  vears  hence. 


John  G.  M.  Glessner 


twelve  years  he  was  a  member  of  the 
school  committee  and  has  been  town 
clerk.  For  seventeen  years  he  was 
postmaster  and  has  been  a  member  of 
the  board  of  health  ever  since  he  has 
been  in  the  town.  He  also  held  the 
position  of  medical  referee  for  Carroll 
County  for  a  period  of  ten  years  and 
is  physician  to  Carroll  County  farm. 

Doctor  Hodsdon  is  unmarried,  is 
a  Methodist  and  affiliated  with  the 
following  fraternal  organizations:  Im- 
proved Order  of  Red  Men,  Masons. 


John  G.  M.  Glessner  represents 
Bethlehem  in  the  House  of  Represen- 
tatives and  that  he  really  does  repre- 
sent the  entire  town,  Republicans, 
Democrats  and  Progressives  alike,  is 
quite  evident  when  one  learns  that 
he  received  174  votes  and  four  other 
unwilling  candidates  divided  up  fifteen 
scattering  votes  among  themselves 
for  representative  at  the  last  election. 
The  fact  that  he  was  born  in'Chicago 
in  1871  and  was  educated  at  Harvard 
in  no  way  counts  against  John  Gless- 


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ner  in  Bethlehem,  for  the  rural  popu- 
lation and  the  transient  hay  fever 
guests  alike  proclaim  him  to  be  a  far- 
seeing,  generous  and  public-spirited 
citizen. 

He  is  the  owner  and  manager  of  a 
large  country  estate  in  the  famous 
little  mountain  town  of  hotels;  is 
married  and  has  four  children.  He 
owns  considerable  property  in  Beth- 
lehem which  he  is  always  improving 
in  one  way  and  another,  always  seek- 
ing to  benefit  his  fellow  townsmen. 

He  is  the  chairman  of  the  Repub- 
lican caucus  and  directed  the  speak- 
ers' bureau  for  the  Republican  State 
committee  in  the  campaign  of  1914. 
For  these  reasons  he  is  widely  known 
aside  from  the  fact  that  he  is  a  mem- 
ber of  this  legislature  and  that  of  two 
years  ago.  A  most  unassuming  gentle- 
man, he  is  seldom  heard  on  the  floor  of 
the  House  and  rarely,  if  ever,  speaks 
in  debate. 

There  is  no  busier  man  in  the  House 
than  he,  however,  for  he  is  clerk  of 
the  important  judiciary  committee, 
one  of  the  most  exacting  positions  that 
falls  to  the  lot  of  any  member.  Two 
years  ago  he  was  a  member  of  the 
committees  on  appropriations  and 
forestry  and  chairman  of  the  special 
committee  on  cross-state  highways. 

Mr.  Glessner's  friends,  and  he  has 
a  host  of  them  in  the  state,  expect 
that  a  term  in  the  Senate  may  be 
followed  a  few  years  from  now  with 
the  announcement  of  his  candidacy 
for  the  highest  office  of  governor. 

Charles  E.  Tilton,  member  of 
the  present  legislature  from  the  town 
of  Tilton  which  was  so  named  in 
honor  of  his  father,  the  late  Charles 
E.  Tilton,  is  serving  his  second  term 
as  representative  and  is  a  member  of 
the  important  judiciary  committee. 
He  was  born  in  Tilton,  May  6,  1887, 
received  his  education  at  St.  Paul's 
School,  Concord,  Harvard  Univer- 
sity and  Massachusetts  Institute  of 
Technology  and  is  a  member  of  the 
Harvard,  Technology  and  Univer- 
sity clubs;  he  is  also  a  thirty-second 


degree  Mason.  He  is  married,  has 
one  son,  and  in  religion  is  an  Episco- 
palian. 

In  politics  a  Democrat,  Mr.  Tilton 
has  figured  prominently,  for  in  1912 
he  was  made  a  presidential  elector, 
^as  elected  to  the  state  legislature 
at  the  same  time  and  was  elevated 
to  the  rank  of  Major  on  the  staff  of 
Governor  Felker.    He  has  also  served 


Major  Charles  E.  Tilton 

as  clerk  of  the  Democratic  state  con- 
vention and  chairman  of  the  Belknap 
County  delegation.  Mr.  Tilton  is 
one  of  the  youngest  members  of  the 
House,  and  although  he  is  not  often 
heard  on  the  floor,  he  takes  the  closest 
interest  in  the  welfare  of  his  constit- 
uents and  of  the  commonwealth. 


Henry  W.  Keyes  won  his  election 
to  the  House  of  Representatives  from 
the  town  of  Haverhill  as  a  straight 
Republican,  nothing  more,  and  al- 
though no  member  of  the  legislature 
has  more  at  heart  the  welfare  of  the 
state  than  he,  it  is  seldom  if  ever  that 
his  voice  is  heard  on  the  floor  of  the 
House  in  debate.     A  member  of  the 


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important  committee  on  appropria- 
tions, his  keen  intellect  and  sound 
judgment  is  here  deeply  appreciated. 
Mr.  Keyes  has  long  been  in  public 
life  in  the  state,  having  served  for  ten 
years,  1903-13,  as  a  member  of  the 
license  commission,  with  Cyrus  Little 
of  Manchester  and  Judge  John  Kivel 
of  Dover.  His  friends  are  even  now 
insisting  that  his  wide  knowledge  of 
the  inner  workings  of  this  important 
commission  would  make  him  a  most 
valuable  man  to  the  state  as  a  member 
of  the  new  commission  which  is  soon  to 


suits,  his  beautiful  farm  at  Haverhill 
being  one  of  the  show  places  of  the 
township,  Mr.  Keyes  has  a  variety  of 
other  business  interests  being  a  di- 
rector of  the  Connecticut  and  Pas- 
sumpsic  Railroad  and  vice-president 
of  the  Nashua  River  Paper  Company. 
He  is  married  and  is  a  Mason  and  a 
Patron  of  Husbandry. 

No  man  can  claim  a  more  heartfelt 
interest  in  the  affairs  of  his  town  than 
Mr.  Keyes  has  in  Haverhill  where  he 
has  served  many  terms  as  a  selectman. 
Anything  that  tends  for  the  better- 


Hon.  Henry  W.  Keyes 


be  appointed  by  Governor  Spaulding. 
Mr.  Keyes  was  born  in  the  neigh- 
boring state  of  Vermont,  which  com- 
monwealth has  given  the  Granite 
State  a  great  number  of  men  who 
became  prominent  in  public  life. 
The  town  of  his  birth  was  Newbury 
and  the  date,  May  23,  1863.  He  was 
educated  in  the  Boston  public  schools, 
at  Adams  Academy  and  at  Harvard 
College,  graduating  from  the  latter 
institution  with  the  class  of  1887. 
Although  engaged  in  agricultural  pur- 


ment  of  agricultural  conditions,  either 
in  his  section  or  any  part  of  the  state 
elicits  the  entire  sympathy  of  this 
Haverhill  farmer  and  he  has  served 
as  a  trustee  of  the  State  Agricultural 
college  at  Durham.  Aside  from  his 
ten-years'  term  of  service  as  a  license 
commissioner,  Mr.  Keyes  was  a  repre- 
sentative to  the  general  court  in  1891 
and  1893  and  a  senator  in  1903. 

He  is  a  man  of  marked  personality 
and  endowed  with  large  mental  abil- 
ity.    As  a  business  man  he  has  shown 


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rare  judgment  and  as  a  public  serv- 
ant he  has  acted  in  a  most  creditable 
manner  which  could  not  have  been 
but  a  credit  and  honor  to  his  constit- 
uents. In  fact,  many  of  his  friends 
see  in  him  a  strong  gubernatorial 
candidate  to  head  the  Republican 
party  in  1916. 


land  Academy  and  president  of  the 
People's  Trust  Company.  He  has 
been  commissioned  on  several  occa- 
sions to  represent  the  town  in  affairs 
of  state,  being  a  member  of  the 
legislature  in  1875-76  and  1913  and 
delegate  to  the  Constitutional  Con- 
vention in  1912.     On  December  11, 


Thomas  P.  Waterman's  popularity 
as  a  candidate  for  the  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives from  the  town  of  Lebanon 
is  well  attested  by  the  fact  that  he 
received  more  votes  than  any  of  the 
other  nine  Candidates.  Although  his 
voice  is  seldom  heard  on  the  floor  in 
debate,  he  is  faithful  in  attendance 
and  is  careful  to  throughly  under- 
stand every  measure  before  he  is 
called  upon  to  vote.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  House  committee  on  Banks. 

Mr.  Waterman,  a  descendant  of 
Silas  Waterman,  one  of  the  first  set- 
tlers of  Lebanon,  was  born  in  that 
town  on  December  10,  1843,  the  son 
of  Silas  and  Sarah  (Wood)  Waterman. 
He  was  educated  at  Kimball  Union 
Academy,  Meriden,  and  has  been 
engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  lum- 
ber all  of  his  life.  He  is  a  Congrega- 
tionalist  and  among  the  fraternal 
orders  with  which  he  is  affiliated  are: 
Masons,  Lebanon  Grange,  Patrons  of 
Husbandry,  the  Mascoma  Valley  Po- 
mona Grange  and  the  Langdon  Club 
of  Lebanon. 

He  has  always  taken  the  greatest 
interest  in  the  town  of  his  birth,  hav- 
ing served  as  selectman  for  fifteen 
years,  chairman  of  the  school  board 
for  three  years,  public  library  trustee, 
chairman  of  the  trustees  of  the  Rock- 


Thomas  P.  Waterman 

1886,  Mr.  Waterman  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Rosamond  Wood. 
Although  a  man  of  advanced  years, 
Mr.  Waterman  has  kept  fully  abreast 
of  the  spirit  of  the  times  and  was  glad 
to  register  his  vote  in  the  House  in 
favor  of  the  abolishment  of  capital 
punishment,  the  prohibition  measure 
and  woman's  suffrage. 


THE  LIBBY  MUSEUM  OF  WOLFEBORO 


On  the  shore  of  Tuftonboro  Bay 
in  Lake  Winnipesaukee,  there  stands 
a  unique  institution.  The  thought 
of  establishing  the  museum  at  Wolfe- 


Dr.  Henry  F.  Libby 

boro  has  been  maturing  since  1900. 
The  structure  is  of  concrete,  120  feet 
long  by  40  feet  in  width. 

Few  New  England  communities  can 
boast  as  complete  an  institution  for 
the  preservation,  study  and  perpetua- 
tion of  the  flowers  and  native  animals 
of  the  Northland  as  is  possessed  by 
the  little  town  of  Wolfeboro,  N.  H., 
where  the  Libby  Museum  has  been 
built  and  maintained  by  Dr.  Henry 
F.  Libby,  who  is  retiring  from  the 
practice  of  dentistry  at  366  Common- 
wealth Avenue,  Boston  that  he  may 
follow  more  closely  his  lifelong  interest 
in  natural  history.  Inside  the  mu- 
seum there  is  already  a  remarkable 
collection  of  birds,  animals,  insects, 
and  the  vegetable  specimens  of  the 
region.  Doctor  Libby  has  discovered 
a  new  method  of  mounting  the  smaller 


objects  which  is  a  distinct  improve- 
ment over  the  old  ones.  This  in- 
vention has  been  adopted  by  Har- 
vard University  for  mounting  the 
Blaschka  Glass  flower  models.  The 
chief  characteristic  of  this  mount  is 
that  it  will  not  shrink,  swell  or  dis- 
color. It  is  absolutely  white  and  is- 
homogenous,  having  an  egg-shell  gloss. 
Specimens  may  be  wired  upon  it  with 
ease,  such  as  minerals,  grasses,  flowers 
and  even  feathers.  Last  but  not  least 
of  its  merits  is  in  the  use  of  a  common 
lead  pencil  for  writing  any  text  or 
classification  that  is  required.  All 
errors  in  spelling  or  wording  may  be 
corrected  by  erasing  the  markings 
with  a  penknife,  or  any  change  may 
be  made  without  injury  to  the  mount. 
The  graphite  of  the  pencil  becomes 
absolutely  permanent,  as  has  been 
proven  during  the  last  eighteen  years. 
Another  invention  is  a  sealed,  glass 
cylinder,  for  holding  bird  skins,  which 
promises  to  preserve  the  color  of  the 
skins,  and  keep  them  absolutely  safe 
from  parasites,  but  the  most  valuable 
advantage  would  be  for  school  pur- 
poses, as  the  cylinders  could  be 
handled,  without  injury. 

The  museum  is  designed  primarily 


Dr.  Libby's  Museum 

to  show  the  fauna  and  flora  of  New 
Hampshire.  The  space  is  not  too 
small  in  this  building  for  the  complete 
fulfilment  of  the  purpose.     There  is 


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71 


plenty  of  space  for  such  progressive 
changes  as  may  seem  expedient  in 
the  future.  A  small  arboretum  is 
under  way,  also  as  a  corollary  to  the 
main  enterprise,  intended  for  trees 
indigenous  to  New  Hampshire.  There 
are  several  acres  of  ground  about  the 
museum,  and  a  clearing  has  been 
made  for  the  planting  of  new  trees 
and  shrubs.  One  tract  is  stocked 
with  white  pine  seedlings,  of  which 
24,000  have  been  planted  in  the 
last  eight  years.  The  collector  is  in- 
terested in  the  promotion  of  forestry 
study. 

During  the  last  two  years  Doctor 
Libby  has  been  making  an  exhaustive 
study  of  comparative  animal  appen- 
dices and  comparative  dentition.  The 
purpose  of  this  study,  has  been  to 
learn    what    are    nature's    efforts    in 


maintaining  or  eliminating  the  appen- 
dix and  needless  teeth  by  specimens 
of  herbivorous,  carnivorous  and  hu- 
man types,  and  he  is  well  prepared  to 
illustrate  the  needs  or  uselessness  of 
these  organs.  In  association  with 
other  progressive  movements  he  has 
deemed  it  wise  to  open  the  museum 
and  its  grounds  free  to  the  public, 
without  the  care  of  a  custodian,  as  he 
has  unbounded  faith  in  the  honesty 
of  humanity. 

Doctor  Libby  is  a  Bostonian  by 
adoption.  He  was  born  in  Tufton- 
boro,  and  had  his  first  apprenticeship 
in  dentistry  at  Wolfeboro.  Later  he 
went  to  the  Harvard  Dental  School. 
He  bought  the  Wolfeboro  estate  in 
1881  where  he  now  resides.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  present  legislature  from 
Wolfeboro. 


"THOU  SHALT  NOT  KILL" 

By  Stewart  Everett  Rowe 

As  through  this  changeful  world  we  live  our  day, 

In  gladness,  sadness,  doubts  and  fears  and  tears, 
One  friend  is  always  near  to  lead  the  way, 

And  stand  by  us  through  all  the  passing  years. 
The  Bible  is  that  friend,  that  friend  in  need, 

That  on  all  things  has  something  good  to  say, 
Something  that  is  the  rarest  gem,  indeed, 

That  ever  sparkled  in  the  light  of  day. 

"Thou  Shalt  Not  Kill" — It  speaks  in  accents  thrilled, 

Yet  in  all  ages  and  in  all  earth's  lands, 
Warm,  human  blood  has  countless  times  been  spilled, 

By  brutal,  cold,  relentless  human  hands. 
And  e'en  the  law,  so  upright  and  so  just, 

Has  many  times  ignored  the  Bible's  cry, 
And  bent  itself,  as  would  one  filled  with  lust, 

When  it  has  told  a  human  life  to  die. 


Oh,  man!     Oh,  law,  pray  heed  the  Good  Book,  grand, 

'Tis  not  for  you  to  take  away  sweet  life; 
Leave  that  to  Him  who  guides  and  rules  the  land, 

Who  stills  and  scatters  each  and  ev'ry  strife. 
"  Thou  Shalt  Not  Kill !"     Write  that  in  letters  deep 

Upon  your  mind  and  heart,  yes,  let  it  fill 
Your  being;  those  are  words  that  ne'er  should  sleep: 

"Thou  Shalt  Not  Kill!"  mankind,  "Thou  Shalt  Not  Kill!" 


THE  NORTH  CONWAY  MOUNT  KEARSARGE 

By  Ellen  McRoberts  Mason 


The  condition  arising  from  a  re- 
cent decision  of  the  United  States 
Geographical  Board  of  Washington, 
as  to  the  name  of  a  certain  widely 
known  New  Hampshire  mountain, 
seems  analogous  to  the  one  set  be- 
fore Samantha  Allen  when  she  told 
Josiah  that  she  had  written  a  book 
which  would  change  public  opinion 
on  the  subject  of  Woman  Suffrage: 
Josiah  said,  "But  who  is  going  to 
read  the  book?  I  am  not  going  to 
pay  out  money  to  hire  folks  to  read 
your  book!" 

The  Geographical  Board  has  ruled 
that  the  mountain  which  Abraham 
Lincoln's  Secretary  of  the  Navy  de- 
clared to  be  "unquestionably  the 
finest  mountain  in  New  Hampshire," 
Mount  Kearsarge,  shall  hereafter  be 
known  as  Mount  Pequawket. 

But  who  is  going  to  call  it  Mount 
Pequawket?  The  people  who  live  in 
the  whole  East  Side  White  Mountain 
region,  whose  forefathers  for  genera- 
tions have  lived  and  died  here,  those 
people  have  never  themselves  called, 
or  heard  their  stately  mountain  called 
Pequawket — unless  indeed  in  good- 
natured  ridicule  of  the  attempt  by 
residents  in  the  neighborhood  of  the 
Merrimack  County  Kearsarge  Moun- 
tain to  rename  the  already  thoroughly 
satisfactorily  named  Carroll  County 
Mount  Kearsarge. 

An  ardent  advocate  of  this  change 
of  name  wrote  in  April,  1876 — for 
this  is  a  very  old  story — that  "the 
debate  concerning  the  name  of  the 
mountain  in  Carroll  County  has  arisen 
perhaps  in  part  from  a  desire  of  the 
inhabitants  in  that  section  now  an- 
nually visited  by  hundreds  of  people, 
to  give  notoriety  to  the  eminence  on 
which  they  look  with  so  much  ad- 
miration." 

Whether  or  not  anything  is  being 
hinted  at  in  this,  is  not  for  us  to  say, 
but  very  certainly  the  stately  North 


Conway  Mountain  has  been  regarded 
by  "the  inhabitants  of  the  section" 
with  heightened  feelings  of  fond  loy- 
alty, since  the  memorable  victory  of 
the  United  States  Ship  Kearsarge  in 
her  engagement  with  the  cruiser 
Alabama  in  1864.  Very  certainly, 
too,  this  historic  bit,  a  worth-while 
memory-gem,  has  lent  added  interest 
to  the  sight  seeing  of  some  of  the  hun- 
dreds of  people  annually  visiting  the 
whole  country-side. 

Why  should  the  name  be  changed? 
Obviously  not  in  the  pursuit  of  hap- 
piness, as  the  Hogans  assert  their 
efforts  to  change  their  name  to 
Homan,  is  being  made — unless  per- 
haps the  Merrimack  County  residents 
would  be  happier  in  having  at  last 
succeeded  in  changing  the  cherished 
name  of  our  local  Fujiyama,  foisting 
on  the  venerable  summit  an  appella- 
tion that  would  brand  the  Pequawket 
dwellers  with  a  more  indelible  mark 
of  illiteracy  than  perhaps  they  really 
deserve.  For  "Pequawket,  in  the  In- 
dian tongues,  varying  in  pronuncia- 
tion in  different  Indian  dialects,  and 
assuming  infinite  varieties  of  spelling 
in  English-American  writing,  means  a 
plain,  or  cleared,  open  land,  suitable 
for  cultivation."  In  this  section,  the 
name  was  definitely  given  to  the  Saco 
meadows  of  Fryeburg,  Maine,  and 
those  of  Conway,  New  Hampshire, 
the  adjoining  town. 

Frederick  Kidder  in  his  LovewelVs 
Fight,  says  that  the  word  "Pequaw- 
ket" is  from  peque  or  pequa,  crooked; 
auk,  place — the  final  et  or  it,  having 
the  force  of  a  preposition,  in,  to  or  at; 
that  the  term  is  descriptive  of  the 
extraordinary  bend  of  the  Saco  river 
at  Fryeburg.  The  Indian  tribe  that 
lived  and  fished  and  hunted,  and  had 
their  headquarters  there,  were  called 
after  the  locality,  i.  e.,  the  Pequawket 
Indians.  Our  local  Grange  is  felic- 
itously   named    Pequawket    Grange 


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and  the  grangers  think  they  have 
proved  they  possess  poetic  apprecia- 
tion in  choosing,  for  an  agricultural 
organization,  a  title  which  means 
cultivable  land ! 

The  humble  scribbler  of  these  lines 
lays  no  claim  to  knowing  anything  of 
Indian  dialects,  but  she  had  a  friend, 
the  late  Rev.  Benjamin  Durgin  East- 
man of  North  Conway,  who  spent 
much  study  on  them,  and  he  said  the 
name,  Kearsarge,  is  compounded  from 
the  names  of  the  sun,  Kesus,  or  the 
moon,  Keshoiv,  heaven,  Keshuk:  Ke- 


childhood  days  from  lips  of  parents 
and  grandparents.  The  name  they 
gave,  shall  live.  Civilization  is  too 
far  advanced  to  cast  off  names  so  rich 
in  meaning,  in  memory,  and  forever 
glorious  in  the  glorious  surroundings 
of  North  Conway.  Thy  name  shall 
be  what  it  is,  Kearsarge,  forever. 
Amen." 

In  1816,  Philip  Carrigain,  the  then 
New  Hampshire  Secretary  of  State, 
made  a  map  of  New  Hampshire  on 
which  his  designation  of  the  North 
Conway     Kearsarge    mountain    was 


Mount  Kearsarge  from  Diana's  Bath    North  Conway 


sus,  was  the  chariot  of  Ke-sha-mon- 
e-doo,  the  Great  Spirit,  the  ruler  of 
lesser  gods,  and  of  the  universe. 

Mr.  Eastman,  in  the  autumn  of 
1880,  on  the  moot  topic  of  the  Indian 
name,  wrote  impassionedly:  "Oh,  Ke- 
he-sa-he-gee  in  the  door  of  the  sky  ; 

First  to  welcome  rays  of  light; 
First  the  sunbeams  to  invite. 

We  have  always  called  thee  Kear- 
sarge, that  still  shall  be  thy  name,  we 
will  not  divorce  thee  from  one  that 
looks  upon  thee  with  smiles  of  earliest 
day,  and  round  thy  seat  all  day  doth 
linger.  Thy  name  shall  remain  Kear- 
sarge forever.     We  heard  it   in  our 


"Pigwacket  formerly  Kearsarge"; 
but  nobody  in  the  region  would  call 
it  "Pigwacket."  And  so  it  went  on 
for  years;  guide-book  writers  and 
map-makers  generally  ignored  Pig- 
wacket or  Pequawket,  and  wrote  "  Kiar- 
sarge,"  "Kearsarge"  or  "Kyarsarge" 
indiscriminately.  In  1864  the  New 
Hampshire  Legislature  passed  an  act 
chartering  "a  road  from  Kearsarge 
Village  in  Carroll  County,  to  the  top 
of  Kearsarge  mountain." 

And  in  1876  and  1877,  the  Appa- 
lachian Mountain  Club  took  active 
measures  to  finally  decide  on  a  per- 
manent name  for  the  Carroll  County 
mountain,    and    Messrs.  Charles    E. 


74  The  Granite  Monthly 

Fay,  W.  G.  Nowell,  and  John  Worces-  ago,  of  any  time  when  the  mountain 

ter,  were  appointed  a  committee  to  was  called  by  any  other  name  than 

investigate   the   records   of   tradition  Kearsarge,  until  Carrigain  attempted 

as  well  as  historical  records,  whereby  in  1816  to  change  it  to  Pigwacket, 

argument  might  be  found  to  support  which  attempt  has  been  a  total  failure 

a    choice    of    name.     All    this    time,  up  to  the  present   date.     ...    I 

residents  in  the  vicinity  of  the  Merri-  have  little  doubt  the  present  attempt 

mack  County  Kearsarge  had  claimed  to  make  a  change,  will  have  the  same 

that   "the   only   and   original   Kear-  fate  which  has  till  now  attended  that 

sarge,"    was    theirs.     At    the    June  of  Carrigain." 

meeting  of  the  Appalachian  Club  in  "Kearsarge  Village"  was  shortened 
1877,  this  committee  submitted  their  to  Kearsarge,  in  conforming  to  the 
report,  the  gist  of  which  is  in  a  depo-  law  which  required  only  one  word  in 
sition  from  its  closing  paragraph:  post-office  addresses,  and  wouldn't 
that  there  are  two  mountains  in  New  the  hundreds  who  come  to  Kearsarge 
Hampshire  named  Kearsarge;  that  so  in  summer  be  astonished  next  sum- 
far  as  they  were  able  to  judge,  "the  mer  to  find  that  it  was  "Pequawket," 
name  is  equally  the  original  name  of  they  had  come  to? 
both,  and  handed  down  by  unbroken  And  there  is  the  far-famed  Kear- 
and  reliable  tradition."  sarge  House,  that  has  always  been  sup- 
To  that  controversy  of  fourscore  posed  to  be  named  after  the  moun- 
years  ago,  Judge  Lory  Odell — a  de-  tain — is  it  the  Pequawket  House  now? 
scendant  of  the  Pigwackets  (Pequaw-  And  there's  Kearsarge  Hall;  alacka- 
kets)  as  the  residents  of  Fryeburg  day,  what  changes  there  are  going  to 
»used  to  be  fond  of  calling  themselves,  be! 

at  that  time  living  in  Portsmouth,  and  Many  are  blaming  Senator   GalliD- 

remembering  seventy  years  of  the  his-  ger   and   criticising   him   sharply  for 

tory  of  Kearsarge  in  Carroll  County,  meddlesomeness;  but  it  seems  as  un- 

contributed    a    compelling    letter    in  gracious  as  it  certainly  is  stupid,  to 

which  he  declared:  "I  should  as  soon  accuse  a  man  as  cultured  as  to  litera- 

think  of  changing  the  names  of  the  ture  and  tradition,  as  he  is  gifted  in 

Euphrates  or  the  Tigris,  as  that  of  our  oratory,  of  a  lack  of  poetic  apprecia- 

Kearsarge."  tion,  of  a  lack  of  love  for  folk-lore — 

"When  you  come  to  the  discussion  and  of  being  unfamiliar  with  the  tra- 

remember  that  there  is  no  tradition  ditional  nomenclature  of  New  Hamp- 

among  the  settlers  of  the  upper  Saco,  shire!    One    can    not    really    believe 

who  went  there  more  than  a  century  that  he  had  a  thing  to  do  with  it. 


SLEEP 

By  Georgie  Rogers  Warner 

Yes,  I  know  just  what  people  say — 

That  if  you  sleep  eight  hours  a  day 

You  have  slept  a  third  of  your  life  away. 

But  this  of  course  they  also  know, 

It  matters  not  whether  you  stay  or  go — ■ 

To  get  the  best — there  is  in  us — out — 

And  have  lived  sixty  years — there  is  no  doubt 

It  is  better  for  us  as  well  as  our  charms 

To  lie  twenty  years  in  Morpheus'  arms. 


CLAREMONT  EQUAL  SUFFRAGE  ASSO 

CIATION 

By  Clara  L.  Hunton 


The  Claremont  Equal  Suffrage  As- 
sociation was  organized  December  1, 
1904,  by  Miss  Mary  N.  Chase,  who 
was  state  president  at  that  time. 
There  were  twenty-five  charter  mem- 
bers, nine  men  and  sixteen  women. 
The  following  officers  were  chosen: 

President,  Clara  L.  Hunton; 

Vice-president,  Mrs.  Elvira  L.  Reed; 

Secretary,  Mrs.  Addie  M.  Stevens; 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  Pierce; 

Auditors,  Mr.  Geo.  O'Neil  and  Mr. 
Robert  Sanders. 

December  2,  a  meeting  was  held  at 
the  home  of  the  president  and  a  con- 
stitution adopted.  For  two  years  the 
Association  held  monthly  meetings  at 
the  homes  of  its  members.  During 
that  time  its  membership  increased  to 
nearly  forty,  twelve  of  whom  were 
men,  among  them  all  the  Protestant 
pastors.  The  meetings  were  well  at- 
tended and  very  interesting.  An 
effort  was  made  to  gain  as  much  infor- 
mation as  possible  in  regard  to  the 
cause  of  "Votes  for  Women"  and  to 
pass  it  on.  Literature  was  distrib- 
uted; the  Woman's  Journal  was  sub- 
scribed for  and  passed  from  member 
to  member.  One  meeting  was  de- 
voted to  the  subject  of  "Peace,"  an- 
other, the  first  May  meeting,  to  a 
study  of  the  life  of  Lucy  Stone.  An- 
other meeting  celebrated  the  birth- 
day of  Susan  B.  Anthony  and  paid 
tribute  to  her  devoted  life.  At  the 
suggestion  of  the  Association,  two 
volumes  of  the  life  of  Susan  B.  An- 
thony were  placed  in  the  public  library. 
The  Association  presented  Stevens 
High  School  with  a  portrait  of  Miss 
Anthony.  It  also  supplied  the  library 
with  a  copy  of  the  Woman's  Journal. 
Contributions  were  sent  to  the  Na- 
tional Compaign  fund.  Members 
also  secured  names  on  petitions  which 
were  sent  into  the  state  legislature. 
The  August  meeting  of  each  year  was 


held  at  the  Claremont  Junction  Camp 
Ground,  and  a  basket  picnic  enjoyed 
by  the  members  and  their  friends. 

June  9,  1905,  Henry  B.  Blackwell 
delivered  an  address  in  the  Univer- 
salist  church.  In  October  of  the  same 
year  the  Association  entertained  the 
State  Convention  in  the  Congrega- 
tionalist  church.  Rev.  Anna  H. 
Shaw  was  present  and  delivered  an 
address.  The  same  year  Mary  A. 
Towle  was  a  delegate  to  the  New 
England  meeting  in  Boston,  and  Rev. 
Virgil  V.  Johnson  was  a  delegate  to 
the  National  Convention  in  Portland, 
Oregon.  September  1,  1906,  Miss 
Mary  N.  Chase  gave  an  address  in  the 
Baptist  church. 

In  1912  Clara  L.  Hunton  attended 
the  National  Convention  at  Louis- 
ville, Ky.,  as  a  delegate.  At  the  time 
of  the  September  1,  1906,  public  meet- 
ing, Clarissa  C.  Hunton,  mother  of  the 
president,  lay  critically  ill  and,  on  Sep- 
tember 10,  she  passed  to  the  spirit 
world.  From  that  time  until  Decem- 
ber, 1913,  meetings  were  discontinued 
on  account  of  the  absence  from  town 
of  the  president,  as  no  one  of  the 
members  of  the  Association  felt  like 
assuming  the  responsibility  of  leader- 
ship. The  last  three  years  of  the  presi- 
dent's absence  were  spent  in  Boon- 
ville,  in  Southern  Indiana.  In  August, 
1913,  she  returned  to  Claremont  and 
on  December  9,  1913,  meetings  of 
the  Association  were  resumed.  Four 
members  met  at  the  home  of  Mrs, 
Kate  Cushman  and  renewed  their  alle- 
giance to  the  cause  of  "Votes  for 
Women."  The  members,  besides  the 
hostess,  were  Mrs.  Elvira  L.  Reed, 
Mrs.  Mary  A.  Towle  and  Clara  L. 
Hunton.  The  secretary,  Mrs.  Marian 
D.  O'Neil,  during  the  intervening 
years,  had  moved  to  Salem,  Oregon. 
She  writes  that  she  has  voted  several 
times  and  finds  it  very  interesting. 


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The  Granite  Monthly 


The  passing  years  have  brought 
changes  to  the  Association.  Four  mem- 
bers have  passed  from  earth,  among 
them  the  first  secretary,  Mrs.  Addie 
M.  Stevens,  and  Mrs.  Mary  E.  Par- 
tridge, a  very  devoted  member,  who 
had  spent  many  years  of  her  life  in 
earnest  work  for  the  cause  of  temper- 
ance, through  the  Woman's  Christian 
Temperance  Union,  and  for  whom  the 
Claremont  Union  is  now  named.  Mrs. 
Partridge  brought  greetings  from  the 
State  W.  C.  T.  U.  to  the  State  Con- 
vention when  held  in  Claremont,  in 


fully  paid  their  dues  which  went  to  the 
State  wrork.  A  few  have  come  in 
since  the  monthly  meetings  have  been 
resumed  and  now  there  are  fifteen 
members  —  three  men  and  twelve 
women. 

Four  members  subscribe  for  the 
Woman's  Journal,  and  it  is  still 
furnished  each  year  by  the  Association 
for  the  public  library.  Copies  of  the 
Journal  have  been  sold  and  given 
away  and  other  literature  distributed. 
In  December,  1913,  the  president  at- 
tended the  State  meeting  in  Concord. 


Equal  Suffrage  Float,  Claremont  Anniversary 


1905.  She  was  an  intimate  friend  of 
Mrs.  Armenia  S.White,  of  Concord,  who 
had  often  talked  with  her  on  the  sub- 
ject of  Equal  Suffrage.  After  taking 
her  public  stand  for  the  cause  by  join- 
ing the  Association  she  said  that  she 
wished  she  had  come  into  the  work 
ten  years  before.  At  the  Convention 
she  spoke  the  following  never  to  be 
forgotten  words :  "I  do  not  believe  that 
the  saloons  will  ever  be  done  away 
with  until  women  vote."  Fourteen 
members  had  moved  out  of  town  and 
a  number  had  dropped  out  because  no 
meetings  were  held.    Eleven  had  faith- 


The  first  Saturday  in  May,  1914, 
Woman's  Equal  Suffrage  day,  a  public 
meeting  was  held  in  the  Universalist 
church.  December  3,  1914,  Martha 
S.  Kimball  and  Mrs.  Susan  Bancroft 
addressed  a  public  meeting,  in  the 
Baptist  church,  under  the  auspices  of 
the  Association. 

In  October  last  at  the  time  of  the 
civic  parade  when  Claremont  was  cele- 
brating the  one  hundred  and  fiftieth 
anniversary  of  the  incorporation  of  the 
town,  the  Claremont  Equal  Suffrage 
Association  was  represented  by  a  float, 
consisting  of  an  automobile  driven  by 


In  My  Desert  Home 


77 


Mr.  Cabot,  the  owner,  and  decorated 
with  the  state  and  national  colors, 
green  and  yellow  and  carrying  the 
officers  of  the  association,  Clara  L. 
Hunton,  President,  Mrs.  Mary  A. 
Towle,  treasurer,  Mrs.  Emma  Cramer, 
secretary,  and  Mrs.  Marian  Palmer, 
who  rode  in"  the  place  of  the  vice- 
president,  Mrs.  Elvira  L.  Reed.  They 
bore  banners,  "Votes  for  Women," 
and  the  name  of  the  Association. 
With  them  rode  two  children,  Ethel 
Keen  and  Morris  Allen  representing 
the  rising  generation.  Morris  carried 
the  Stars  and  Stripes  while  Ethel  rode 
beside  the  president.  Equal  rights 
and  equal  protection  for  the  girls  and 
the  boys  under  our  flag. 

March  14,  Mrs.  Marion  Booth 
Kelley,  of  Cambridge,  Mass.,  came  to 
Claremont.  On  the  evening  of  her 
arrival  she  addressed  a  parlor  meet- 


ing at  the  home  of  one  of  the  members. 
At  the  noon  Sunday  School  hour, 
March  14,  by  invitation  of  the  pastor, 
Rev.  Mr.  Swaffield  she  spoke  before 
the  United  Brotherhood,  the  Baptist 
men's  Bible  class  of  twenty-five  mem- 
bers. AttheCongregationalist  7  o'clock 
service,  by  invitation  of  the  pastor 
Rev.  Mr.  Garfield,  she  also  spoke, 
during  the  time  usually  devoted  to  his 
address.  At  8  o'clock  she  addressed 
an  open  meeting  in  the  Baptist 
church. 

The  Association  is  considering  the 
subject  of  having  the  Equal  Suffrage 
film  "Your  Girl  and  Mine"  displayed 
at  the  "Magnet." 

Miss  Anna  Stevens,  state  organizer, 
was  entertained  among  members  dur- 
ing the  time  she  spent  in  Claremont, 
in  October,  interviewing  the  represen- 
tatives and  other  notable  people. 


IN  MY  DESERT  HOME 

By  Mary  Currier  Rolofson 

Homesick?     Nay,  for  the  same  bright  blue 
That  overarched  the  fields  I  knew 
Bends  over  these,  a  sheltering  dome, 
And  makes  this  space  another  home. 

Homesick?     Nay,  for  the  sunset  glow 
Burns  with  the  flames  I  used  to  know, 
Crimson,  pink  and  garnet  and  gold 
On  hearthstone  summits  as  of  old. 

Homesick?     Nay,  although  here  I  see 
The  sage  brush  gray  and  not  a  tree, 
True  hearts  are  here  to  love  and  bless, 
And  homes  are  in  this  wilderness. 


Homesick?     Nay.     Who  can  find  a  spot 
Where  God's  great  love  and  care  are  not? 
Though  to  a  strange,  far  land  I've  come 
God's  presence  makes  this  land  my  home. 


CLAREMONT    REVOLUTIONARY    SOLDIERS 


There  were  one  hundred  and  fifty- 
nine  men  from  Claremont  enlisted 
in  the  Revolutionary  army.  Fifty- 
three  of  these  men  are  buried  in  the 
old  cemeteries  in  town.  Forty-eight 
of  these  graves  were  located  by 
Charles  B.  Spofford,  S.  A.  R.,  and 
these  were  decorated  with  Revolu- 
tionary markers  April  19,  1894.  Mr. 
Spofford  placed  the  markers  in  pres- 
ence of  members  of  the  order  and 
guests.    One  was  already   marked. 

Nine  other  graves  were  located  by 
the  D.  A.  R.,  and  their  Revolution- 


ary markers  placed  by  the  order  in 
1904,  making  fiftyreight  marked 
graves  of  Revolutionary  soldiers  in 
Claremont. 

Twenty-one  men  from  Claremont 
enlisted  in  the  War  of  1812. 

The  following  list  of  soldiers,  buried 
in  graves  marked  with  the  bronze 
markers,  has  been  compiled  from  the 
Revolutionary  records,  and  the  grave- 
stone records  of  the  old  village  and 
west-part  cemeteries,  prepared  and 
published  by  Charles  B.  Spofford,  in 
1894,  and  1896. 


Daniel  Abbott 
Edward  Ainsworth,  Lt. 
James  Alden,  Corp. 
Daniel  Ashley,  Lt. 
Samuel  Ashley,  Col. 
Oliver  Ashley,  Capt. 
Caleb  Baldwin,  Capt. 
Daniel  Bond 
Jesse  Campbell,  Capt. 
John  Campbell 
David  Chaffin 
Roswell  Clapp 
Eleazer  Clark,  Ensg. 
John  Clark 
John  Cook,  Capt. 
Samuel  Cotton,  Rev. 
Lemuel  Dean 
David  Dexter,  Col. 
Jacob  R.  Dimond 
Nathaniel  Draper 
Moody  Dustin,  Lt. 
Ebenezer  Fielding 
Barnabas  Ellis,  Lt. 
Daniel  Ford,  Corp. 
James  Goodwin 
Nathaniel  Goss 
Charles  Higbee 
Stephen  Higbee 
George  Hubbard,  Ensg. 
Joseph  Ives 
Miles  Johnson 
Asa  Jones,  Lt. 

'  Kirtland    ] 
Gideon    \  Kirkland    [ 

(  Caterling   J 
John  Kilburn,  Capt. 
Sanford  Kingsbury,  Maj. 
Amaziah  Knights 
Obed  Lamberton 
Samuel  Lane 
Joel  Matthews 
James  Maxwell 
John  Moore,  Serg. 
Timothy  Munger,  Capt. 
Peter  Niles 


1756— August  10,  1827 
1730— February  10,  1806 
1752— March  14,  1807 
1753— October  8,  1810 
1721— February  18,  1792 
1744— April  9,  1818 
1736— December  6,  1823 
1762— April  15,  1845 
1760— December  11,  1835 
1759— May  17,  1831 
1761— July  25,  1838 
1756— March  11,  1843 
1724— June  29,  1787 
1759— November  25,  1837 
1735— February  8,  1810 
1737— November  25,  1819 
1761— October  2,  1822 
1765— June  1,  1829 
1759— March  16,  1826 
1753— October  1,  1832 
1742— August  11,  1810 
1754-October  28,  1830 
1745— June  26,  1838 
1750— October  2,  1822 
1750— August  14,  1815 
1751— June  25,  1824 
1753— July  28,  1828 
1730— August  28,  1812 
1739— April  16,  1818 
1736— November  25,  1785 
1768— December  1,  1834 
1739— June  15,  1810 

1731— April  18,  1805 

1726— September  14,  1776 
1742— November  12,  1833 
1746— January  14,  1835 
1756— October  13,  1830 

1750— September  10,  1822 
1735— March  23,  1823 
1758— September  6,  1832 
1758— June  30,  1836 
1755— March  15,  1844 


Old  Village  Cemetery. 
Old  Village  Cemetery. 
Old  Village  Cemetery. 
West  Part  Cemetery. 
West  Part  Cemetery. 
West  Part  Cemetery. 
Old  Village  Cemetery. 
Old  Village  Cemetery. 
Old  Village  Cemetery. 
Old  Village  Cemetery. 
Old  Village  Cemetery. 
Old  Village  Cemetery. 
West  Part  Cemetery. 
West  Part  Cemetery. 
West  Part  Cemetery. 
Old  Village  Cemetery. 
West  Part  Cemetery. 
Old  Village  Cemetery. 
Old  Village  Cemetery. 
Old  Village  Cemetery. 
Old  Village  Cemetery. 
Old  Village  Cemetery. 
West  Part  Cemetery. 
West  Part  Cemetery. 
West  Part  Cemetery. 
Old  Village  Cemetery. 
West  Part  Cemetery. 
West  Part  Cemetery. 
West  Part  Cemetery. 
West  Part  Cemetery. 
Old  Village  Cemetery. 
West  Part  Cemetery. 

Old  Village  Cemetery. 

West  Part  Cemetery. 
West  Part  Cemetery. 
Old  Village  Cemetery. 
West  Part  Cemetery. 
West  Part  Cemetery. 
Old  Village  Cemetery. 
Old  Village  Cemetery. 
West  Part  Cemetery. 
Old  Village  Cemetery. 
Old  Village  Cemetery. 


The  Dreamer 


79 


Ebenezer  Rice 
Hezekiah  Rice 
Joel  Roys 
Joel  Richards 
William  Pettee 
Joseph  Pulling 
Solomon  Putnam 
John  Sprague,  Lt. 
Elihu  Stevens,  Jr. 
Joseph  Spaulding 
Daniel  Warner 
Levi  Warner 
Thomas  Warner,  Capt. 
John  West 
Christopher  York 


1745— June  19,  1822 
1741— May  29,  1813 
1755— September  4,  1782 
1759— October  4,  1837 
1754— April  14,  1837 
1754— December  27,  1840 
1755— April  18,  1810 
1736— March  4,  1843 
1754— April  2,  1798 
1754— February  8,  1829 
1716— March  11,  1802 

1748— Februarv  7,  1818 
1739— November  23,  1810 
1749— April  17,  1817 


West  Part  Cemetery. 
West  Part  Cemetery 
West  Part  Cemetery. 
Old  Village  Cemetery. 
Old  Village  Cemetery. 
Old  Village  Cemetery. 
Old  Village  Cemetery. 
Old  Village  Cemetery. 
Old  Village  Cemetery. 
West  Part  Cemetery. 
West  Part  Cemetery. 
West  Part  Cemetery. 
Old  Village  Cemetery. 
Old  Village  Cemetery. 
West  Part  Cemeterv. 


THE  DREAMER 

By  Margaret  E.  Kendall 

It  has  come.     He  has  left  this  dark  world  of  care 
For  a  mountain  stream  and  a  rod  and  line; 

He  draws  in  with  long,  deep  breaths,  the  air, 
Scented  with  moss  and  hemlock  and  pine. 

His  shoulders  straighten,  his  eyes  grow  bright; 

Once  more  the  vigor  of  youth  he  shares; 
Onward  he  hastens,  first  straight  to  the  right, 

Then  off  a  bit  to  the  left  he  bears. 

He  knows  the  place,  half  hidden  by  ferns, 

Where  a  dark,  deep  pool  casts  its  mystic  spell: 

And  as  upward  he  climbs,  the  heart  in  him  yearns 
For  this  deep,  still  pool  that  he  knows  so  well. 

At  last  he  has  reached  it,  and  now  as  he  stands 
In  the  place  that  was  once  his  favorite  retreat, 

The  years  that  have  passed  seem  like  bright,  golden  strands. 
Linking  the  present  with  memories  sweet. 

He  dreams  and  he  fishes.     He  fishes  and  dreams, 

And  ever  the  silvery  pile  by  his  side 
Grows,  shimmers  and  sparkles,  glistens  and  gleams ; 

He  looks  at  it  fondly  and  with  feelings  of  pride. 

It  is  gone.     He  returns  to  this  old  world  of  care, 

Comes  back  again  to  its  labor  and  broil, 
But  his  dreaming  has  left  him  more  eager  to  share 

The  trials  of  those  who  must  labor  and  toil. 


Tilton,  N.  H. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHY  OF  THE  FIRST  BELL 

In  the  North  Country,  at  Ladd  Street,  Haverhill,  N.  H. 

By  Grace  Woodward 


One  hundred  and  twelve  years  ago 
I  was  born,  in  Hartford,  Conn. 
Jonathan  Doolittle,  a  skillful  worker 
in  metals,  was  my  creator,  and  he 
fashioned  me  with  great  care  and 
precision.  Into  my  substance  was 
put  more  than  ordinary  metal,  for 
my  Ladd  Street  progenitors  were 
determined  that  I  should  be  of  finer 
material,  and  greater  worth,  and 
sweeter  tone  than  any  other  bell. 
They  therefore  generously  gave  of 
their  meager  store  of  silver — a  trinket 
here,  a  spoon  there,  a  silver  dish,  sil- 
ver money  too,  one  gentleman  giving 
twenty  "cartwheels,"  as  the  silver 
dollar  was  then  called- — until  the 
value  of  one  hundred  dollars  was  con- 
tributed. All  this  was  melted  and 
poured  into  the  castings. 

The  first  bell  thus  produced,  for 
some  unknown  reason,  was  not  per- 
fect, and,  when  struck,  revealed  a 
crack.  So  it  was  put  into  the  fiery 
furnace  again,  melted,  cast  and  cooled, 
when,  lo!    I  was! 

All  being  finished  and  arranged, 
I  was  loaded  upon  a  raft,  propelled 
by  poles  in  the  hands  of  sturdy  boat- 
men, and  began  my  long  journey  up 
the  Connecticut  River  to  the  North 
Country,  and  the  little  hamlet  of 
Haverhill,  where  was  to  be  my  home. 

We  were  loaded  with  a  varied 
cargo  of  groceries,  placed  in  the  middle 
of  the  raft,  so  as  to  leave  a  clear  pas- 
sage on  either  side  for  the  polemen. 
The  poling  was  done  by  two  men  on 
either  side,  near  the  forward  end  of 
the  raft.  They  thrust  their  long  poles 
into  the  river  sand,  and  then,  firmly 
grasping  them,  walked  to  the  stern  of 
the  raft,  thus  causing  it  to  move  up 
the  river.  For  many  days  we  thus 
journeyed,  till,  at  last,  the  broad  and 
fertile  meadows  near  Haverhill  opened 
up  and  the  lovely  valley  shone  in  the 
morning  sunlight,  with  the  tumbling 


waters  of  the  Oliverian  Brook  rush- 
ing over  the  rocks  to  meet  us.  We 
moored  our  raft  near  the  mouth  of 
this  turbulent  stream,  which  had 
journeyed  all  the  way  from  grand 
Moosilauke's  rugged  sides  to  give 
us  welcome. 

What  a  scene  then  met  my  view! 
As  far  as  eye  could  see  stretched  a  line 
of  men,  women  and  children  hasten- 
ing towards  me!  Kerchiefs  waved; 
drums  beat;  cannon  boomed;  men 
shouted!  The  excitement  was  in- 
tense and  the  enthusiasm  knew  no 
bounds.  Was  I  not  the  first  bell  in  all 
that  country  around,  and  did  I  not 
belong  to  them?  Eager  feet  boarded 
the  raft,  and  willing  hands  lifted  me 
to  bear  me  ashore.  Then  came  my 
first  baptism,  as  seemed  meet,  con- 
sidering that  I  was  to  form  a  part  of 
the  house  of  God  when  my  journey 
should  be  ended.  In  their  eagerness 
to  transfer  me  from  raft  to  shore,  they 
dropped  me  overboard!  My  great 
weight  of  1500  pounds  carried  me  to 
the  bottom  like  lead,  but  I  was  soon 
drawn  up,  no  whit  abashed  nor  in- 
jured but  rather,  purified  for  God's 
best  service.  Then,  escorted  by  a 
large  crowd  of  enthusiastic  people,  I 
journeyed  across  the  meadow  and  up 
the  hill  and  along  the  undulating 
country  road  called  Ladd  Street,  to 
the  meeting  house.  As  we  went  along, 
I  remember  a  sturdy  fellow  swinging 
a  club  in  his  hand,  who  ever  and  anon 
gave  me  a  friendly  tap  to  try  my 
metal.  So  I  went  singing  up  the 
street  to  the  home  awaiting  me.  I 
was  soon  swung  up  upon  the  outside 
of  the  belfry,  and  by  means  of  a  skill- 
fully constructed  carriage,  rolled  into 
position.  How  proud  I  felt  when  I  at 
last  hung  above  them  all  and  looked 
around!  So  this  was  to  be  my  home, 
in  which  to  live  and  labor! 

On  every  side  stretched  the  fertile 


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fields  with  beech  and  birch,  oak  and  spire  surmounted  by  a  vane  and  light- 
maple  rearing  their  noble  heads  and  ning  rod. 

lending  grateful  shade.  Towards  the  Let  us  glance  inside  this  ancient 
east  towered  the  stately  pines,  and  meeting-house,  the  pride  and  glory  of 
nodded  welcome,  their  scarred  trunks  the  old  street.  We  can  enter  through 
softening  to  purple  in  the  broad  belt  the  western  door  and  proceed  down 
of  distance  as  they  stretched  awaj'  the  main  aisle  that  ran  the  length  of 
to  meet  the  grand  old  mountains  on  the  interior.  The  body  of  the  house 
the  far  eastern  horizon.  As  the  was  seated  with  square  box  pews, 
nearby  fields  approached  the  meadows,  having  great  high  backs  to  the  uncush- 
they  were  met  by  a  dark,  thick  line  ioned  seats,  with  tall,  hinged  doors, 
of  small  trees  that  overtopped  a  The  seats  were  also  hinged,  and  were 
heavy  undergrowth  of  glossy  shrubs  raised  or  lowered  when  entering  or 
marking  the  outlines  of  the  meadows,  leaving  the  pews,  accompanied  by  a 
Away,  away,  towards  the  western  racket  and  rattle.  Around  three 
horizon  stretched  the  meadows,  fair  sides  of  the  room  ran  a  gallery, 
to  look  upon,  seemingly  just  fresh  fitted  with  simple  benches  and  reached 
from  the  hand  of  God,  and  bearing  by  a  series  of  steps, 
upon  their  bosom  the  thrifty  farmer's  The  pulpit,  at  the  opposite  end 
hay  and  grain.  Winding  in  and  out,  of  the  room  from  the  west  entrance, 
like  a  coy  maiden  playing  at  hide  was  an  octagonal  box,  placed  high 
and  seek,  ran  the  silvery  Connecticut,  above  the  body  of  the  church,  with 
her  laughing  waters  dancing  in  the  a  spiral  stairway  leading  to  it.  High 
sun  and  her  banks  fringed  with  the  over  all,  and  above  the  preacher's 
reeds  and  grasses  that  were  mirrored  head,  hung  the  resonant  sounding- 
on  her  surface.  Looking  on  and  up,  board,  constructed  of  thin  boards 
my  eyes  encountered  the  green  hills  and  similar  in  shape  to  an  inverted 
of  Vermont,  clothed  in  their  robes  parasol.  It  used  to  echo  the  preacher's 
of  vivid  verdure,  and  behind  which,  voice  till  the  rafters  rang,  and  it 
at  the  close  of  day,  sank  the  sun  in  a  carried  the  sweet  songs  of  the  con- 
bed  of  molten  glory.  A  close-by  gregation  to  every  part  of  the  quaint 
view  took  in  the  homes  of  the  early  room,  and  even  to  my  ears,  as  I 
settlers,  scattered  up  and  down  the  hung  mute  and  motionless  in  the 
street ;  modest  homes,  yet  within  their  stately  belfry  above, 
four  walls  dwelt  peace  and  happiness.  Along  the  two  sides  of  the  interior 
After  feasting  my  eyes  upon  all  was  a  row  of  wall  pews,  a  step  or  two 
this  beauty,  I  turned  my  gaze  upon  above  the  side  aisles.  Here  sat  the 
the  church  below  me.  It  stood  upon  less  influential  worshippers,  to- 
an  eminence  just  north  of  where  gether  with  the  tithing  man,  whose 
the  present  Ladd  Street  schoolhouse  duties  were  to  prod,  with  his  long 
now  stands,  and  was  the  most  im-  slim  pole,  any  snoring  worshipper, 
posing  structure  in  all  this  part  of  the  He  used  to  bestow  a  smart  tap  upon 
country;  built  with  noble  propor-  the  slumberer's  pate  to  bring  him  to 
tions  in  the  old  colonial  style,  with  his  senses;  if  the  sermon  ran  into  the 
its  side  facing  the  road,  and  boasting  "twelfthly,"  a  second  tap  was  usu- 
three  entrances,  each  with  a  porch,  ally  needed,  for  the  close  and  quiet 
There  was  a  high  tower  on  the  south-  room  was  soporific, 
east  side  in  which  I  now  lived,  proud  There  was  no  sign  of  paint  in  the 
and  grand,  being  the  only  representa-  interior,  but  the  yellow  pine,  of  which 
tive  of  my  kind  in  all  the  valley,  seats,  galleries,  pulpit  and  floors  were 
The  tower  was  built  with  two  plat-  made,  had  gradually  deepened  into 
forms,  one  above  the  other,  each  en-  a  golden  brown,  and  gave  a  mellow  and 
circled  with  a  railing.  Capping  the  ecclesiastical  air,  well  fitted  to  the 
top  of  the  tower  was  a  small  square  place. 


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Every  Sunday  was  the  church  well 
filled;  hardly  a  house  up  and  down 
the  valley  for  miles  but  was  repre- 
sented in  the  goodly  company. 
Church-going  in  those  days  was  uni- 
versal. There  they  sat,  men  brawny 
and  brown  with  wind  and  sun,  worthy 
of  their  ancestry;  and  beside  them 
sat  their  wives,  brown,  too,  and 
strong,  with  faces  of  calm  content, 
worthy  to  be  the  mothers  of  their 
husbands'  sons.  There,  too,  were 
the  girls,  modest  and  shy,  and  the 
boys  full  of  life  and  vigor  to  their 
finger-tips.  No  means  of  heating 
the  edifice  was  ever  resorted  to — 
the  preacher's  burning  words  and 
fiery  denunciations  being  considered 
means  of  sufficient  heat.  Yet  I 
remember  that  a  few  delicate  mem- 
bers were  sometimes  permitted  to 
carry  to  church  a  foot-stove,  filled 
with  live  coals,  for  extra  warmth. 

Through  two  long  services,  with 
a  nooning  between,  sat  those  devout 
worshippers,  and  not  until  the  length- 
ening shadows  proclaimed  the  ap- 
proaching end  of  the  day,  did  the 
good  people  arise  for  the  benediction 
and  wend  their  way  homeward. 

I  wish  I  could  call  by  name  all 
those  sturdy  men  and  women  who 
used  to  gather  there  at  my  call,  and 
who  formed  the  pillars  of  my  first 
home.  There  was  the  wise  and  war- 
like Col.  Charles  Johnson,  first  deacon 
of  the  church  in  1790;  Hon.  James 
Woodward,  the  man  of  integrity  and 
public  trust,  and  the  town's  first 
representative  to  the  legislature,  with 
his  sturdy  family  of  twelve  children; 
Moody  Bedell,  who  belonged  to  a 
family  of  warriors  and  was  renowned 
for  his  enterprise  and  public  spirit. 

There  was,  above  all,  in  my  esti- 
mation, the  numerous  Ladd  family 
from  whom  the  street  derived  its 
name.  I  could  point  out  to  you  the 
many  houses  built  and  occupied  by 
the  Ladds,  and  you  would  at  once 
see  that  the  old  church  with  its  tall 
belfry  and  its  proud  occupant  had  a 
position  in  the  midst  of  the  family 
circle,  and  its  heart-strings  were  en- 


twined with  theirs.  Their  interests 
were  mine;  and  now,  after  the  lapse 
of  more  than  a  hundred  years,  I  still 
cling  to  the  descendants  of  this  once 
prominent  and  always  beloved  family 
and  hold  their  welfare  as  a  precious 
legacy. 

I  have.no  thought  of  omitting  to 
tell  you  of  faithful  William  Cross, 
the  trusty  sexton,  who  for  many 
years  gave  me  voice,  and  tolled  off 
the  hours  to  the  waiting  valley.  At 
six  in  the  morning,  at  noon,  at  six 
and  nine  at  night  we  two  faithful 
friends  together  made  sweet  music 
that  sounded  far  up  and  down  the 
valley. 

Ding-a-dong,  dong!  Six  in  the  morn! 
Cling-a-clang  clere!  Mid-day  is  here! 
Cling-a-clong-clong!  Now  the  day's  gone! 
Out  with  your  light!  Nine  of  the  night! 
Get  to  bed  all!  Curfew  bells  call! 
Ding-a-dong-ding !  Cling-a-clang-cling ! 

Not  only  did  we  make  the  air  vi- 
brant four  times  a  day  through  the 
week,  but,  on  the  still  Sabbath, 
when  nature  had  put  on  her  holiday 
attire,  and  all  sounds  of  labor  were 
hushed  and  people's  thoughts  were 
turned  heavenward,  we  two  pealed 
forth  into  the  waiting  air  our  sum- 
mons to  meet  and  worship  God  to- 
gether. 

Then  my  deep-sounding  voice,  so 
strong  and  full,  rang  out  with  clarion 
call;  and  as  my  tones  sped  up  and 
down  the  valley,  they  symbolized 
to  those  early  pioneers  the  voice  of 
God  calling  in  the  wilderness,  and 
they  obeyed  my  summons.  Some 
came  on  foot;  others  on  horseback; 
many  came  in  boats,  or  forded  the 
Connecticut.  Whenever  my  voice 
reached  the  ear  of  man  on  the  quiet 
Sabbath,  he  listened,  he  meditated, 
he  came.  Who  shall  say  that  I  lived 
in  vain  in  this  beautiful  valley  home? 

For  forty  years  Deacon  Cross  and 
I  were  constant  companions.  No 
one  could  ring  the  Ladd  Street  Bell 
like  the  Deacon,  for  I  always  knew  his 
moods,  and  responded  to  his  touch 
like  a  stringed  instrument  under  a 
master's  hand.    I  loved  the  good  old 


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man  with  a  brother's  love,  and  he  geon,  but  none  came  near  to  give 
loved  me.  When  he  and  I  were  me  a  friendly  touch  or  a  cheering 
parted,  and  he  was  told  that  he  could  word.  At  last,  one  night,  there  came 
ring  the  bell  no  more,  his  strong  frame  a  change.  Men  entered  my  dark 
shook  with  sobs,  and  I  was  desolate!  cellar  and  stole  me  away..  I  could 
All  things  must  have  an  end,  and  not  see  where  they  were  taking  me, 
my  happy  home  in  the  dear  old  church  but  I  overheard  a  whisper  that  the 
belfrey  was  no  exception.  There  sheriff  from  the  Corner  was  looking 
came  the  sad  day  when  Haverhill  for  me  and  I  must  be  hidden  in  a 
outgrew  the  quaint  church  with  its  safer  spot.  I  was  consigned  to  some 
high-backed  pews,  tall  pulpit,  and  gloomy  place — never  have  I  been 
huge  sounding-board,  and  the  build-  able  to  locate  it — for  no  ray  of  light 
ing  was  abandoned  for  a  more  pre-  ever  penetrated  there.  Weary,  lonely 
tentious  one  at  the  "Corner."  I  days  and  nights  that  lengthened  into 
then  became  a  bone  of  contention,  years, — I  was  left  in  utter  misery 
as  the  new  church  wanted  me,  and  and  despair!  What  I  suffered  in  all 
my  loyal  Ladd  Street  friends  said  those  years,  no  tongue  can  tell!  I 
I  never  could  be  separated  from  them,  shudder  now  at  the  memory  of  it 
I  suffered  many  indignities  in  the  all.  At  last,  came  my  deliverance, 
controversy;  even  an  attempt  by  the  I  saw  the  light,  and  breathed  the 
"Corner"  people,  one  dark  night,  to  sweet  air,  and  lived  again!  What  my 
take  me  by  force!  A  suspicion  of  feelings  were  when  I  saw  the  changes 
the  dark  deed  was  aroused  in  the  that  had  been  wrought  during  my 
hearts  of  my  Ladd  Street  friends,  and  degradation,  I  will  leave  to  your 
they  stationed  faithful  William  Cross  imagination.  My  faithful  friends, 
at  my  side  both  day  and  night,  with  for  whom  I  had  been  cherishing  such 
orders  to  "peal  the  bell  if  danger  hard  feelings,  had,  all  this  time  been 
threatened."  For  several  days  he  busy  procuring  for  me  a  new  home, 
never  left  me,  his  meals  being  brought  and  my  delighted  eyes  looked  upon  a 
to  him,  and  hoisted  up  the  belfry  large  two-story  school-house,  topped 
by  means  of  ropes.  When,  finally,  with  a  belfry  wherein  to  place  me! 
the  attack  came,  the  deacon's  hand  How  ashamed  I  was  of  my  lack  of 
was  near,  in  my  extremity,  and  pulled  faith!  I  then  and  there  resolved  to 
the  rope.  How  I  pealed  out  for  devote  my  life  to  such  a  service  for 
help!  Right  nobly  the  call  was  an-  my  Ladd  Street  friends,  that  future 
swered,  my  friends  on  Ladd  Street  generations  should  point  to  me  with 
quickly  rushing  to  my  aid!  I  am  pride  as  one  of  their  most  cherished 
glad  to  say  that  no  blood  was  spilled,  legacies  from  the  pioneer  days  of 
though  many  a  torn  coat  and  shirt-  their  forefathers.  I  was  raised  to 
sleeve  bore  evidence  of  a  fray!  Al-  my  place  by  loving  hands  and  here 
though  my  defenders  were  loyal  in  I  have  hung  for  more  than  seventy 
my  emergency,  there  soon  came  a  years.  During  these  years  of  con- 
time  when,  seemingly,  they  all  for-  stant  service  I  have  responded  with 
sook  me,  and  my  cup  of  woe  was  my  clear  voice  to  every  call  of  duty 
full  to  overflowing.  The  old  church  or  of  pleasure.  Many  hands,  now 
was  torn  down,  and  I  was  homeless!  still  and  cold,  have  reached  out  to 
Rude  hands  thrust  me  into  a  dark  pull  my  rope.  I  have  called  the  ehil- 
and  gloomy  cellar,  and  my  once  dren,  and  the  children's  children  to 
happy  voice  was  silenced.  There  I  the  fourth  generation,  to  their  tasks 
spent  weary,  unhappy  hours,  musing  at  school,  telling  them  in  no  uncer- 
upon  the  fickleness  of  man,  to  thus  tain  tones  that  punctuality,  dili- 
consign  an  old  and  tried  servant  to  gence  and  endeavor  will  be  necessary, 
darkness  and  to  misery.  I  heard  the  that  they  may  take  their  places  among 
people  go  and  come  outside  my  dun-  the     sons     of    men,    and    hold    high 


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their  heads  as  befits  their  high  an- 
cestry. 

I  have  sent  my  voice  up  and  down 
the  valley  whenever  any  danger 
threatened  the  homes  about  me. 
I  have  frolicked  with  the  boys  on 
the  "Glorious  Fourth,"  till  the  staid 
fathers  have  surely  wished  my  tongue 
was  tied.  I  have  tolled  off  the  years 
of  many  of  the  dear  ones,  as  the 
funeral  cortege  has  crept  past  me 
up  the  hill  to  the  cemetery,  and,  as 
they  have  been  laid  to  rest,  my  voice 
has  died  away  in  grief  and  loneliness. 
I  have  always  been  sorry  to  see  the  old 
friends  go  away  to  other  homes,  and 
have  been  glad,  when,  from  my  station 
in  the  belfry,  I  have  seen  them  come 
again  down  the  hill.  Would  that  I 
could  call  out  a  friendly  word  of  wel- 
come or  farewell,  but,  alas!  without 
human  help,  I  am  mute! 

My  tale  is  almost  finished.  I  have 
unconsciously  led  you  along  the  way 
from  the  trackless  forests,  peopled 
by  the  denizens  of  the  woods,  and 
roamed  over  by  the  fearless  Indian; 
across  the  clear  and  limpid  Connecti- 
cut, that,  in  those  days,  abounded 
with  trout  and  salmon;  over  the 
fertile  meadows,  laden  with  their 
native  wealth  of  herbage;  to  the  up- 
lands, dotted  with  ancestral  homes; 
and  so  down  the  road  called   Ladd 


Street,  to  one  dear  spot  where  I  first 
became  a  part  of  this  lovely  valley; 
and  lastly,  to  my  present  dwelling- 
place.  Now,  I  am  an  aged  public 
servant,  rounding  out  one  hundred 
and  twelve  years  of  loyal  service. 
Still,  age  has  not  withered  me,  nor 
time  defaced,  and  my  years  are  not 
half  spent.  I  see  a  big  future  loom- 
ing before  me,  fraught  with  great 
possibilities,  and  I  am  eager  for  the 
fray!  I  yearn  to  always  be  able  to  do 
all  in  my  power  for  the  dear  friends 
who  have  all  these  years  sheltered 
and  honored  me;  I  shall  always,  as 
of  old,  let  my  clear  voice  peal  out 
with  no  uncertain  sound,  against 
wrong,  danger  and  oppression.  And 
when  the  far-distant  time  shall  come 
when  I,  too,  must  fall  into  decay, 
and  my  silvery  voice  be  forever 
mute,  God  grant  that  it  may  be 
among  the  descendants  of  true  and 
tried  Ladd  Street  friends,  who  have 
stood  by  me  these  hundred  years, 
through  weal  and  woe,  through  calm 
and  storm!  So,  I  could  gladly  lay 
down  my  life,  and  be  gathered  to  my 
kindred  elements,  knowing  full  well 
that  my  earthly  work  had  been  well 
performed  and  well  appreciated,  and 
that  my  reward  was  sure. 
Center  Harbor,  N.  H., 
January.    1915. 


BOOKS 

By  Delia  Honey 


We  turn  to  a  book  as  to  a  friend 

Whether  in  joy  or  in  sorrow, 
For  books  are  honest,  they  never  pretend 

Nor  put  us  off  till  the  morrow. 

They  lift  from  our  hearts  a  burden,  untold, 

They  share  in  our  joy  so  wild, 
They  bring  a  quiet  surcease,  controlled, 

And  make  us  meek  as  a  child. 


They  turn  our  tho'ts  as  naught  else  can  do, 
No  matter  which  way  they  wend, 

So  now  while  the  day  is  waning,  too 
We'll  turn  to  a  book  for  a  friend. 


THE  INDIANS  OF  NEW  HAMPSHIRE 

By  Charles  Nevers  Holmes 

The   quaint,   brief  verse  of   "And  obtained    a    grant    of    Dover,    while 

first  they  fell  upon  their  knees,  then  Mason  procured  a  charter  of  Ports- 

on  the  aborigines,"  will  occasionally  mouth.     In   this  way,   the   colonists 

come  to  mind,  especially  when  one  became  separated  into  two  divisions, 

is  considering  the  subject  of  "Lo,  the  called    the    Upper    and    the    Lower 

poor    Indian."     Our    forefathers    in  Plantations. 

1620  were,  of  course,  merely  very  new  Respecting  the  further  history  of 

comers  to  America,  for  the  Indian  or  the  Granite  State.,  this  is,  of  course, 

his   predecessors   had   been   dwelling  well   known.     Exeter   and   Hampton 

or  had  dwelt  here  centuries  before,  were  settled  in   1638  and   1639.     It 

In    New    England,    the    early    white  was  united  to  Massachusetts  in  1641, 

settlers    found    perhaps    some    fifty  made  a  royal  province  in  1679,  and 

thousand  of  these  red  men,  of  which  was   re-united   to    Massachusetts   in 

number  four  or  five  thousand  dwelt  1685,  from  which  it  was  not  again 

in    New    Hampshire.     In    1614,    the  separated  until   1741.     State   consti- 

famous  Captain  Smith  appeared  off  tutions  were  adopted  in  1776,  1784, 

the  coast  of  this  latter  state ;  but  it  was  and    1792;    it    ratified    the    Federal 

not  until  1623  that  the  first  settle-  constitution  in  1788,  being  the  ninth 

ment  was  made  by  Edward  and  Wil-  state  admitted  to  the   Union.     The 

liam   Hilton  at  Cocheco,   or  Dover,  area  of  New  Hampshire  is  9,341  square 

About  the  same  time,  David  Thomp-  miles,    310   of   which    are   of   water, 

son  settled  in  the  vicinity  of  what  was  According    to    the    last    census,    the 

afterwards    known    as    Portsmouth,  population  of  the  Granite  State  ap- 

Both  the  Hilton  brothers  and  Thomp-  proximated  431,000,   the   population 

son  came  under  the  authority  granted  in  1900  being  about  411,000,  and  in 

to  the  company  of  Laconia  by  the  1890  about  376,000. 

council  of  Plymouth  in  England.     In  Such  is  a  very  brief  outline  of  New 

1622   Ferdinando    Gorges   and   John  Hampshire's  history;  that  is,  its  his- 

Mason   were   high    in   office   in   this  tory  since  the   arrival  of  the  white 

council,    and    procured    a    grant    to  man.     But  our  forefathers  were  in- 

"  all  lands  situated  between  the  rivers  deed  new  comers  compared  with  the 

Merrimack  and  Sagadahock,  extend-  aborigines.     No  one  knows  who  were 

ing  back  to  great  lakes  and  river  of  really  the  first  settlers  of  New  Hamp- 

Canada."  shire.     Also,  it  is  not  known  for  how 

From   1623,  the  time  of  the  first  many   generations   the    confederated 

settlement   at   Dover,    to    1629,    the  tribes  of  the  Pawtuckets  had  dwelt 

granted  region  was   slowly  peopled,  in  New  Hampshire  before  the  coming 

but  in  1629  the  province  of  Laconia  of  the  white  man.     Nor  are  we  better 

was    divided    between    Gorges    and  informed  respecting  possible  predeces- 

Mason.     The  region  east  of  the  Pas-  sors    of    these    confederated    tribes, 

cataqua  river  was  taken  by  Gorges,  However  that  may  be,  our  forefathers 

while  that  west  of  the  river,  extending  found  the  red  race   here   when  they 

back  some  sixty  miles,  went  to  Mason,  came  as  strangers,  and,  as  has  been 

Gorges'   part   received  the   name   of  stated,  the  red  men  in  what  is  now 

Maine,  while  that  taken  by  Mason  New  Hampshire  then  numbered  some 

was    called    New    Hampshire,    since  four  or  five  thousand.     Indeed,  dur- 

Mason  had  been   a  resident  of  the  ing  early  colonial  times  there  were 

county    of    Hampshire    in    England,  as  many  as  twelve  tribes  of  Indians 

Later,    some    of    Mason's    associates  in   this    province;    but   wars    among 


86 


The  Granite  Monthly 


themselves,  and  pestilence,  had  di- 
minished the  numbers  of  men  in  these 
tribes.  There  were  tribes  in  different 
parts  of  the  province,  for  example, 
small  tribes  at  Exeter,  Dover  and  on 
the  banks  of  the  Pascataqua  river. 
The  tribe  of  Ossipees  dwelt  around 
lakes  Winnipisogee  and  Ossipee,  and 
that  of  the  Pequawkets  made  its 
home  on  the  upper  branches  of  the 
Saco  river.  Lastly,  the  tribe  of 
Penacooks  occupied  the  region  around 
the  present  city  of  Concord,  a'ong  the 
banks  of  the  Merrimack.  This  tribe 
of  Penacooks  should  be  noted  particu- 
larly, since  it  contained,  during  the 
first  of  the  invasion  of  the  white  man, 
the  famous  Indian  chieftain,  Passa- 
conaway.  There  were  as  many  as 
four  sachems  in  the  east  and  south  of 
the  province  that  acknowledged  a  kind 
of  allegiance  to  this  great  sagamore. 

As  has  been  stated,  Passaconaway 
was  chief  of  the  Penacooks,  and  his 
home  was  near  the  present  city  of 
Concord.  Most  of  the  Indian  tribes 
in  New  Hampshire  were  in  confedera- 
tion with  Passaconaway,  whom  they 
rightfully  revered  for  his  sagacity 
and  wisdom  in  leadership.  Those 
who  were  thus  united  under  the  lim- 
ited sway  of  this  sagamore  were 
known  by  the  general  name  of  Paw- 
tuckets,  being  a  kind  of  Indian  league 
in  peace  or  war.  Passaconaway  as  a 
leader  was  exceedingly  wise  and  cun- 
ning, but  a  very  moderate  Indian  with 
a  strong  liking  for  peace.  As  would 
be  expected,  he  possessed  a  great 
reputation  as  a  sorcerer,  his  tribe  be- 
lieving that  he  was  able  to  make 
water  burn  and  trees  dance.  It  was 
also  believed  that  he  possessed  the 
power  to  change  himself  into  flame 
and  could  at  will  darken  sun  or  moon. 
But  Passaconaway  was  certainly  a 
very  remarkable  Indian,  always 
being  a  strong  advocate  for  peace 
rather  than  war.  Nevertheless,  al- 
though he  urged  with  all  his  influence 
against  hostility  to  the  white  man,  he 
seems  to  have  had  a  presentiment  that 
the  English  would  eventually  wholly 
displace  his  tribe  and  people. 


In  1660  the  Indians  of  his  tribe  had 
a  great  dance  and  feast.  On  occa- 
sions like  this  it  was  the  custom  for 
the  elders  of  the  tribe  to  utter  speeches 
and  give  advice  to  the  younger  men. 
Passaconaway  was  a  most  eloquent 
speaker,  and  he  made  at  this  time  his 
"farewell  address,"  resigning  his  po- 
sition to  his  son  Wonolanset.  During 
the  course  of  his  address,  he  compared 
the  past  independence  of  the  tribe 
with  its  present  weakness  and  decay. 
He  explained  the  superiority  of  the 
white  man  and  declared  that  the  time 
would  come  when  the  English  would 
occupy  wholly  the  lands  of  the  red 
men.  He  also  declared  that  a  war 
would  shortly  occur  all  over  New 
England,  but  warned  his  people  not 
to  take  part  in  it. 

"Hearken,"  exclaimed  he,  "to  the 
last  words  of  your  father  and  friend. 
The  white  men  are  sons  of  the  morn- 
ing. The  Great  Spirit  is  their  father. 
His  sun  shines  bright  about  them. 
Never  make  war  with  them.  Sure 
as  you  light  the  fires,  the  breath  of 
heaven  will  turn  the  flames  upon  you 
and  destroy  you.  Listen  to  my 
advice.  It  is  the  last  I  shall  be 
.allowed  to  give  you.  Remember  it 
and  live!" 

His  dying  advice  made  a  deep  im- 
pression upon  the  tribe,  particularly 
upon  Wonolanset,  his  son.  Indeed, 
the  words  of  their  beloved  sagamore 
restrained  the  Penacooks  from  fol- 
lowing the  other  Indians  in  later 
warfare  against  the  English.  When 
war  did  come,  the  Penacooks  were 
the  only  Indians  in  New  Hampshire 
that  kept  out  of  it.  With  a  single 
exception,  the  settlers  in  the  province 
had  been  in  peace  with  the  Indians 
almost  half  a  century.  Yet  the 
Indians  were  more  and  more  aware 
of  what  the  future  would  bring  forth, 
and  they  became  more  and  more 
restless.  It  needed  but  the  proper 
leader.  King  Philip  perceived  the 
unrest  of  the  Indians.  He  was  king 
of  the  Wampanoags,  and  lived  at 
Mount  Hope,  near  Bristol.  Philip 
was  cunning,  ambitious  and  warlike, 


The  Indians  of  New  Hampshire                                   87 

and  foresaw  that  unless  the  Indians  Massachusetts  sent  two  companies  to 

could  equal  the  whites  in  civilization  New  Hampshire  to  assist  against  the 

they  would  be  displaced.     It  seemed  Indians.     Arriving  at  Cocheco,  they 

to  him  that  war  was  the  only  method  found  400  Indians  at  the   home  of 

to  use  against  the  English.     Most  of  Major    Waldron,    with    whom   these 

the    Indians — old    and    young — ap-  Indians  had  made  peace _  and  whom 

proved  of  the  warfare  of  King  Philip,  they  trusted.    The  captains  of  these 

Accordingly,  the  Narraganset  or  King  companies  recognized  some  murderers 

Philip's  War  commenced  on  the  24th  among   the   Indians   and   wished   to 

of  June,  1675,  when  nine  persons  were  arrest  them.    This  was  accomplished 

slain  by  the  Indians  at  Swansey  in  the  by  a  ruse.    All  the  red  men  were  dis- 

colony  of  Plymouth.  armed,  the  Penacooks  were  sent  away 

The  war  that  followed  is  historical  in  peace;  but  seven  or  eight  of  the 
and  very  well  known.  It  was  a  popu-  Indians  were  hanged  ami  some  were 
lar  war  with  the  Indians,  although  sold  as  slaves.  About  thirteen  years 
Wonolanset  and  his  Penacooks  kept  afterward,  when  several  of  those  who 
out  of  it.  It  was  terrible  while  it  had  been  sold  as  slaves  returned, 
lasted  and,  owing  to  the  scattered  con-  vengeance  was  cruelly  wreaked  upon 
dition  of  the  New  England  settlers,  Major  Waldron.  The  Major  was 
very  destructive.  But  it  came  to  an  warned  of  possible  danger^  but#  only 
end,  because  the  Indians  became  dis-  laughed  at  the  fears  of  his  friends, 
couraged  and  had  lost  their  great  He  told  them  to  "plant  their  pump- 
leader,  King  Philip.  The  result  to  kins  and  he  would  take  care  of  the 
New  England  was  some  600  lives,  Indians."  However  the  Indians  by 
twelve  or  thirteen  towns  destroyed,  a  plot  succeeded  in  entering  his  garri- 
and  about  600  dwellings  burned,  soned  home,  and,  although  the  Major 
During  the  period  of  this  war,  New  defended  himself  for  a  while  with  his 
Hampshire  was  also  in  terror.  No  sword,  he  was  felled  with  a  blow  from 
one  knew  when  an  Indian  raid  would  behind.  The  Indians  then  inflicted 
occur;  business  was  abandoned,  and  gashes  on  Major  Waldron's  body, 
every  man,  as  it  were,  had  to  look  exclaiming  "We  thus  cross  out  our 
out  for  himself.  Considerable  dam-  account!"  After  his  death  they 
age  was  done;  and  in  September,  1675,  plundered  his  house  and  set  it  on 
the  Indians  made  an  attack  on  the  fire. 

region   called   Oyster   River,   then   a  On  July  17,  1694,  the  Indians  again 

part  of  Dover  but  now  Durham,  burn-  attacked  the  Oyster  River  settlement, 

ing  two  houses,  killing  two  men,  and  under  the  command  of  a  Frenchman 

carrying  away  two  captives  who  soon  named  Villieu.     The  red  men  num- 

escaped.     About  the  same  time  they  bered   about   250;   but   as  their   ap- 

slew    a   man   named    Robinson    and  proach  was  discovered,  some  of  the 

took  another   man — Charles    Runlet  settlers  had  time  to  escape  and  others 

■ — prisoner.     Also    five    or    six    other  to  prepare  for  defense.    Nevertheless, 

houses  were  burned   and  two   more  ninety-four    persons    were    killed    or 

men  slain.     Later,  the  Indians  killed  taken  captive,  and  five  of  the  twelve 

John  Keniston  of  Greenland,  and  in  garrisoned    homes,   as  well   as  other 

June,  1677,  they  also  slew  four  per-  dwellings,  were  burned.    In  1706  there 

sons  at  Hampton.  occurred  an  attack  on  two  houses  be- 

King  Philip  's  war  was  over;  but  the  longing  to  a  Mr.  Blanchard  and  a  Mr. 

inhabitants  of  New  Hampshire  had  Galusha,  in  which  nine  people  were 

thereafter  more  or  less  trouble  and  slain.     In   1712  the  Heard  garrison 

danger  from  the  red  man.    The  trag-  was  saved  by  the  wit  of  a  woman — 

edy  relative  to  Major  Waldron  and  there  being  no  man  in  the  house — 

others   associated   with    him   is   well  who  called  out  so  loudly  and  boldly 

known,    of    how    in    August,    1676,  that  she  scared  the  enemy  away.    In 


88 


The  Granite  Monthly 


1717  there  was  a  declaration  of  war 
against  all  hostile  Indians  and  a  re- 
ward of  £100  for  every  such  Indian's 
scalp.  The  last  French  and  Indian 
war  in  1755  lasted  until  the  capture 
of  Quebec  by  General  Wolfe  in  1759. 
During  all  this  period,  and  indeed 
until  nearly  1800  there  was  more  or 
less  danger  from  the  Indians,  and 
attacks  were  made  on  Hopkinton, 
Keene,  Walpole,  Hinsdale,  Winches- 
ter, Charlestown,  as  well  as  many 
smaller,  isolated  places.  But  gradu- 
ally the  aborigines  withdrew  or  were 
driven  out  of  the  land  that  thev  once 


possessed,  until  today  not  a  single 
descendant  of  these  original  tribes  is 
to  be  found  anywhere  in  the  Granite 
State.  Many  of  them  were  slain,  and 
the  rest  migrated,  mostly  to  Canada, 
and  dwelt  upon  the  banks  of  the  St. 
Lawrence  river.  However,  though 
they  themselves  are  departed,  their 
names  and  words  yet  remain  with  us. 
Nashua,  Souhegan,  Amoskeag,  Swam- 
scott,  Merrimack,  Winnipiseogee  and 
Ossipee  are  permanent  memories  of 
an  interesting  and  unique  race. 
Hotel  Nottingham, 
Boston,  Mass. 


LOVE'S  JESTING 

By  L.  Adelaide  Sherman 

You  told  me  in  jest  that  you  loved  me  well 

And  would  love  me  truly  ever — 
Yet  little  you  dreamed  that  those  words  would  be 

Effaced  from  my  memory  never. 

You  sat  where  the  firelight  on  your  face 
Cast  its  radiance  warm  and  tender — 

While  your  smile  to  me  was  rarer  far 

Than  the  wide  world's  beckoning  splendor. 

But  I  took  up  the  jest,  tho'  my  heart  was  rent 

And  answered,  "I  love  you  duly." 
Ah,  how  could  j^ou  know  those  light-voiced  words 

Was  my  spirit  speaking  truly. 

You  have  gone  your  way,  and  I  go  mine, 
While  the  seasons  dim  and  brighten; 

The  flowers  have  budded  and  bloomed  and  died 
'Neath  skies  that  lower  and  lighten. 

There  are  friends  most  kind  that  come  and  go 

As  the  long  years  drift  before  me, 
But  never  another  voice  nor  face 

Can  cast  that  sweet  spell  o'er  me. 

Oh,  deep  from  sight  must  I  hide  my  love, 
And  Time,  with  its  balm,  shall  cover 

The  wound  that  was  made  by  my  heart's  elect 
Who  never  became  my  lover. 


CAPTAIN  JACOB  CONN 


Captain  Jacob  Conn  is  one  of  the  few  citi- 
zens of  Concord  who  have  climbed  from 
obscurity  to  prominence  in  a  comparatively 
few  years — and  this  in  spite  of  serious  handi- 
caps. Without  money,  lacking  education 
and  with  but  a  slight  knowledge  of  the  Eng- 
lish language,  he  came  to  this  country  six- 
teen years  ago  and  through  sheer  grit  and 
indomitable  perseverance  the  penniless  immi- 
grant youth  has  been  changed  into  an  educated 
and  respected  citizen,  militia  officer  and  theatre 
owner.  The  story  of  his  life  reads  like  the 
most  imaginative  page  of  fiction  for  this 
metamorphosis  was  worked  in  the  short 
span  of  sixteen  years. 

Jacob  Conn  was  born  of  poor  but  respect- 
able Jewish  parents  in  Stralkowo,  in  the 
Province  of  Posen,  Germany,  in  the  year  1877. 
The  quiet  atmosphere  of  home  life  never  in- 
terested him  to  any  great  degree  and  as  a 
mere  boy  he  engaged  in  the  dangerous  trade 
of  bartering  horses  over  the  Russian  frontier. 
At  the  age  of  eighteen  he  left  home  and  went 
to  London,  England,  where  he  secured  employ- 
ment in  a  tailor  shop.  Here  he  remained 
until  the  Spanish-American  war  had  been  in 
progress  for  several  months  when  he  sailed 
for  America  to  enlist,  if  possible,  in  the  cause 
of  the  United  States.  After  a  variety  of  mis- 
fortunes, including  two  shipwrecks,  he  arrived 
in  New  York  on  September  21,  1898,  with 
but  a  sixpence  in  his  pocket. 

He  was  considerably  disappointed  over  the 
fact  that  the  war  with  Spain  had  been  ended 
while  he  was  on  the  ocean  and  that  an  oppor- 
tunity to  fight  for  his  adopted  country  was 
lost,  but  the  eighteen-year-old  youth  secured 
work  at  his  trade  and  soon  earned  money  to 
go  to  Boston,  from  which  city  he  later  removed 
to  Concord.  Here  he  worked  for  his  brother 
for  about  a  year  and  on  January  16,  1900, 
opened  his  own  tailoring  establishment  on 
School  street  on  borrowed  capital  of  $2.50. 

With  the  beginning  of  his  career  in  the 
tailoring  business  came  his  enlistment  in 
Company  C  of  the  N.  H.  N.  G.  By  diligence 
and  hard  work  he  saved  considerable  money 
and  gained  a  fair  education,  for  as  he  sat  on 
the  bench  working  the  needle,  one  eye  was 
glued  on  a  text-book  of  history  or  grammar 
which  lay  beside  him.  Following  his  mar- 
riage in  1904,  he  engaged  in  the  real  estate 
business  with  a  great  degree  of  success  so 
that  when  fire  destroyed  the  old  Durgin 
factory  on  School  street  in  1911  he  had  enough 


to  purchase  the  ruins.  Working  nights  in 
the  tailor  shop,  he  spent  his  days  cleaning 
up  the  immense  heap  of  blackened  bricks. 

In  June,  1911,  the  cornerstone  of  his 
theatre  was  laid  and  on  October  14  of 
the  next  year  it  was  completed  and  under 
his  management  has  been  most  successful 
ever  since.  His  intentions  now  are  to  erect 
another  larger  modern  picture  theatre  on  the 
Pleasant  street  site  of  the  old  Dunklee 
stables. 

By  displaying  the  same  hearty  interest  in 
state  militia  affairs  that  he  did  to  his  business. 


Capt.  Jacob  Conn 

Mr.  Conn  ascended  the  successive  rounds  of 
promotion  until  on  January  28,  1914,  he 
became  captain  of  Company  C,  which  office 
he  still  fills  in  a  most  creditable  manner.  In 
every  phase  of  municipal  affairs  he  is  deeply 
interested  and  has  thrown  his  theatre  open 
time  and  time  again  without  charge  in  the 
interests  of  civic  uplift.  The  fact  that  he 
has  recently  relinquished  his  tailoring  busi- 
ness and  will  devote  his  whole  effort  to  the 
theatrical  field  gives  him  a  wider  opportunity 
to  interest  himself  in  the  affairs  of  the  city 
and  state. 


NEW  HAMPSHIRE  NECROLOGY 


THOMAS  BELLOWS  PECK 

Thomas  Bellows  Peck,  born  in  Walpole, 
N.  H.,  August  18,  18  4,  died  in  Salem,  Mass., 
January  2,  1915. 

He  was  a  graduate  of  Harvard  University, 
of  the  class  of  1863.  He  was  a  versatile  man 
and  his  activities  in  life  were  many.  For 
many  years  he  was  prominent  as  a  diamond 
expert;  but  later  in  life  was  devoted  to  genea- 
logical research,  and  wrote  several  books 
along  that  line.  He  also  became  known  from 
his  lectures  on  "Harvard  in  the  Early  Six- 
ties." He  was  a  member  of  the  Massachu- 
setts Genealogical  Society,  and  was  treasurer 
of  the  Walpole,  N.  H.,  public  library  from 
1901  to  1911.  He  was  unmarried  and  the 
last  of  his  family. 

COL.  JOHN  F.  MARSH 
Col.  John  F.  Marsh,  a  native  of  the  town  of 
Hudson,  born  February  1,  1828,  son  of  Fitch 
P.  and  Mary  Jane  (Emery)  Marsh,  died  at 
his  home  in  Springfield,  Mass.,  January  10, 
1915. 

He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and 
at  the  Crosby  Literary  Institute  in  Nashua. 
He  served  in  the  Ninth  United  States 
Infantry,  under  Capt.  George  Bowers  and 
Gen.  Franklin  Pierce  in  the  Mexican  War, 
and  participated  in  the  battles  of  Contreras, 
Churubusco,  Molino  Del  Rey  and  the  storming 
of  Chapultepec.  After  the  war  he  taught 
school  for  a  time  in  his  native  town  but  when 
the  California  "gold  fever"  broke  out  in 
1849,  he  sailed  from  Galveston,  Texas,  around 
the  Horn,  being  four  months  making  the 
journey,  but  clearing  up  several  thousand 
dollars  within  a  year  after  his  arrival  in  Cali- 
fornia. Later  he  established  a  trading  post 
there.  In  1855  he  was  appointed  a  special 
agent  in  the  postal  service  between  New  York 
and  San  Francisco.  In  1856  he  settled  in 
Hastings,  Mich.,  where  he  was  soon  made 
postmaster  and  was  later  chosen  mayor. 
Upon  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War  he 
enlisted  in  the  Sixth  Wisconsin  Infantry, 
was  appointed  a  lieutenant,  and  soon  pro- 
moted to  captain.  Wounded  in  the  battle  of 
Gainesville  he  was  later  made  lieutenant- 
colonel  of  the  Twelfth  New  Hampshire;  but 
another  severe  wound  at  Chancellorsville 
compelled  his  retirement  from  active  service, 
and  he  was  transferred  to  the  veteran  reserve 
corps.  April  20,  1865,  he  was  commissioned 
colonel  of  the  Twenty-fourth  United  States 
colored  infantry,  but  declined  the  office, 
doubting  the  expediency  of  enlisting  the  freed 
men  as  soldiers.  He  was  brevetted  Colonel 
"for  gallant  and  meritorious  service  at  the 
battle  of  Chancellorsville,"  and  in  August, 
1865,  resigned  from  the  army.  In  Novem- 
ber, 1866,  he  was  appointed  pension  agent 
at  Concord,  but  soon  resigned  to  engage  in 


paper  manufacturing  in  Nashua,  where  he 
remained  till  1874,  when  he  removed  to 
Springfield,  Mass.,  where  he  established  the 
Springfield  Glazed  Paper  Company,  of 
which  he  was  treasurer  and  general  manager, 
for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century  till  his 
retirement  from  active  business.  He  was 
elected  to  the  Massachusetts  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives in  1899,  and  to  the  State  Senate  in 
1901  and  1902. 

Colonel  Marsh  was  a  Mason  and  a  member 
of  the  Loyal  Legion.  He  had  been  twice 
married,  and  leaves  one  son,  Frank  W.  Marsh 
of  Springfield. 

HON.   EZRA  S.   STEARNS 
Hon.  Ezra  S.  Stearns,  formerly,  for  many 
years  Secretary  of  the  State  of  New  Hamp- 
shire, born  in  Rindge,  September  1,  1838,  died 
in  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  March  8,  1915. 

Mr.  Stearns  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  and  at  Chester  Institute,  Chester, 
N.  J.  He  commenced  active  life  in  journal- 
ism, becoming  editor  and  manager  of  the 
Fitchburg  Daily  Chronicle.  Returning  to  his 
native  town  he  engaged  in  historical  and  gen- 
ealogical research,  and  later  in  public  affairs. 
He  served  as  a  representative  from  Rindge  in 
the  legislatures  of  1864-5-6-7  and  1870,  as  a 
state  senator  from  1886  to  1890,  and  as  a 
representative  again  in  1891,  and  as  Secretary 
of  State  from  1891  to  1899,  when  he  resigned, 
removing  shortly  after  to  Fitchburg,  Mass., 
where  he  had  since  had  his  home. 

He  was  a  historical  and  genealogical  stu- 
dent and  writer,  and  was  particularly  con- 
versant with  the  history  of  New  Hampshire. 
He  was  the  author  of  a  history  of  Rindge,  of 
Plymouth,  and  of  Ashburnham,  Mass.,  was 
a  prolific  contributor  to  historical  magazines 
and  published  many  monograms  bearing  on 
historical  and  genealogical  subjects.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Historical 
Society,  New  England  Historic  Genealogical 
Society,  the  American  Antiquarian  Society  of 
Worcester,  the  Minnesota  Historical  Society 
and  the  Fitchburg  Historical  Society.  He 
received  the  honorary  degree  of  Master  of 
Arts  from  Dartmouth  College  in  1887. 

ROBERT   B.   UPHAM 

Robert  Baxter  Upham,  a  grandson  of  Hon. 
George  B.  Upham  of  Claremont,  one  of  the 
early  New  Hampshire  Congressmen,  and  a 
son  of  the  late  Dr.  James  Baxter  Upham  of 
Boston,  died  at  his  home  in  Claremont,  Febru- 
ary 6,  1915,  at  the  age  of  52  years. 

He  was  born  in  Boston,  January  25,  1863, 
was  educated  at  St.  Mark's  School  at  South- 
boro,  Mass.,  and  Harvard  College,  and  was  for 
two  years  engaged  in  banking  in  Kansas. 
Later  he  removed  to  New  York,  where  he  was 
interested  in  railroad  affairs  and  the  paving 


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industry,  but  retired  from  business  two  years 
ago  on  account  of  failing  health,  and  settled  in 
Claremont,  on  the  old  Upham  homestead. 
His  wife,  whom  he  married  in  1896,  survives 
him.  She  was  Ruth  B.,  a  daughter  of  the 
late  James  P.  Upham.  Mr.  Upham  was  a 
student  and  a  lover  of  literature,  with  strong 
poetic  tastes  and  a  personal  gift  in  that 
direction,  as  shown  by  his  Anniversary  poem, 
ori  the  occasion  of  the  recent  One  Hundred 
Fiftieth  Anniversary  of  Claremont. 

MRS.   EMILY   L.   BECKWITH. 

Emily  Louisa  (Parker)  Beckwith,  widow  of 
the  late  Ransom  P.  Beckwith  of  Lempster, 
died  at  the  residence  of  her  son  in  Claremont, 
February  12,  1915. 

Mrs.  Beckwith  was  the  daughter  of  the 
late  Benjamin  and  Olive  (Nichols)  Parker 
of  Lempster  born  July  2,  1827.  She  was  a 
sister  of  Hiram  Parker  of  that  town  and  Hon. 
Hosea  W.  Parker  of  Claremont.  She  attended 
school  in  her  native  town  and  at  Lebanon,  and 
taught  for  some  time  previous  to  her  marriage 
in  1848.  Her  husband  died  in  1862,  leaving  her 
with  two  sons— the  late  Prof.  Walter  P.  Beck- 
with, for  some  time  principal  of  the  Salem, 
Mass.,  Normal  School,  and  Hira  R.,  a  promi- 
nent architect  and  builder  of  Claremont — for 
whose  education  she  made  many  sacrifices,  and 
whose  success  was  in  no  small  degree  attribu- 
table to  her  wise  care  and  guardianship.  She 
was  a  woman  of  rare  intelligence,  thoroughly 
devoted  to  duty  as  she  understood  it,  and  an 
earnest  Universalist  in  her  religious  convic- 
tions. 

ALVAH  B.  CHELLIS. 

Alvah  Bean  Chellis,  a  prominent  citizen  of 
Plainfield,  died  at  his  home  in  Meriden  Vil- 
lage, February  14,  1915. 

Mr.  Chellis  was  a  native  of  Grantham,  a 
son  of  John  P.  and  Lucinda  (Bean)  Chellis, 
and  removed  with  his  parents  to  Plainfield, 
when  about  fourteen  years  of  age.  He  was 
educated  at  Kimball  Union  Academy  and  was 
for  several  years  engaged  in  teaching  after 
graduation.  Subsequently  he  returned  to 
the  home  farm,  where  he  continued  till  about 
a  year  before  his  death  when  he  removed  to 
Meriden  Village.  He  had  served  some  years 
as  chairman  of  the  board  of  selectmen,  as  a 
member  of  the  school  board  and  as  superin- 
tending committee.  He  was  active  and 
prominent  in  Masonry  and  a  past  master 
of  Meriden  Grange  P.  of  H.  October  19, 
1870,  he  married  Harriett  L.  Rossiter,  of 
Windsor',  Vt.  who  survives,  with  one  son, 
Converse  A.,  of  Meriden,  a  graduate  of 
Dartmouth  College. 

LESLIE  W.  CATE 

Leslie  W.  Cate,  a  well-known  citizen  of 
Northwood  and  a  member  of  the  Cate- 
Quimby  Shoe  Company  of  that  town,  died  at 
his  home  in  that  town  January  14,  1915,  after 
a  long  illness. 


Mr.  Cate  was  born  in  Strafford,  July  25, 
1857,  son  of  William  and  Nancy  (Scruton) 
Cate,  and  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
and  at  Northwood  Seminary.  He  learned 
the  shoe  manufacturing  business  in  youth, 
being  engaged  in  different  places,  but  for  the 
last  ten  years  was  in  business  in  Northwood, 
where  he  filled  a  large  place  in  the  esteem  of 
his  fellow  townsmen,  on  account  of  his  high 
character  and  devoted  citizenship  as  well  as 
his  business  integrity.  He  was  prominent 
in  Masonry  and  Odd  Fellowship,  had  been 
master  of  the  Northwood  Grange,  and  secre- 
tary of  Eastern  New  Hampshire  Pomona 
Grange.  In  religion  he  was  actively  identi- 
fied with  the  Free  Baptist  Church. 

Mr.  Cate  was  twice  married — first,  in 
1877,  to  Miss  Abbie  I.  Hill  of  Northwood, 
who  died  five  years  later;  second,  in  1888,  to 
Miss  Harriet  B.  Bennett  of  Newmarket,  who 
survives  him,  as  does  one  son,  Russell,  and 
one  brother,  Joseph  Cate  of  Lee. 

JAMES  L.  GERRISH 
James   L.   Gerrish,   born   in   that  part  of 
Boscawen  now  Webster,  May  11,  1838,  died 
at  the  residence  of  his  son,  in  Lowell,  Mass, 
January  21,   1915. 

Mr.  Gerrish  was  a  descendant,  in  the  eighth 
generation,  from  Capt.  William  Gerrish  of 
Bristol,  England,  who  settled  in  Newbury, 
Mass.,  in  1639.  His  great  grandfather,  Col. 
Henry  Gerrish  marched  from  Boscawen  to 
Medford,  Mass.,  after  the  battle  of  Lexington, 
as  a  captain  of  minute-men,  and  served  as 
lieutenant-colonel  in  Stark's  regiment  in  the 
Bennington  Campaign.  Moses  Gerrish,  his 
grandfather,  cleared  up  the  farm  upon  which 
he  was  born,  nearly  a  century  and  a  quarter 
ago,  on  which  farm  he  remained  with  hia 
brother,  Dea.  H.  H.  Gerrish,  throughout  his 
entire  active  fife.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  and  at  the  Academies  at 
Hopkinton,  Reed's  Ferry  and  Boscawen. 

He  was  prominent  in  agricultural  affairs 
for  many  years,  and  devoted  much  thought 
and  care  to  experimentation  along  various 
lines  including  the  breeding  of  sheep  and 
Channel  Island  cattle,  as  well  as  forestry 
and  fertilization,  and  wrote  extensively  for 
the  agricultural  press.  In  politics  he  was  a 
Republican  and  served  his  town  as  a  select- 
man and  as  a  representative  in  1883,  serving 
as  Chairman  of  the  Agricultural  College 
Committee.  He  was  for  many  years  secre- 
tary of  the  Granite  State  Dairymen's  Associa- 
tion, was  a  Patron  of  Husbandry  and  had  been 
lecturer  of  Daniel  Webster  and  Merrimack 
County  Pomona  Granges.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  Company  E,  Sixteenth  New  Hamp- 
shire Volunteers  in  the  Civil  War,  having 
been  promoted  and  mustered  out  with  his 
regiment  in  August,  1863.  In  religion  he  was 
a  Congregationalist  and  an  active  and  inter- 
ested member  of  the  church  in  Webster 
where  he  long  sang  in  the  choir  with  Dea. 
Henry  F.  Pearson,  who  rendered  a  solo  at  the 


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last  service  in  his  associate's  memory  at  the 
old  homestead  on  January  23,  last. 

Mr.  Gerrish  was  twice  married,  first  to 
Sarah  B.  Chandler  of  Penacook,  December 
22,  1864,  by  whom  he  had  three  children,  two 
of  them  now  living, — Edwin  C.  a  graduate 
of  the  New  Hampshire  College,  now  of  Lowell, 


Mass.,  and  Mabel  A.,  wife  of  Charles  B.  Page, 
now  of  Monroe,  Mich.  January  9,  1894, 
some  years  after  his  first  wife's  decease,  he 
married  Mrs.  Mary  S.  Kenevel  of  Fort  Scott, 
Kansas,  who,  with  the  children  named  and 
seven  grandchildren,  as  well  as  a  step-son, 
George  D.  Kenevel — survives. 


EDITOR  AND  PUBLISHER'S  NOTES 


Unforeseen  conditions  rendered  impossible 
the  publication  of  this  double  number  of  the 
Granite  Monthly  for  February  and  March 
at  as  early  a  date  as  had  been  hoped  and 
expected.  It  is  safe  to  say,  however,  that 
the  April  number  will  be  issued  before  the 
close  of  the  month,  while  it  is  the  present 
purpose  of  the  publisher  to  issue  a  double 
number  for  May  and  June  in  the  nature  of  a 
souvenir  edition  commemorative  of  the 
one  hundred  and  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the 
charter  of  Concord,  granted  by  the  Pro- 
vincial Legislature  June  7,  1765,  plans  for 
the  formal  celebration  of  which  are  now 
being  perfected,  the  city  government  having 
voted  an  appropriation  of  $2,500  to  defray 
the  necessary  expenses  of  the  same. 

While  the  anniversary  proper,  above  re- 
ferred to,  will  come  on  Monday  it  is  proposed 
that  the  celebration  shall  practically  cover 
three  days,  appropriate  religious  services 
being  held  in  all  the  churches  of  the  city  on 
Sunday  morning,  June  6,  with  a  union  service 
in  which  all  the  churches  shall  join,  at  the 
Auditorium  or  some  other  central  gathering 
place  in  the  evening.  On  Monday,  the  7th, 
a  grand  military  and  civic  parade  is  planned 
for  the  forenoon,  and  a  programme  of  appro- 
priate exercises  in  the  afternoon;  while  for 
Tuesday,  the  8th,  a  trade  and  industrial 
parade  in  the  morning,  a  grand  legislative 
reunion  at  the  State  House  in  the  middle  of 
the  day,  followed  by  an  automobile  parade 
in  the  afternoon,  are  the  contemplated  fea- 
tures, with  sports  and  band  concerts  at 
proper  intervals  each  day,  and  a  historical 
pageant  Monday  afternoon.  The  necessary 
committees  have  been  announced  and  the 
work  of  preparation  will  be  entered  upon 
immediately. 


was  the  rival  of  the  former  as  a  candidate  for 
the  permanent  seat  of  the  State  Govern- 
ment a  hundred  years  ago,  or  more,  is 
planning  a  similar  celebration  to  come  off 
some  time  in  the  summer — probably  at  the 
opening  of  Old  Home  Week,  in  August,  the 
sum  of  $500  having  been  appropriated  at 
the  recent  annual  town  meeting  for  the 
purpose,  which  is  a  liberal  amount,  indeed, 
for  a  town  of  its  size  and  valuation.  The 
charter  of  the  town  was  granted  January  10, 
1765,  but  the  celebration  could  not  fittingly 
be  held  at  that  season  of  the  year,  but  can 
most  appropriately  be  held  in  Old  Home 
Week,  when  we  may  look  for  a  general 
home  coming  of  the  town's  absent  sons  and 
daughters,  now  scattered  far  and  wide. 


While  Concord  is  preparing  for  a  fitting 
celebration  of  her  one  hundred  and  fiftieth 
anniversary,  the  town  of  Hopkinton,  which 


An  organization,  to  be  known  as  the  "Civic 
Union,"  has  been  formed  in  Concord  for  the 
purpose  of  insuring  the  coordination  and 
cooperation  of  all  the  forces  and  agencies 
working  for  civic  betterment  and  the  pro- 
motion of  the  general  welfare — an  example 
which  other  cities  and  the  larger  towns  of 
the  state  may  do  well  to  follow.  Harry  F. 
Lake,  Esq.,  is  the  president;  Harriet  L. 
Huntress,  vice-president;  Agnes  Mitchell, 
secretary;  and  Elwin  L.  Page,  treasurer, 
with  a  council  of  fifteen,  of  which  the  officers 
are  also  ex-officio  members,  constituting  a 
governing  board.  Meetings  are  to  be  held 
bi-monthly  or  oftener  if  deemed  desirable. 

The  legislature  of  1915  is  still  in  session  as 
this  issue  of  the  Granite  Monthly  goes  to 
press,  with  a  good  deal  of  necessary  work 
uncompleted,  and  fully  as  much  purely 
partisan  work  done,  or  approaching  comple- 
tion, as  was  undertaken  two  years  ago. 
What  shall  be  done  with  reference  to  the 
railroad  problem,  which  in  its  complexity 
seems  almost  to  defy  solution,  is  the  upper- 
most question  in  the  legislative  mind  as  the 
end  approaches. 


HON.  A.  CHESTER  CLARK 
Judge  of  the  Concord  Municipal  Court 


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HON.  A.  CHESTER  CLARK 

By  William  E.  Wallace 


Although  an  unflinching  Democrat, 
not  over-selfish,  had  Judge  Allan 
Chester  Clark  not  felt  a  tingle  of 
self-gratulation  at  the  distinguished 
consideration  shown  him  by  Governor 
Rolland  H.  Spaulding  and  the  Council 
by  his  appointment  to  the  municipal 
court  bench  of  Concord,  he  would  not 
have  been  human.  When  the  an- 
nouncement of  the  appointments  of 
justices  came  after  the  reorganization 
of  the  courts  and  this  list  was  scanned 
with  a  memory  of  the  governor's 
earlier  edict  that  those  who  had  made 
good  would  be  retained,  regardless 
of  politics,  the  only  possible  assump- 
tion was  that  of  all  the  Democrats 
named  by  Governor  Felker,  Judge 
Clark  was  one  of  scarcely  half  a 
dozen  that  responded  to  the  Spaulding 
test  of  fitness. 

Without  attempting  any  analysis 
of  the  governor's  method  of  reasoning 
as  to  the  other  Democratic  judges, 
there  is  no  gainsaying  that  he  hewed 
close  to  his  rule  in  the  case  of  Judge 
Clark.  For  the  judge  did  make  good. 
His  work  was  so  eminently  satis- 
factory that  there  never  was  the  least 
doubt  that  he  would  be  reappointed 
from  the  moment  the  leaders  of  the 
legislature  had  determined  to  include 
the  district  courts  in  their  retaliatory 
program.  The  endorsements  of  Judge 
Clark  were  so  general  as  to  be  almost 
monotonous.  If  there  were  many  in 
Concord  who  did  not  wish  him  re- 
tained, they  kept  the  fact  to  them- 
selves, and  though  doubtless  there 
were  those  who  would  not  have  been 
averse    to  serving  as    justice  in   the 


mucinipal  court  of  that  city,  none 
came  forward  to  let  it  be  known. 

The  reason  is  simple.  The  judge 
took  his  .work  seriously  and  applied 
his  time  and  talent  to  seeing  that 
everybody  got  his  just  due  in  the 
court.  He  is  a  firm  believer  in  the 
probation  system,  and,  in  the  absence 
of  any  statutory  provision  for  that 
method  in  the  disposition  of  adult 
criminal  matters,  he  did  in  Concord 
what  Judge  Ben  B.  Lindsey  had  done 
in  Denver — made  one  of  his  own. 
This  meant  extra  work,  inasmuch  as 
he  was  without  the  necessary  machin- 
ery to  carry  the  plan  out  unless  he 
did  it  himself.  That  is  what  he  did 
do  and  is  doing.  When  anybody  gets 
a  chance  to  go  forth  and  try  again  in 
Judge  Clark's  court,  the  condition 
attached  to  the  chance  is  that  he  shall 
show  the  judge  that  he  is  really  tread- 
ing the  straight  and  narrow  path. 
The  probationer  is  expected  to  keep 
in  touch  with  the  court  until  the 
judge  is  satisfied  he  is  actually  going 
straight. 

His  particular  interest  is  in  the 
domestic  relations  phase  of  the  social 
problem.  He  has  little  consideration 
for  the  man  who  wilfully  shirks  his 
responsibility  to  wife  or  children,  but 
he  works  on  the  theory  that  the  aver- 
age man  who  fails  to  support  his 
family  can  by  proper  attention  be 
made  to  do  so.  Anyway,  it  is  eco- 
nomically wasteful  to  send  a  man  to 
jail  where  the  county  must  support 
him  and,  in  nine  cases  out  of  ten, 
support  the  dependent  wife  and  chil- 
dren as  well  while  the  man  is  in  jail. 


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Judge  Clark  has  found  that  most  men 
brought  before  him  gladly  promise  to 
mend  their  ways  and,  except  in 
especially  flagrant  cases,  the  chance 
is  given.  But  his  connection  with 
the  case  does  not  end  with  the  lecture 
in  the  court  room.  Judge  Clark  sees 
to  it  that  the  man  actually  does  sup- 
port his  family  and,  where  it  appears 
necessary,  he  requires  that  the  man 
turn  over  his  pay  to  the  court  or  some 
responsible  person  and  the  money  is 
expended  under  the  direction  of  the 
court.  Always  when  possible  he 
keeps  the  family  together,  but  where 
this  is  impracticable  he  compels  the 
father  to  support  his  children  in 
some  other  home,  or  in  an  institution. 
All  of  this  imposes  much  gratuitous 
labor  upon  himself,  but  the  satisfac- 
tion that  comes  to  him  from  the  con- 
templation of  reunited  and  happy 
families  is  ample  compensation. 

The  knowledge  of  what  Judge  Clark 
has  been  doing  along  this  line  was  one 
of  the  more  important  reasons  for 
the  demand  that  he  be  retained  when 
the  courts  were  reorganized.  Another 
was  his  study  of  the  juvenile  delin- 
quent problem,  which  really  is  a  by- 
product of  unfavorable  home  sur- 
roundings in  a  majority  of  instances, 
and  his  success  in  working  out  a  solu- 
tion of  it. 

The  demand  for  the  retention  of 
Judge  Clark  was  not  confined  to  ex- 
pressions from  Concord  citizens  and 
those  within  the  court  district  es- 
tablished by  the  legislature  of  1913, 
which  included  several  neighboring 
towns.  What  the  judge  had  been 
doing,  in  the  way  of  common-sense 
administration  of  justice,  spread  be- 
yond the  confines  of  his  jurisdiction 
and  frequent  requests  that  he  come 
and  tell  them  what  he  was  doing  were 
made  upon  him.  The  result  was 
that,  when  the  reorganization  of  the 
courts,  through  return  to  power  of  the 
Republican  party,  was  threatened 
and  still  later  accomplished,  numerous 
sponsors  for  Judge  Clark's  reap- 
pointment sent  in  requests  to  Gover- 
nor   Spaulding    and    his    councilors. 


They  desired  his  continuance  as  jus- 
tice of  the  court  in  Concord  for  the 
good  effect  it  might  have  on  justices 
in  other  cities  and  towns. 

Judge  Clark  was  born  July  4,  1877, 
on  the  Clark  homestead  farm,  cleared 
in  the  wilderness  by  his  paternal 
great-grandfather,  William  Clark, 
about  a  century  and  a  quarter  ago, 
in  what  is  now  Center  Harbor.  So 
he  comes  of  hardy  stock  and  early 
showed  a  disposition  to  "get  out  and 
shape  his  own  destiny,  being  moved 
by  much  the  same  spirit  as  that  of 
his  ancestor  when  he  went  into  the 
woods  on  the  shore  of  Winnipesaukee 
with  his  axe.  There  was  the  same  old 
independence  of  character,  the  differ- 
ence being  that  while  his  forbear  suc- 
cumbed to  the  call  of  the  wild,  it  was 
the  desire  for  an  education  that  was 
the  lure  prompting  him  to  sally  forth 
from  the  home  farm  in  his  fifteenth 
year  to  shift  for  himself.  He  had 
exhausted  the  resources  of  the  country 
schools  of  Center  Harbor.  While  he 
was  attending  the  high  school  in 
Meredith,  he  worked  in  stores  and  in 
the  town  printing  office  in  order  to 
earn  money  to  pay  his  way,  for  when 
he  left  home  it  was  with  the  deter- 
mination to  take  care  of  himself 
without  assistance  from  home. 

He  made  good  in  this  intention  as 
he  has  in  everything  else  he  has  tried 
except  one,  not  counting,  of  course, 
a  few  political  forlorn  hopes  he  enter- 
tained from  time  to  time  in  situations 
where  Democrats  were  fore-ordained 
to  defeat.  There  have  been  some 
extremely  lean  periods  in  his  career, 
but  remittances  from  home  never 
came  to  alleviate  them.  When  he 
completed  the  courses  the  Meredith 
High  School  had  to  offer,  he  went  to 
the  New  Hampton  Literary  Institu- 
tion. He  completed  the  English  and 
scientific  courses  and  then  returned 
to  prepare  for  college.  Inasmuch  as 
he  was  paying  his  own  way,  necessarily 
there  were  some  breaks  in  his  school- 
ing. One  of  these  came  in  1901  after 
he  had  finished  the  college  prepara- 
tory  course. 


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During  his  stay  at  New  Hampton 
he  had  been  connected  with  the 
Hamptonia,  the  school  paper,  either 
as  editor-in-chief  or  business  manager, 
for  four  years.  At  this  time  Clarence 
B.  Burleigh,  the  founder  of  the  Hamp- 
tonia, was  managing  editor  of  the 
Daily  Kennebec  Journal,  the  organ 
of  Governor,  now  Senator,  Edwin  C. 
Burleigh  at  Augusta,  Maine,  and, 
appreciating  the  talent  Clark  had 
shown  in  building  up  the  school 
paper,  the  managing  editor  figured 
he  would  be  a  valuable  addition  to 
the  Journal  staff.  He  offered  Clark 
a  position  on  the  city  staff  and  the 
latter  accepted  and  broke  into  news- 
paper work  under  the  tutelage  of  his 
predecessor  on  the  Hamptonia.  He 
remained  there  until  the  fall  of  1902, 
when  he  entered  Dartmouth  College. 
In  his  sophomore  year  he  was  forced 
to  discontinue  his  college  career  for 
financial  reasons. 

At  this  stage  of  his  development 
there  was  a  reversion  to  type.  Real 
estate  appealed  to  him  as  a  likely 
road  to  wealth.  He  did  not  shoulder 
an  axe,  though,  and  strike  into  a 
wilderness.  He  opened  an  office  in 
Meredith  and  essayed  to  turn  over 
farms  and  town  property  already 
developed  into  summer  homes.  This 
is  where  he  scored  his  big  failure. 
Instead  of  money  rolling  in,  he  piled 
up  debts  and  he  took  the  unusual 
course  of  turning  to  the  study  of  law, 
instead  of  selling  insurance,  for  re- 
lief. He  began  reading  law  with 
Bertram  Blaisdell,  incidental  to  his 
real  estate  business  at  Meredith. 
Finally  it  was  borne  home  to  him  that 
real  estate  was  not  his  forte  as  a  side- 
issue  and  during  the  session  of  the 
legislature  in  1905  he  came  to  Concord 
to  try  his  hand  at  general  newspaper 
work,  while  continuing  his  law  studies. 
He  read  in  the  offices  of  Gen.  John  H. 
Albin  and  Joseph  A.  Donigan,  inter- 
mittently with  his  newspaper  work, 
until  his  admission  to  the  bar  on 
June  27,  1913.  Since  that  time  he  has 
devoted  his  energies  exclusively  to  the 
practice    of    his    profession,    on    the 


bench  in  the  lower  court  and  in  his 
private  practice  in  the  other  state  and 
the  federal  courts. 

Judge  Clark  was  appointed  to  the 
bench  six  weeks  after  he  was  admitted 
to  the  bar,  having  previously  served  as 
Clerk  of  the  District  Court  under  Asso- 
ciate Justice  Willis  G.  Buxton,  now  jus- 
tice of  the  Boscawen  Police  Court. 

Politics  always  had  a  strong  attrac- 
tion for  Judge  Clark.  He  held  several 
minor  offices  in  Center  Harbor,  al- 
though he  never  attained  election 
to  the  Board  of  Selectmen  of  the 
town — a  great  regret  to  him- — as  every 
generation  of  the  Clarks  from  the 
settling  of  his  great-grandfather  in  the 
town,  down  to  the  present,  has  sat 
on  the  Board.  In  1902,  while  a 
Freshman  at  Dartmouth,  he  was 
nominated  on  both  tickets,  Republi- 
can and  Democratic,  for  delegate 
to  the  Constitutional  Convention  and 
was  elected,  being  the  youngest  dele- 
gate in  the  body.  Ten  years  later  he 
served  as  secretary  of  the  next  Con- 
stitutional Convention,  being  the  lone 
Democrat  in  the  organization  of  that 
convention. 

He  is  a  fluent  speaker,  in  either 
formal  discourse  or  casual  conversa- 
tion. In  his  school  days  at  New 
Hampton  he  won  the  Bates  College 
debating  prize  in  1900. 

The  social  instinct  is  strongly  de- 
veloped in  Judge  Clark,  with  the 
result  that  he  is  connected  with  a 
large  number  of  organizations.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  American  Institute 
of  Criminal  Law  and  Criminology 
and  of  the  New  Hampshire  Bar  Asso- 
ciation, among  those  identified  with 
his  profession.  He  still  retains  his 
association  with  his  former  fellow- 
craftsmen  in  the  journalistic  field  by 
membership  in  the  New  Hampshire 
Press  Association,  and  is  a  member 
of  the  Wonolancet,  the  Temple,  the 
Unitarian  and  Beaver  Meadow  Golf, 
social  clubs  in  his  home  city.  In 
fraternal  circles  he  belongs  to  Cho- 
corua  Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  Mere- 
dith; to  Concord  Lodge,  Knights  of 
Pythias;  Augusta  Young  Temple,  Py- 


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thian  Sisterhood  and  Capital  Grange. 
In  the  Knights  of  Pythias  he  is  a 
Past  Chancellor  of  Concord  Lodge 
and  a  Past  Deputy  Grand  Chancellor 
of  the  Grand  Lodge.  He  is  also  a 
member  of  the  Sons  of  the  American 
Revolution  and  the  New  Hampshire 
Historical  Society,  and  a  director  in 
the  Concord  Board  of  Trade. 

Much  has  been  written  in  the  press 
about  the  delays  of  Governor  Samuel 
D.  Felker— more  about  that  phase 
of  his  administration,  as  a  matter  of 


fact,  than  any  other  thus  far.  When 
the  Felker  administration  is  measured 
later  on,  without  a  speedometer  in 
mind,  it  will  be  admitted  that  he 
gave  the  Commonwealth  service  of  a 
high  order  through  the  quality  of  his 
appointments.  But  with  regard  to 
the  delays,  it  seems  to  be  pretty 
generally  agreed  that,  both  for  his 
own  fame  and  Judge  Clark's,  his 
deliberation  in  selecting  a  district 
police  justice  in  Concord  was  fortu- 
nate all  around. 


LOOKING  DOWN  THE  VALLEY 

By  Cyrus  A.  Stone 

We  have  climbed  a  rugged  pathway,  we  have  scaled  the  mountain  wall, 
And  we  stand  upon  the  summit  in  the  sunset's  waning  light, 

Before  us  lies  the  valley  where  the  lengthening  shadows  fall, 
That  foretell  the  speedy  coming  of  the  night. 

We  think  how  very  quickly  our  little  day  has  fled, 

With  its  chances 'and  its  changes,  its  scenes  of  light  and  shade: 

Though  a  thousand  memories  linger  as  we  walk  with  cautious  tread 
Above  the  burial  places  where  our  fondest  hopes  were  laid. 

Our  dreams  are  of  the  absent  ones,  so  worthy,  wise  and  true, 
Who  filled  with  lofty  purpose  the  measure  of  their  days; 

They  wrought  with  willing  hands  awhile,  then  passed  beyond  our  view, 
And  nevermore  in  human  guise  shall  walk  earth's  thorny  ways. 

They  could  not  tarry  longer,  for  each  heavy  task  was  done; 

With  heart  and  hand  grown  weary,  they  sought  the  promised  rest, 
And,  homeward  through  the  gloaming,  they  hastened  one  by  one, 

When  the  paling  sunset's  afterglow  lit  up  the  golden  west. 

We  trust  they  do  not  slumber,  those  whom  we  held  most  dear, 
The  grave  could  not  confine  them  within  its  cold  embrace,- 

But  in  a  fairer  country,  and  a  purer  atmosphere, 

We  shall  see  them,  we  shall  know  them,  we  shall  meet  them  face  to  face. 

And  sweet  will  be  the  meeting,  though  the  parting  has  been  long; 

The  joy  more  true  and  tender  than  we  ever  knew  before, 
And  our  voices  will  ring  clearer  in  the  grand  triumphant  song, 

As  with  footsteps  never  failing  we  walk  the  "shining  shore." 

Then  let  the  shadows  gather  as  the  night  comes  stealing  on, 
Draping  with  sable  curtains  the  landscape  cold  and  gray, 

Beyond  the  darkening  valley  is  the  bright  immortal  dawn 

That  shall  break  in  changeless  beauty  o'er  the  green  hills  far  away. 


HISTORY  OF  THE   CONGREGATIONAL 
CHURCH  OF  MEREDITH,  N.  H. 

By  Sarah  M.  Noyes* 


In  the  ancient  records  of  the  Con- 
gregational Church  in  Meredith  is 
found  the  following  statement: 

At  a  meeting  of  a  council  of  ministers 
convened  at  Mr.  Moses  Morse's  in  Center 
Harbor,  by  letters  missive  from  Rev.  Edward 
Warren  missionary,  in  behalf  of  an  intended 
church  to  be  organized  the  same  as  a  Congre- 
gational Church.  Present  Rev.d  Messrs. 
Shaw,  Hidden,  Hebard,  Turner,  Field  and 
Mr.  Warren,  on  the  20th  of  February,  1815. 
After  organizing  and  deliberating  for  some 
time,  unanimously  agreed  on  the  subject,  and 
repaired  to  the  House  of  Worship. 

The  meeting  was  opened  by  prayer, 
and  the  articles  of  faith  and  the  cov- 
enant were  read.  Thirteen  men  and 
women  presented  letters  from  other 
churches  and  assented  to  the  cove- 
nant, which  they  signed.  Mr.  Moses 
Morse  was  chosen  to  be  their  deacon. 
The  church  thus  organized  was  re- 
ceived into  the  fellowship  of  the  Con- 
gregational Churches,  and  received 
the  name  of  "The  Congregational 
Church  of  Christ  in  Center  Harbor 
and  Meredith,  third  division." 

The  place  of  meeting  was  probably 
a  small  church  building  west  of  Center 
Harbor  village,  which  had  been  used 
by  different  denominations.  It  was 
erected  in  1812. 

The  First  Congregational  Society 
in  Meredith  was  incorporated  by  act 
of  the  New  Hampshire  Legislature  in 
1817,  and  was  authorized  to  transact 
all  legal  business  of  the  church.  This 
society  was  made  up  of  men,  not 
necessarily  members  of  the  church, 
and  numbered  twenty-two  members 
at  this  time.  Many  years  later  women 
were  allowed  to  join  the  society. 

The  first  meeting  was  held  at  David 
Bean's  Inn;  David  Bean  was  chosen 
moderator,  and  John  Sanborn  clerk. 


For  four  years  the  church  had  no 
pastor,  but  quarterly  conferences  were 
held,  and  preaching  services  at  the 
old  meeting  houses  in  Center  Harbor, 
and  Meredith,  alternately.  Pastors  of 
neighboring  churches,  or  ministers 
sent  by  a  Massachusetts  society,  con- 
ducted these  meetings  until  they  came 
under  the  care  of  the  New  Hampshire 
Home  Missionary  Society. 

The  earnest  spirit  of  these  early 
members  is  indicated  by  the  following 
vote  passed  in  1816;  viz:  "To  worship 
God  statedly  in  a  public  manner  on 
the  Sabbath,  even  when  they  had  no 
preaching." 

They  also  passed  this  resolution: 
"Resolved,  that  we  regard  the  private 
worship  of  God  as  of  vital  importance. 
Every  head  of  a  family  in  the  church 
is  required  to  worship  God  in  a  social 
manner  in  his  home,  morning  and 
evening." 

The  first  pastor  of  the  church  was 
Rev.  David  Smith,  who  was  installed 
March  24,  1819,  and  died  in  1824. 
We  are  indebted  to  his  daughter,  Mrs. 
Eunice  True,  for  interesting  particu- 
lars of  this  pastorate,  given  in  letters 
written  some  years  ago.  She  also 
sent  silhouettes  of  her  father  and 
mother. 

From  Temple,  in  the  District  of 
Maine,  Rev.  David  Smith  came  with 
his  wife,  six  children  and  household 
goods.  The  distance  was  130  miles; 
the  conveyance  an  ox  team,  and  sled, 
with  canvas  cover.  Ten  days  were 
required  for  this  journey,  which,  in 
March,  with  the  probable  condition 
of  the  roads,  must  have  required  the 
spirit  of  genuine  pioneers. 

The  home  to  which  they  came  was 
the  house  now  occupied  by  Mrs. 
James  Hines,  about  a  mile  from  the 
village  on  the  road  to  Center  Harbor. 


♦Read  at  the  One  Hundredth  Anniversary  Celebration  of  the  Congregational  Churches  of  Meredith  and 
Center  Harbor,  February  22,  1915. 


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The  room  now  used  as  a  kitchen  was 
the  minister's  study.  The  minister 
received  a  salary  of  $200  per  year. 

One  Saturday  afternoon,  Mr. 
Smith  was  at  work  in  his  field,  plant- 
ing corn,  when  one  of  his  deacons, 
Doctor  Sanborn,  rode  by  on  horse- 
back, with  his  saddle-bags.  He 
stopped,  and  said,  "Mr.  Smith,  I  am 
surprised  to  see  you  here;  you  ought 
to  be  in  your  study  Saturday  after- 
noon, instead  of  working  in  vour 
field." 

"Yes,"  the  good  minister  replied, 
"but  my  family  must  have  bread,  and 
I  must  plant  my  corn  to  furnish  it. 
I  feel  rich  when  I  can  have  Saturday 
afternoon  in  my  study,  but  I  can't 
have  even  that  today." 

The  old  meeting  house  was  situated 
on  the  other  side  of  the  road  not  far 
from  the  parsonage.  It  was  a  plain, 
wooden  building  not  plastered,  and 
too  cold  for  comfort  in  winter;  and 
meetings  in  cold  weather  were  held 
in  the  school-house.  Mr.  Smith  died 
of  consumption  in  1824.  Mrs.  Smith 
outlived  her  husband  two  years.  She 
was  a  cripple  at  this  time  and  walked 
to  church  with  a  crutch  and  kitchen 
chair,  sitting  down  by  the  way  to 
rest. 

The  church  numbered  forty-one 
members  at  the  time  of  Mr.  Smith's 
death.  The  next  pastor  was  Rev. 
Reuben  Porter,  who  was  installed 
January  1,  1829,  and  dismissed  April 
27,  1830.  Eleven  members  were 
added  to  the  church  during  this  brief 
period. 

Rev.  Joseph  Lane  was  installed 
April  20,  1831.  At  this  time  the  name 
of  the  First  Congregational  Church 
in  Meredith  was  assumed.    In  March, 

1832,  the  society  records  show  that 
a  vote  was  passed  "to  build  a  meeting 
house  without  a  cupola."  This  was 
completed  and  dedicated  February  7, 

1833.  It  was  situated  at  the  foot  of 
Meredith  hill  near  the  Lake  shore. 
The  pews  were  sold  "at  vendue"  and 
struck  off  to  the  highest  bidder.  After 
this,  meetings  were  held  in  the  new 
church  one-half  the  time;  one-half  of 


the  remaining  time  at  Center  Harbor, 
and  the  remaining  half  in  the  old 
church  at  the  top  of  the  hill,  which 
was  left  standing  for  some  time. 

This  was  a  period  of  rapid  growth  in 
the  church.  A  printed  sketch  of  the 
history  of  the  church,  in  speaking  of 
Mr.  Lane,  says  that  "he  was  formerly 
a  missionary  to  the  Choctaw  Indians" ; 
and  that  "the  revival  of  religion 
which  took  place  during  his  pastorate 
gave  an  entirely  new  aspect  to 
the  moral  atmosphere  of  the  town." 
During  the  year  1831,  thirty-two 
members  were  received  into  the 
church,  many  of  them  business  men 
of  the  town,  with  their  wives.  Six- 
teen members  were  added  in  1832,  a 
total  of  forty-eight  during  Mr.  Lane's 
pastorate. 

In  1833,  Mr.  Lane  was  requested 
by  the  New  Hampshire  Bible  Society 
to  become  their  agent,  and  decided  it 
his  duty  to  do  so. 

The  religious  interest  continued 
during  the  two  years'  pastorate  of 
Rev.  Abram  Wheeler,  and  twenty- 
eight  were  received  into  membership. 
About  this  time,  Miss  Jane  B.  Leavitt, 
a  member  of  this  church,  became  a 
missionary  of  the  Board  of  Foreign 
Missions.  She  married  Rev.  John  L. 
Seymour,  and  they  were  missionaries 
among  the  Indians  many  years. 

Judith  Leavitt,  who  joined  in  1833, 
became  the  wife  of  Rev.  John  Taylor, 
joined  the  Baptist  Church,  and  went 
with  her  husband  as  a  missionary  to 
Siam.  Her  health  failed,  and  on  the 
voyage  home  she  died,  and  was  buried 
in  the  ocean. 

A  prominent  member  of  this  family 
was  Dudley  Leavitt,  the  astronomer. 
He  was  not  a  member  of  the  church. 
At  one  evening  meeting  his  wife  made 
one  of  her  fervent  prayers  that  her 
husband  might  be  saved.  After  she 
sat  down,  her  husband  arose,  and  said, 
"We  read  in  God's  word,  that  the 
unbelieving  husband  shall  be  justified 
by  the  prayers  of  the  believing  wife," 
took  his  hat,  and  walked  out.  Their 
son,  Isaac  Leavitt,  with  his  wife,  wrere 
devout  members  of  the  church;  and 


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their  descendants  still  live  in  the  an- 
cestral home,  and  are  faithful  to  the 
church  of  their  ancestors. 

Rev.  Eli  W.  Taylor  was  installed 
pastor  March  28,  1838.  The  church 
in  Center  Harbor  was  organized  April 
8,  and  letters  of  dismission  and  rec- 
ommendation   to    that    church    were 


forever  abolished:  and  that  we  will 
not  knowingly  commune  with  slave- 
holders as  Christians:  and  that  we 
will  not  have  a  slave  holder  as  a 
Christian  minister." 

In  1837  "a  committee  was  ap- 
pointed to  put  the  price  upon  produce 
that   may  be  paid  to  the  minister." 


CONGREGATIONAL  CHURCH,  MEREDITH,  N.  H. 

Dedicated  February  7,  1833.     Removed  to  Present  Location  in  1842. 
Remodeled  and  Repaired  in  1871. 


given  to  fourteen  members.  During 
the  pastorate  of  Mr.  Taylor  there  were 
thirty  accessions. 

In  1841  he  resigned,  and  took  letters 
to  a  church  in  Richmond,  Va.  In 
1841  this  church  passed  the  following 
resolution:  "Resolved  that  Slave- 
holding  under  all  possible  circum- 
stances, is  a  sin  against  God  and  man, 
and    ought    to    be    immediately    and 


Also  a  committee  "to  see  that  the 
minister  is  supplied  with  the  common 
necessaries  of  life."  A  committee 
was  also  appointed  "to  see  that  the 
Boys  be  kept  in  their  proper  place 
during  public  worship."  In  1842  a 
resolution  was  passed  affirming  that 
"the  use  of  Ardent  Spirits  as  a  bever- 
age, and  the  traffic  in  it  is  sin." 
November    22,    1842,    Rev.    Giles 


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Leach  was  installed  pastor  of  the 
church,  and  remained  until  1854. 
During  this  period,  thirty-two  joined 
the  church.  The  oldest  living  mem- 
ber, Mrs.  Sarah  Badger  Smith,  joined 
in  1842,  and  is  the  only  survivor  of 
this  period. 

Mr.  Leach  was  an  earnest  preacher, 
and  a  faithful  pastor  and  became 
closely  identified  with  the  people  of 
the  town  during  these  years.  His 
wife  was  greatly  beloved.  Two 
daughters  married  residents  of  the 
town,  Mrs.  Dr.  Henry  Sanborn,  and 
Mrs.  J.  W.  Lang,  Jr.  When  Mr. 
Leach  resigned  his  pastorate  the 
church  gave  expression  to  their  deep 
appreciation  of  his  faithfulness  and 
ability  while  among  them,  as  a  pastor, 
a  Christian  and  a  man.  In  1842  the 
church  building  was  moved  to  its 
present  location  on  Highland  Street. 

During  the  two  years  succeeding 
Mr.  Leach's  pastorate,  the  pulpit  was 
supplied  by  Rev.  Edward  T.  Farwell, 
and  Rev.  Isaac  F.  Holton. 

Rev.  Charles  Burnham  received  a 
call  to  the  pastorate  December,  1856, 
and  remained  until  1871,  the  longest 
continuous  pastorate  in  the  history 
of  the  church.  Mr.  Burnham  was  for 
several  years  superintending  school 
committee  of  the  town. 

During  the  period  of  the  Civil  War, 
large  numbers  of  the  men  of  the  town 
were  away  in  the  army,  and  the  work 
of  the  church  was  carried  on  by  the 
older  men  and  the  women.  The  con- 
gregations were  diminished  as  a  mat- 
ter of  course. 

The  house  which  was  standing  on 
the  spot  where  the  parsonage  is  now 
located  was  purchased  by  Mr.  Joseph 
W.  Lang  in  1867  or  1868,  and  was 
used  as  parsonage  for  many  years, 
until  it  was  moved  off  and  the  present 
parsonage' was  built. 

In  1865,  we  find  recorded  the  resig- 
nation of  two  faithful  deacons,  Dr. 
John  Sanborn,  and  Richard  Furber. 
Doctor  Sanborn  was  one  of  the 
earliest  members,  joining  in  1817. 
About  the  same  time  he  was  elected 
clerk   of   the   church,    and   kept   the 


records  until  1857,  except  for  the 
years  1831-2,  when  Mr.  Lane  acted 
as  clerk.  He  was  also  deacon  for 
about  the  same  period. 

Deacon  Furber  joined  the  church  in 
1831,  and  was  deacon  for  many  years. 

Their  successors  in  this  office  were 
Deacon  Levi  Leach,  and  Deacon 
Daniel  Norris.  Others  who  have  held 
the  office  were  Horatio  Newell,  George 
Wiley,  Charles  D.  Miloon,  George 
H.  Norris,  David  Whitcher  and  Frank 
Bartlett.  Fifty  names  were  added  to 
the  church  roll,  during  Mr.  Burnham's 
pastorate. 

In  1868,  through  the  efforts  of  Mr. 
David  Metcalf,  money  was  raised  by 
subscription  for  a  new  church  organ. 
Mr.  Metcalf  was  organist  for  several 
years;  he  was  succeeded  by  Mrs.  Mary 
Rollins,  who,  with  Judge  Rollins,  were 
untiring  in  their  efforts  in  the  choir, 
as  well  as  in  the  church  and  society 
during  their  lifetime. 

Mr.  Burnham's  pastorate  closed  in 
1871.  Extensive  repairs  and  altera- 
tions were  made  in  the  church  edifice 
during  the  months  following.  The 
church  was  enlarged,  the  square 
tower  removed  and  the  spire  added. 
Many  individual  gifts  were  made. 
The  bell  was  given  by  Mrs.  Joseph  W. 
Lang;  the  chandelier  by  Mrs.  George 
W.  Lang;  the  pulpit  by  Mrs.  Metcalf; 
the  pulpit  lamps  by  Mrs.  Irene  Smith; 
the  Communion  table  by  Mrs.  S.  W. 
Rollins;  the  organ  lamps  by  Mrs.  N. 
B.  Wadleigh;  the  pulpit  chairs  by 
several  other  ladies.  Total  expense 
of  repairs  and  gifts,  $4,368.83. 

After  the  church  was  ready  for  use, 
several  months  elapsed  before  a  pastor 
was  secured.  Many  candidates  were 
heard,  but  it  seemed  difficult  to  unite 
on  any  one.  At  length,  however,  Rev. 
George  I.  Bard  received  and  accepted 
a  call  to  become  pastor  of  the  church, 
in  1872.  At  this  time  a  very  large 
congregation  assembled  every  Sun- 
day; the  Sunday  school  was  large  and 
flourishing. 

Previous  to  this  time  the  weekly 
prayer  meetings  were  held  at  the 
homes  of  the  members  of  the  church, 


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and  were  attended  by  few  except  the 
older  members.  Now  a  forward 
movement  was  made  by  renting 
rooms  upstairs  in  the  block  owned  by 
P.  D.  Blaisdell,  where  meetings  and 
social  gatherings  were  held.  In  1878 
the  chapel  was  built. 

The  Gospel  Temperance  move- 
ment which  swept  over  the  town  in 
1879  brought  a  transformation  of 
conditions.  Mr.  Bard,  with  the 
church,  entered  heartily  into  the 
work.  A  deeply  religious  spirit  char- 
acterized the  meetings  which  had  a 
powerful  and  lasting  influence  over 
many  lives. 

Mr.  Bard  resigned  his  pastorate  in 
1882. 

In  February,  1883,  Rev.  John  E. 
Wildey  accepted  a  call,  and  was  or- 
dained and  installed  pastor  of  the 
church.  He  brought  a  bride  to  the 
parsonage  and  entered  with  enthu- 
siasm upon  his  work.  He  is  the  only 
former  pastor  present  at  this  cen- 
tennial gathering. 

In  1886  he  resigned  his  pastorate, 
and  for  over  a  year  the  church,  was 
without  a  pastor.  For  the  greater 
part  of  this  time,  Rev.  Frederic  A. 
Perkins  supplied  the  pulpit,  residing 
with  his  sister,  Mrs.  Joseph  W. 
Lang. 

In  November,  1887,  Rev.  Gilbert 
A.  Curtis  was  installed  pastor.  Dur- 
ing the  period  of  his  pastorate  and 
largely  through  his  efforts  the  par- 
sonage was  built.  His  health  failed, 
and  he  spent  the  winter  of  1891  in 
the  South,  resigning  his  pastorate  in 
May  of  that  year.  There  were 
thirteen  additions  to  the  church 
during  his  pastorate.  Rev.  Freeman 
C.  Libby  was  ordained  and  installed 
pastor  June  5,  1891.  He  also  brought 
a  bride  to  the  parsonage.  He  was 
full  of  enthusiasm,  and  especially 
interested  in -active  work  for  temper- 
ance. He  resigned  in  1895,  and  was 
dismissed  by  Council,  with  expres- 
sions of  confidence  and  approval. 
There  were  sixteen  additions  to  the 
church  during  his  pastorate. 

The  next  pastor  was  Rev.  Robert 


T.  Osgood,  who  began  his  work  July, 
1895.  He  was  especially  interested  in 
young  people  and  full  of  enthusiasm. 
After  two  years'  service  he  was 
obliged  to  give  up  the  work  he  so 
greatly  loved,  and  resigned  in  Decem- 
ber, 1897. 

In  July  of  that  year,  Judge  Samuel 
W.  Rollins  who  had  been  for  many 
years  an  active  member  of  the  Society 
and  choir,  and  since  September,  1895, 
a  member  of  the  church,  died  very 
suddenly. 

Rev.  George  I.  Bard  and  wife 
spent  some  months  at  the  home  of 
Mrs.  Rollins  subsequent  to  this,  and 
a  call  was  extended  to  him  to  become 
again  the  pastor  of  the  church.  He 
accepted,  and  began  his  second  pas- 
torate January  1,  1898.  For  ten  years 
and  six  months  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bard 
gave  themselves  in  loving  service  to 
this  church  and  people,  making  with 
his  previous  pastorate  a  total  of 
twenty-one  years.  During  this  period 
he  won  the  respect  and  friendship  of 
many  who  never  came  to  his  church. 
His  charitable  spirit  and  broad  human 
sympathy  endeared  him  to  all. 

Failing  strength  compelled  him  to 
relinquish  pastoral  work  in  1908. 
Two  years  later,  while  on  a  visit  to 
friends  in  Meredith,  one  morning  he 
was  suddenly  translated  from  earth 
to  the  spiritual  world.  Mrs.  Bard  is 
still  a  member  of  this  church. 

The  town  clock  was  the  gift  of 
Miss  Virginia  B.  Ladd,  in  1903.  Dur- 
ing the  same  year,  the  interior  of  the 
chapel  was  thoroughly  renovated  and 
new  seats  and  electric  lights  installed, 
by  Mrs.  Mary  R.  Ward. 

During  the  time  of  Mr.  Bard's  ill- 
ness Dr.  Willis  P.  Odell  was  tempo- 
rarily resident  in  Meredith,  and  con- 
sented to  supply  the  pulpit  for  a  few 
months;  and  he  finally  became  acting 
pastor  for  a  period  of  two  years.  His 
eloquent  sermons  and  genial  manner 
attracted  large  numbers  to  church; 
and  his  marriage  to  one  who  was 
always  an  attendant  and  worker  in 
the  church,  and  whose  family  have 
always   been  connected  with  the  so- 


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ciety,    cemented    the    ties    that    still  of  such  a  union.     Pastor  and  people 

bind  the  people  to  him.  begin  a  new  century  of  work  together, 

July  20,  1911,  the  church  extended  united  in  working  for  the  spiritual 
a  call  to  Rev.  Ezra  J.  Riggs  which  he  and  moral  regeneration  of  the  corn- 
accepted.  After  becoming  acquainted  munity  and  town, 
with  conditions  in  the  town,  he  recog-  But  after  all,  who  can  write  the 
nized  the  truth  that  the  religious  in-  history  of  a  church?  Names,  dates, 
terests  of  the  people  would  be  better  buildings,  meetings  are  but  the  ex- 
served,  if  the  work  were  more  cen-  ternal  form,  the  shell.  As  a  living 
tralized  and  unified.  The  same  con-  vital  power  in  a  community,  who  can 
viction  was  in  the  minds  of  many,  record  the  history  of  a  church? 
The  pastor  of  the  Free  Baptist  Church  The  motive  that  brought  these 
agreed  with  Mr.  Riggs  that  a  federa-  noble  men  and  women  of  the  past 
tion  of  the  two  churches  was  feasible  together  was  a  lofty  purpose:  To 
and  desirable.  Committees  were  worship  God  publicly  and  in  their 
chosen  to  confer  on  the  subject,  and  homes,  to  develop  in  their  children 
with  the  advice  and  assistance  of  reverence  for  things  pure  and  holy; 
State  Secretaries  Smith  and  Manter,  purity  of  character  and  nobility  in  all 
the  federation  was  accomplished.  dealings  with  their  fellow  men?    They 

A  unanimous  call  was  extended  to  had  strong  convictions  and  decision 

Rev.  Elmer  T.  Blake  to  the  pastorate  of  character,  and  a  vision  of  God  and 

of   the   federated  churches.      He  ac-  holy  things  that  lifted  their  lives  out 

cepted,  and  began  his  work  in  Decern-  of   their    narrow    surroundings.      To 

ber,  1913.     The  results  of  a  year  of  their    successors    they    have    left    a 

work  together  have  shown  the  wisdom  noble  legacy,  and  a  sacred  trust. 


KEARSARGE 

By  Carl  Burell 


So  calm  and  grand  beneath  the  morning  sun, 
When  shadows  shorten  on  the  burning  plain, 

And  we  get  restless  over  things  undone. 
Till  weariness  become?  almost  a  pain. 

So  calm  and  grand  when  cool  dark  shadows  creep, 
Across  the  plain  and  up  the  eastern  hills, 

While  we  poor  creatures  toil  and  fear  and  weep, 
As  if  life  was  one  endless  round  of  ills. 

So  calm  and  grand  beneath  the  silent  stars, 
Wl  en  we  get  quiet  because  we  are  asleep, 

Or  wake  to  wonder  what  it  is  that  mars 

Our  lives  that  we  should  worry,  strive  and  weep. 

So  calm  and  grand!     Stretch  forth  your  shadow  arms. 

In  benediction  over  mortal  dust, 
Take  from  our  lives  all  foolish,  false  alarms, 

And  give  us  God-like  love  and  love-like  trust. 


REMINISCENCES  OF  PORTSMOUTH 

AUTHORS 

C.  A.  Hazlett 

For  nearly  half  a   century  it   has  one  of  the  bad  boys  who  burned  the 

been  my  privilege  to  know  the  major-  coach.     Mayor    Sise    each    year    ob- 

ity  of  the  authors  who  were  natives  served  the  third  of  July  by  ordering 

or  residents  of  the  "Old  Town  by  the  and  eating  ice  cream  in  the  same  shop 

Sea."     This    title    was    selected    by  where  he  and  others  celebrated  the 

Thomas  Bailey  Aldrich  in  1874  for  a  burning  of  the  coach.     I  find  in  the 

contribution  to  Harper's  Monthly  and  Portsmouth   Journal   of    October    28, 

in  1883  it  was  published  with  additions  1854,  that  the  editor,  C.  W.  Brewster, 

in  book  form.     The  list  of  Portsmouth  in  his  review  of  Aldrich's  first  book  of 

poets  is  a  long  one,  for  in  1864  my  poems    "The   Bells"    wrote — "Seven 

high  school  master,  Aurin  M.  Payson,  years  ago  a  lad  of  ten  summers  handed 

in  connection  with  the  poet,   Albert  me  a  poetic  address  to  his  friends  in 

Laighton,    compiled    and    issued    the  Portsmouth,  which  was  juvenile  but 

"Poets  of  Portsmouth."     Forty  na-  far  in  advance  of  one  of  his  age." 

tives  of  Portsmouth  were  considered  Aldrich's     acknowledgment     of     the 

worthy  of  having  their  verses  inserted,  notice   in  a  letter  in  my  possession 

Alphabetically  the  book  included  Al-  wrote — "I  was  much  amused  at  your 

drich,     Brewster,     Fields,     Kimball,  reminiscense  of  my  first  verse.     They 

Laighton  and   Shillaber,  all  of  whom  came  back  to  me  like  restored  parts 

I  knew  and  will  mention  unpublished  of   an  old    painting.     It  seems  years 

incidents  concerning  them,  and  also  ago  that  I  climbed  your  office  stairs, 

of    the    later    authors,    Albee,    Foss,  manuscript    in    hand,    and    had    my 

Hackett  and  Thaxter.  poetry  published  'on  my  own  hook.' 

Concerning     Thomas     Bailey     Al-  I  had  not  thought  of  it  for  six  years, 

drich,  there  is  sufficient  material  to  It   is   perhaps   a   little   singular,    my 

cover   many   pages.     It   was   mainly  rhyming  faculty  deserted  me  and  did 

in  his  latter  years  that  I  knew  and  not  return  for  several  years.     I  thank 

had   correspondence  with   him  while  you  for  your  indulgent  notice  of  '  The 

he    was    living    in    New    York    and  Bells."      This  letter  shows  that  Al- 

Boston.     Aldrich  spent  his  summers  drich  was  more  precocious  than  his 

in  Portsmouth  in  the  50's  and  60's.  biographer,     Ferris     Greenslet,     was 

In  1868  he  was  giving  all  his  spare  aware  of,  for  he  fixed  the  date  of  Al- 

time    here    in    writing    the    story    of  drich 's   contribution   to   the   Journal 

:'The  Bad  Boy"  which  had  and  still  four  years  later  with  the  publication 

has  a  great  sale  and  has  been  trans-  of  "Sanbonio,"  which  I  find  printed 

lated  into  several  foreign  languages,  in   the   Portsmouth   Journal   of   June 

When    traveling    in    Russia,    Aldrich  21,  1851,  followed  the  same  year  by 

noticed  a  small  boy  engrossed  in  a  the  "Atkinson  House,"  reprinted  in 

book  and  asking  his  guide  to  ascer-  the  Rambles  about  Portsmouth, 

tain  the  title  was  told  it  was  a  trans-  At  the  age  of  nineteen  Aldrich  com- 

lation  of  a  "Story  of  A  Bad  Boy."  posed  the  most  famous  of  his  early 

The    book    made    Rivermouth    and  poems,  "Baby  Bell,"  at  the  time  of 

Portsmouth   famous.     It    had    many  the  death  of  a  child  in  his  Aunt  Frost's 

local  allusions,  in  nearly  all  of  which  family.     It  was  written  on  the  backs 

he    was    an    active    participant;    the  of  bills  of  lading  while  unloading  a  ves- 

stage-coach  incident,  however,  being  sel  in  New  York  owned  by  his  Uncle 

an  exception,  for  ex-mayor  William  Frost,  and  when  re-written,  the  manu- 

H.  Sise  told  me  that  Aldrich  was  not  script  was  declined  by  several  maga- 


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zines  and  finally  published  in  the 
Journal  of  Commerce.  Yet  it  seems 
to  have  swept  through  the  country 
like  a  piece  of  important  news.  It 
was  reprinted  in  the  poets'  corner  of 
the  provincial  press  and  it  is  hard  to 
find  one  of  those  quaint  scrap  books 
that  our  grandmothers  kept  that  does 
not  contain  a  copy. 

In  my  collection  of  autograph 
letters  is  one  from  Aldrich  of  recent 
date  deciding  the  location  and  occu- 
pancy of  his  birthplace.  A  slight 
error  corrected  by  his  wife  shows  he 
was  but  a  few  weeks  old  when  he  was 
moved  from  what  is  now  known  as  the 
"Laighton  House"  down  the  same 
street  to  the  house  named  by  him  the 
"Nutter  House."  This  house  was 
owned  by  his  grandfather  Thomas  D. 
Bailey  (Grandfather  Nutter)  where 
Aldrich  spent  the  latter  part  of  his 
boyhood  days  until  he  entered  his 
uncle's  office  in  New  York  City  as  a 
clerk.  The  house  was  purchased  by 
his  family  and  friends  constituting 
the  incorporated  association  known 
as  "The  Thomas  Bailey  Aldrich 
Memorial"  and  restored  with  the  old 
Bailey  furniture  and  household  effects 
as  nearly  as  possible  in  appearance  as 
when  he  lived  in  it.  Fortunately, 
different  members  of  the  family  re- 
tained the  contents  of  the  house  and 
generously  restored  them.  In  the 
fireproof  building  erected  on  the 
premises  are  stored  his  personal  ef- 
fects, and  a  rare  collection  of  books 
that  it  was  my  pleasure  and  benefit  to 
aid  in  cataloging.  ^The  majority  of 
the  volumes  were  presented  and  in- 
scribed by  the  authors.  I  recall  two 
inscriptions:  That  of  Helen  Keller, 
"From  a  bad  girl  to  a  bad  boy,"  and 
a  characteristic  one  by  Mark  Twain, 
"From  your  only  friend."  There 
are  many  bound  volumes  of  manu- 
scripts just  as  they  were  corrected  for 
printing  in  the  Atlantic  Monthly  dur- 
ing the  years  Aldrich  was  its  editor. 
Also  over  a  thousand  letters  from 
prominent  authors,  all  card  cataloged. 
In  separate  volumes  are  bound  the 
letters  he  received  from  Longfellow, 


Lowell,  Holmes  and  Whittier.  Ten 
thousand  dollars  was  contributed  by 
friends  to  purchase  and  restore  the 
building,  and  an  average  of  2,500 
visitors  each  year  pays  the  running 
expenses.  It  is  the  most  complete 
gathering  of  personal  property  of  any 
American  author.  It  was  a  notable 
gathering  of  famous  authors  that 
made  addresses  at  the  dedication  of 
the  buildings  in  June,  1908,  of  whom 
there  have  passed  away  Mark  Twain, 
R.  W.  Gilder  of  the  Century,  and  T. 
W.  Higginson.  Of  those  who  wrote 
me  as  unable  to  attend,  the  banker- 
poet,  Stedman,  Professor  Norton, 
Mrs.  Phelps  and  others  have  joined 
the  majority.  Mr.  Henry  M.  Alden, 
Editor  of  Harper's  Magazine  wrote 
me:  "I  am  always  with  those  who 
with  love  and  admiration  honor  the 
memory  of  one  who  in  prose  and 
poetry  was  the  most  finished  artist  in 
literature";  and  Mark  Twain  said  in 
his  unique  address:  "For  combined 
sociability  and  humorous  pleasantness 
no  man  was  Aldrich 's  peer;  he  was 
always  witty  and  always  brilliant  if 
there  was  any  one  present  capable  of 
striking  his  flint  at  the  right  angle." 

The  poems  "Baby  Bell"  and  "The 
Piscataqua  River"  are  the  only  ones 
of  his  early  poems  that  he  allowed  in 
his  later  editions.  He  was  a  severe 
critic,  for  he  purchased  at  auction 
prices  and  destroyed  every  copy  of 
one  of  his  early  books,  '  Poems  of  the 
Year,"  published  in  1861. 

Governor  Ichabod  Goodwin  pre- 
sented me  with  a  letter  addressed  to 
him  by  Aldrich  offering  his  services 
at  the  beginning  of  the  Civil  War  in 
1861.  It  came  too  late  for  the  gov- 
ernor to  grant  the  commission  and 
later  Aldrich  went  to  the  front  as  a 
correspondent  for  The  Tribune,-  where 
he  gathered  his  material  for  his  "War 
Sketches,"  "Quite  So"  and  "The 
White  Feather,"  and  his  poems, 
"Fredericksburg"  and  "Shaw  Me- 
morial Ode." 

Aldrich  preceded  me  by  about  a 
dozen  years,  but  nearly  all  the  char- 
acters   he    introduced    in    his    prose 


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works  lingered  about  our  native  town  wards  issued  in  two  volumes  entitled 

making  his  books  more  real  and  life-  "Rambles  About  Portsmouth." 

like.     I  met  daily  Nickey  Newman,  Brewster  was  a  quiet,  painstaking 

the  town  crier  and  vendor  of  news-  gentleman  of  the  old  school,  and  the 

papers    and    Beadle's    Dime    Novels,  concluding  chapter  "  Fifty  years  in  a 

His  real  name  was  Edward  and  not  printing  office"  is  worth   re-reading. 

Nicholas  as  Aldrich  first  printed  it,  Also   the  sketch   by  William   H.    Y. 

and  I  knew  the  gambler  Watson,  the  Hackett  gives  a  truthful  account  of 

"Gov.  Dorr"  of  Aldrich's  sketch  of  his  daily  methodical  life  as  I  recall 

"The  Friend  of  My  Youth"  and  the  him  in  his  latter  years,  for  he  was  the 

skillful    way    the    "Governor"    cap-  first  author  I  knew  and  my  weekly 

tured  a  five-dollar  bill  from  Aldrich  presence  in  his  printing  office  for  many 

was  very  characteristic.     Then  there  years  acquainted  me  with  the  time 

were  Sol.  Holmes,  the  colored  barber  and  painstaking  labor  he  put  into  his 

in  his  emporium  on  Congress  Street,  Journal    sketches,    the    accuracy    of 

and  Wibird  Penhallow,  earning  a  liv-  which  I  have  often  had  occasion  to 

ing  wheeling  groceries  to  the  homes  of  verify. 

purchasers    in    his    sky-blue    wheel-  The  young   lawyer,  John  Scribner 

barrow  to  the  delight  of  the  small  boys  Jenness,  in  his  researches  in  England 

who  ordered  him  from  sidewalks,  un-  found    and    printed    valuable    facts 

aware  that  in  his  prosperous  days  he  about  the  settlement  at  Little  Harbor, 

compiled  and  published  in  1821  that  supplemented    by    the    writings    of 

rare   volume,   the   first   Directory   of  Hon.     Frank    W.     Hackett     on    the 

Portsmouth.     Only   one   of   the   bad  growth  of  the  colony,  and  Nathaniel 

boys  who  helped  to  steal  and  burn  the  Adams'  chronological  "Annals"  from 

stage-coach  resides  here  and  only  a  1623  to  1823. 

few  of  his  schoolmates  are   here   to  James  T.  Fields,  the  poet,  author 

identify  the  shores  and  islands  of  the  and    publisher    was    another    native. 

Piscataqua  where  he  located  in  word-  He  was  a  lover  of  Portsmouth  and  a 

pictures  his  Rivermouth  heroes  and  frequent  visitor  with  gifts  of  books  to 

heroines.  the    Portsmouth    High    School    and 

One   original   story   about   Aldrich  Mercantile  Library  Association.     He 

was  told  to  me  by  his  cousin  at  the  was    prominent    in    the    reunion    of 

dedication  supper.     He   finished  the  the  sons  in  1853  and  1873,  and  read 

last  lines  of  "The  Bad  Boy"  in  Pinck-  poems    on    both    occasions.     If    you 

ney    Street,    Boston,    September    16,  wish  a  word  picture  of  Fields,  read 

1868.     The  next  day  the  family  was  Whittier's    "Tent    on    the    Beach," 

doubled  by  the  birth  of  Aldrich's  twin  when  with  Bayard  Taylor  the  three 

boys.     Grandfather  Nutter,  not  with-  poets  enjoyed  camp  life  at  Salisbury, 

standing  his  framed  letter  in  the  Me-  The  letters  I   received  from  him  in 

morial  House  to  the  bride,  was  averse  1873,   at   the   second  reunion  of  the 

to  Aldrich's  selection  of  his  wife,  whom  return  of  the  sons  and  daughters,  are 

he  had  been  told  was  a  pretty  New  evidences  of  his  appreciation  of  his 

York  belle,  claiming  she  would  be  too  native  city.     Some  of  them  are  dated 

extravagant  for  a  man  depending  on  his  at  Manchester,  Mass.,  and  reminded 

pen  for  his  income.     When  the  letter  me  of  the  story  of  Fields'  writing  to 

came  announcing  the  twins  his  com-  Holmes  and  heading  his  letter  "Man- 

ment  was:  "Just  her  extravagance."  chester-by-the-Sea "    and    Holmes   in 

Portsmouth  is  indebted  historically  reply    located    his    "  Beverly-by-the- 

to  Charles  W.  Brewster  more  than  to  Depot." 

any  other  citizen.     For  many  years  he  In    a    recent    address    of    another 

gathered  and  compiled  the  material  native  of  Portsmouth,  Professor  Bar- 

for  his  contributions  to  his  paper  The  rett  Wendell,  he  said  in  referring  to 

Portsmouth  Journal  which  were  after-  James  T.  Fields,  that  the  active  life 


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of  Mr.  Fields  was  passed  in  Boston 
but  he  always  remembered  that  in 
Portsmouth  grew  towards  its  maturity 
his  wonderful  power  of  friendly  sym- 
pathy with  literature  and  men  of 
letters  which  make  his  friendship  so 
profoundly  stimulating  an  influence 
in  the  literature  of  nineteenth  cen- 
tury New  England.  He  was  himself 
a  man  of  letters.  His  unique  power 
was  that  when  New  England  was 
ready  for  its  best  expression  it  found 
him  at  once  the  most  faithful  of 
publishers  and  most  whole-hearted  of 
friends.  He  knew  how  to  evoke 
from  others  what  they  could  best 
accomplish. 

Harriet  McEwen  Kimball  resides 
in  this  her  native  city  devoting  her 
life  to  religious  and  charitable  work. 
Her  poems  and  hymns  have  a  wide 
circulation,  as  they  appear  in  denom- 
inational papers  and  are  also  issued 
in  dainty  book  form. 

Albert  Laighton  wrote  poems  of 
more  than  local  fame.  He  was  a 
cousin  of  Celia  Laighton  Thaxter 
and  Mrs.  Thaxter's  brother  poet, 
Oscar  Laighton.  He  lived  in  the 
house  on  Court  Street  in  which  Al- 
drich  was  born.  Local  references 
were  frequent  in  his  poems  and  his 
word-pictures  were  faithful  of  "Wibird 
Penhallow,"  "Poor  Joe  Randall" 
and  "Sheriff  Packard"  of  Ruth  Blay 
fame.  His  fine  tribute  to  Farragut 
was  written  at  the  time  of  the  death 
and  funeral  of  the  Admiral  in  Ports- 
mouth in  1870.  I  do  not  know 
whether  Aldrich's  "Piscataqua  River" 
was  composed  earlier  or  later  than 
Laighton's  "My  Native  River"  and 
it  is  difficult  to  decide  which  is  the 
favorite  locally. 

Aldrich's  verses  are  the  longings  of 
a  city  resident  for  his  favorite  river: 

Thou  singest  by  the  gleaming  isles, 
By  woods  and  fields  of  corn; 
.  Thou  singest  and  the  heaven  smiles 
Upon  my  birthday  morn. 

But  I,  within  a  city, — I 

So  full  of  vague  unrest, — 
Would  almost  give  my  life  to  lie 

An  hour  upon  thy  breast. 


Laighton's  is  descriptive.     His  wish 
in  his  last  verse  was  fulfilled. 

Like  an  azure  vein  from  the  heart  of  the  main 

Pulsing  with  joy  forever, 
By  verdurous  isles  with  dimpled  smiles, 

Floweth  my  native  river. 

Singing  a  song  as  it  flows  along 

Hushed  by  the  Ice  King  never 
For  he  strives  in  vain  to  clasp  a  chain 

O'er  thy  fetterless  heart,  brave  river! 

***** 

Oh,  when  the  dart  shall  strike  my  heart 
Speeding  from  Death's  full  quiver, 

May  I  close  my  eyes  where  smiling  skies 
Bend  o'er  my  native  river. 

I  have  Laighton's  manuscript  of  his 
poem  entitled  "Frost  Work"  as  it 
was  handed  the  publisher,  and  it 
exhibits  his  plain  and  careful  pen- 
manship, of  which  I  can  bear  testi- 
mony as  we  served  as  tellers  in  neigh- 
boring banks. 

The  genial  B.  P.  Shillaber,  the  poet 
and  prose  writer,  was  born  in  1814 
in  a  humble  house  still  standing  on 
Brewster  Street,  on  the  shores  of  the 
North  Pond  so  frequently  referred  to 
in  his  poems  and  prose  works.  Here 
with  "His  Brother  Rob,"  the  pound 
and  pest-house  keeper,  a  rival  in 
witty  sayings,  he  enjoyed  his  boyhood 
years. 

When  engaged  in  newspaper  work 
in  Boston  at  the  time  of  a  sudden  rise 
in  the  prices  of  food  he  wrote  his  first 
saying,  which  read:  "Mrs.  Partington 
says  it  makes  no  difference  to  her 
whether  flour  was  dear  or  cheap  as 
she  always  had  to  pay  just  as  much 
for  a  half  dollar's  worth."  This  was 
widely  copied  and  led  to  other  sayings 
and  the  creation  of  "Ike,  her  mis- 
chievous grandson."  When  the  say- 
ings were  published  in  1854,  50,000 
copies  were  quickly  sold.  His  wit 
was  spontaneous.  I  was  present  at 
an  instance  of  it.  When  the  spire  of 
the  North  Church  was  being  repaired 
by  a  man  at  the  top  near  the  vane, 
my  employer,  Governor  Goodwin, 
pointing  to  the  climber  asked  Shillaber 
how  he  would  like  to  be  with  the 
climber.     He  instantly  replied,  "It  is 


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vain  to  aspire  so  high."  He  was  one 
of  the  earliest  promoters  of  the  1853 
return  of  the  sons,  which  some  of  you 
may  know  was  the  first  gathering  in 
the  country  now  extensively  cele- 
brated as  "Old  Home  Week."  The 
verses  he  wrote  in  1853  and  twenty 
years  later,  at  the  second  celebration, 
showed  his  love  for  the  familiar  scenes 
of  his  childhood. 

In  looking  over  the  files  of  the 
Portsmouth  Journal,  I  find  in  its 
issue  of  May  8,  1847,  the  poem  so 
familiar  a  half  century  ago  from  its 
insertion  in  school  books  under  the 
title  "The  Voice  of  the  Grass," 
"Here  I  come  creeping,  creeping 
everywhere."  It  was  signed  "S.  R." 
the  maiden  initials  of  Sarah  Eobert 
Boyle  of  this  city. 

One  thinks  of  Celia  Thaxter  as  the 
true  child  of  the  rocks  and  the  seas 
and  the  bright  flowers  of  the  Isles  of 
Shoals.     I  occasionally  met  her  at  her 
home  and  in  her  famous  flower  garden 
at  the  Shoals,   but   more  intimately 
when   she   lived   on   State   Street   in 
Portsmouth  during  the  last  years  of 
her  life  with  her  eccentric  son,  Karl, 
who    was    interested    in    our    photo- 
graphic club  and  knew  the  subject  as 
he  did  certain  others,  technically  and 
learnedly,  but  could  not  make  satis- 
factory negatives  or  produce  success- 
ful results  in  other  lines.     He  was  a 
great  trial  to  his  mother  whose  love 
and  forbearance  were  well  known  to 
her  intimate  friends,  and  are  made 
evident  in  the  letters  of  Celia  Thaxter 
published  by  Rose  Lamb  and  Annie  T. 
Fields    in     1895.     Unlike    the    first 
verses  of  Portsmouth  authors,  whose 
contributions    were    made    to    news- 
papers   (even    Aldrich's    poetry    was 
rejected  by  magazines)  Mrs.  Thaxter 
was  surprised  to  find  her  poem,  "Land- 
locked,"  in  the  Atlantic,  the  editor, 
James  Russell  Lowell,  having  printed 
it  without  exchanging  a  word   with 
the     author.     Her     articles     in     the 
Atlantic   entitled    "Among   the   Isles 
of  Shoals"   published   in   book  form 
in  1873,  brought  many  visitors  to  the 


Appledore  Hotel  which  was  kept  by 
her  brothers,  Oscar  and  Cedric  Laigh- 
ton.  She  was  born  in  Portsmouth  on 
Daniel  Street  in  1834,  but  her  child- 
hood was  spent  at  the  Shoals  where 
she  passed  away  and  rests  where  she 
craved  in  "Landlocked,"  near 

"The  sad,  caressing  murmur  of  the  wave 
That  breaks  in  tender  music  on  the  shore." 

In  the  adjoining  town  of  New  Cas- 
tle, formerly  a  part  of  Portsmouth, 
John  Albee,  the  poet  and  author,  had 
his  residence  in  the  Jaffrey  House,  the 
oldest  dwelling  in  the  town;  there  he 
wrote  his  history  of  New  Castle, 
coming  to  the  city  occasionally  to  tell 
lyceum  audiences  his  farming  expe- 
riences in  cultivating  the  soil  around 
the  ancient  earthworks  at  Jaffrey's 
Point.  Near  by  E.  C.  Stedman,  the 
banker-poet,  author  of  American  Au- 
thology,  built  his  summer  home. 

I  was  interested  in  Sam  Walter  Foss 
when  I  occasionally  met  him  on  his 
long  tramp  from  his  home  on  the 
outskirts  of  Portsmouth  to  the  high 
school.  On  the  evening  of  his  grad- 
uation, in  1877,  I  prevailed  upon  him 
to  repeat  to  the  alumni  association 
his  class  ode  which  had  been  sung  at 
the  afternoon  exercises.  On  his  last 
appearance  here,  five  years  ago,  he 
made  the  principal  address  to  the 
graduates  of  the  high  school  and  closed 
with  his  well-known  poem: 

"Let  me  live  in  my  house  by  the  side  of  the 
road 
And  be  a  friend  to  man." 

In  1898,  while  librarian  of  Somerville 
Public  Library,  he  addressed  the 
New  Hampshire  Library  Association 
when  it  met  in  Portsmouth  and  I 
quote  from  his  letter  to  me: 

"I  was  very  glad  my  little  essay 
pleased  you.  It  is  rather  presump- 
tuous for  a  six  months'  old  librarian  to 
give  advice  to  men  who  have  given 
their  lives  to  the  service,  and  I  am 
more  than  pleased  when  the  veterans 
are  kind  enough  to  write  with  favor 
on  the  efforts  of  the  yearling." 


108  The  Granite  Monthly 

On  August  17,  1914,  a  tablet  was  shire    patentee,    he    knew    the    Bay- 
dedicated  to  his  memory  before  his  Puritans  well, 
birthplace  in  Candia.  "Since  I  wrote  this  too  our  cousins 

The  most  eccentric  of  Portsmouth  of  Main  have  found  things  out  to  the 
authors  was  John  Elwyn,  who  entered  rage  of  our  others  of  the  bay  that  told 
Harvard  College  at  the  age  of  twelve  the  world  there  never  was  no  kind  of 
and  was  regarded  there  by  Edward  Englishmen  in  New  England  till  the 
Everett  as  a  phenomenon.  He  stud-  Plymouth  Pilgrims:  wonderful  though 
ied  law  with  Daniel  Webster  and  that  one  of  Gorges'  Indian  spoke  to 
Jeremiah  Mason.  Having  inherited  them  in  English  when  they  got  here, 
a  large  income,  he  devoted  his  life  to  and  Christopher  Levett  in  Twenty- 
the  study  of  literature  and  languages,  three  stayed  awhile  on  Witch  (Saga- 
He  read  and  spoke  five  modern  Ian-  more)  Creek  below  where  my  hut  is, 
guages  and  read  Hebrew,  Sanscrit,  and  says  nothing  of  ours  being  a  new 
Arabic  and  Armenian.  He  occasion-  plantation,  and  the  Spaniard  Herrera, 
ally  had  printed  a  book  for  private  tells  of  a  English  cruiser  of  three  hun- 
circulation,  notably  one  entitled  "Pis-  dred  tons  a  hundred  years  before  the 
cataway  Things  and  a  Good  Deal  Pilgrims  of  her  coming  to  Puerto  Rico 
Else," employing  in  his  latter  years  Mr.  by  the  banks  of  Newfoundland:  all 
Albert  W.  Ham  in  a  small  printing  afishing,  already  Englishman  was  corn- 
office  liberally  equipped  by  Mr.  Elwyn  ing  to  fill  North  America  with  English- 
for  the  publication  of  his  studies  men  never  no  Puritan  in  the  world. " 
in  philology  mixed  with  occasional  E1  ghowed  &  fondness  for 
valuable  facts  relating  to  the  early  walkin  which  contirmed  dail  until 
history  of  colonial  and  provincial  his  death  fre  tl  walkf  to 
Portsmouth  I  quote  from  a  copy  of  Bogton  [n  a  ^  and  Qn  ^ 
a  pamphlet  he  gave  me:  in  the  winter>  he  walked  tQ  Missouri 

" Very  friendly  and  tireless  Reader;  on  a  five  months'  trip.  He  never 
I  wanted  to  see  How  wrong  I  should  changed  the  pattern  or  style  of  his 
and  should  not  be,  a  writing  straight  wearing  apparel.  His  tall,  erect  fig- 
ahead  and  never  looking  behind  me  ure,  clothed  in  a  blue  coat  of  1824 
till  I  got  through :  such  a  deal  of  Out-  vintage  and  his  head  crowned  with  a 
lander  stuff  too,  so  I  kept  only  One  sugar  loaf  hat,  was  a  familiar  object 
gentleman  at  work  in  a  little  out-  on  the  country  roads  in  and  around 
house  of  his  own  all  by  himself.  .  .  .  Rockingham  County. 
For  all  the  Wrong  text  is  My  doings  after 

all:  me  my  own  proof  reader.  .  .  .  Henry  Clay  Barnabee  has  recently 
The  fully  understanding  the  Zend  had  printed  his  reminiscences  of  his 
and  Sanskrit,  Hebrew  and  Arab  would  musical  entertainments  and  exten- 
throw  a  wonderful  deal  of  new  light  sive  travels  with  his  light  opera 
I  think  on  the  Pentateuch.  Some  troupes,  the  "Bostonians."  He  al- 
day  belike  I  will  try  this  in  earnest,  ways  had  a  cordial  audience  in  his 
Very  friendly  Reader,  the  Text  of  frequent  visits  to  his  native  city,  for 
these  pamphlets  is  hurt  badly  by  my  he  was  generous  in  offering  his  services 
getting  at  last  to  write  so  many  to  charitable  societies  and  associations 
capitals  but  dealing  all  along  with  the  with  which  he  was  formerly  interested. 
Words  themselves,  I  got  a  trick  of  His  private  library,  books  and  pictures 
hardly  knowing  it,  of  writing  away  relating  to  his  troupes  were  placed  by 
in  capitals  as  fast  as  the  others,  and  him  in  the  Barnabee  Room  in  the  Pub- 
would  not  bother  the  printer  about  lie  Library  building, 
letting  them  go."  Many   of   the   early   authors    had 

"The  small   de   ITsles   atlas  that  passed    away   before    my   time,    but 

showed   the   forgery   is   in   my   hut;  their  books  are  preserved  and  fill  a 

Capt.  John  Mason,  our  New  Hamp-  large    case    at    the    Public   Library. 


Pussy -Willow 


109 


Jonathan  M.  Sewall,  the  lawyer, 
noted  as  a  writer  of  epitaphs  and 
Revolutionary  War  songs,  is  best  re- 
membered by  his  oft-quoted  couplet: 

"No  pent-up  Utica  contracts  your  powers 
But  the  whole  boundless  continent  is  yours. " 

Dr.  Samuel  Haven  composed  the 
following  impromptu  lines  in  answer 
to  the  query,  what  title  should  be 
applied  to  Washington  on  the  occasion 
of  his  visit  in  Portsmouth  in  1789: 

"Fame  spread  her  wings,  and  with  her  trum- 
pet blew, 

Great  Washington  is  near!  What  praise  is 
due? 

What  title  shall  he  have?  She  paused  and 
said, 

Not  one,  his  name  alone  strikes  every  title 
dead! 


Mrs.  Eliza  Buckminster  Lee  wrote 
valuable  biographies  of  her  father, 
Rev.  Joseph  Buckminster,  and  of  her 
brother,  Rev.  Joseph  S.  Buckminster, 
giving  us  pictures  of  the  revolution- 
ary period.  She  succeeded  in  in- 
ducing her  friend,  Daniel  W^ebster,  to 
write  for  her  a  brief  autobiography. 
In  reference  to  his  residence  in  Ports- 
mouth from  1807  to  1816  he  wrote: 
"I  have  lived  in  Portsmouth  nine 
years  lacking  one  month.  They  were 
very  happy  years.  I  wrote  various 
pamphlets,  including  '  Rockingham 
Memorial/  of  some  note  in  its  time, 
and  like  other  young  men  I  made 
Fourth  of  July  orations  which  were 
published." 


PUSSY-WILLOW 

By  Delia  Honey 

Dear  little  pussy-willow, 

Peeping  from  under  your  cap. 
How  early  you  come  to  show  yourself 

And  wake  from  your  winter's  nap. 

So  soft — and  yellow  or  white  or  pink — 
We  welcome  you,  dear  little  thing — 

For  you  are  the  first  of  all  our  pets, 
That  come  to  herald  the  spring. 

You  tell  of  the  new  life,  soon  to  spread 

All  over  this  earth  so  bare, 
You  hint  of  the  sweetness  coming  to  us, 

From  out  of  mysterious  where — ■ 

Of  the  new  life  we  may  put  on  some  day 
When  we've  shaken  ourselves  from  sin, 

If  we've  stood  the  bleak  storm  of  winter's  blast 
We  are  sure  we  may  enter  in — 


And  put  on  the  new  life  you  foretell, 
No  fear  of  the  blast  or  the  billow. 

Then  welcome  here  in  the  early  spring, 
My  dear  little  pussy-willow. 


MARILLA  M.   RICKER 
Lawyer,  Lecturer,  Publicist,  Woman  Suffragist,  Champion  of  Free  Thought 


THE  ENGLISH   LANGUAGE 


By  Marilla  M.  Richer 


The  English  language  is  the  speech 
spoken  by  the  Anglo-Saxon  race  in 
England,  in  most  parts  of  Scotland, 
in  the  larger  part  of  Ireland,  in  the 
United  States,  in  Canada,  in  Australia 
and  New  Zealand,  in  South  Africa 
and  in  many  other  parts  of  the  world. 
In  the  middle  of  the  fifth  century  it 
was  spoken  by  a  feAv  thousand  people 
who  had  lately  landed  in  England 
from  the  Continent.  It  is  now  spoken 
by  more  than  two  hundred  millions 
of  people. 

The  family  to  which  English  be- 
longs is  the  Aryan  or  Indo-European 
family  of  languages;  that  is,  the  main 
part  of  it  can  be  traced  back  to  the 
race  which  inhabited  the  high  table 
lands  that  lie  to  the  back  of  the  west- 
ern end  of  the  great  range  of  the 
Himalaya,  or  abode  of  snow.  This 
Aryan  race  grew  and  increased  and 
spread  to  the  south  and  west,  and 
from  it  have  sprung  languages  which 
are  now  spoken  in  Persia,  in  India,  in 
Greece  and  Italy,  in  France  and  Ger- 
many, in  Scandinavia  and  in  Russia. 
From  this  Aryan  family  came  our  lan- 
guage; out  of  the  oldest  Aryan  speech 
our  own  language  has  grown. 

It  took  hundreds  of  years,  perhaps 
thousands,  before  human  beings  were 
able  to  invent  a  mode  of  writing  upon 
paper — that  is,  by  representing  sounds 
by  signs.  These  signs  are  called 
letters,  and  the  whole  set  of  them  goes 
by  the  name  of  the  alphabet,  which 
are  called,  "Alpha — beta."  There 
are  many  languages  that  have  never 
been  put  upon  paper  at  all — many  of 
the  African  languages,  many  in  the 
South  Sea  Islands.  But  in  all  cases, 
every  language  existed  long  before  it 
was  written.  A  language  grows;  it  is 
an  organism,  or  organic  existence. 
Our  language  is  still  growing  and  has 
been  for  many  years.  As  it  grows,  it 
loses  something  and  it  gains  some- 
thing  else;   it   alters  in   appearance. 


The  oldest  English,  which  is  called 
" Anglo-Saxon,"  is  as  different  from 
our  modern  English  as  if  they  were 
two  distinct  languages,  and  yet  they 
are  not  two  languages,  but  are  funda- 
mentally one  and  the  same.  Modern 
English  differs  from  the  oldest  Eng- 
lish as  a  giant  oak  does  from  a  small 
oak  sapling. 

In  the  middle  of  the  fifth  century, 
English  was  spoken  in  the  northwest 
corner  of  Europe,  between  the  mouths 
of  the  Rhine,  the  Weser  and  the  Elbe, 
and  in  Schleswig  there  is  a  small  dis- 
trict called  Angeln  to  this  day. 

Our  English  tongue  is  the  lowest  of 
all  low  German  dialects.  Low  Ger- 
man, called  Piatt  Deutsch,  is  the 
German  spoken  in  the  lowlands  of 
Germany.  As  we  descend  the  rivers, 
we  come  to  the  lowest  level  of  all — 
the  level  of  the  sea.  Our  English 
speech,  once  a  mere  dialect,  came 
down  to  that,  crossed  the  German 
Ocean  and  settled  in  Britain,  to  which 
it  gave  in  time  the  name  of  "Anlga- 
land"  or  England. 

We  divide  the  English  language 
into  periods,  and  then  mark  with 
some  approach  to  accuracy  certain 
distinct  changes  in  the  habits  of  our 
language,  in  the  inflections  of  its 
words,  in  the  kind  of  words  it  pre- 
ferred, or  in  the  way  it  liked  to  put  its 
words  together.  The  changes  in 
language  are  as  gentle,  gradual,  and 
imperceptible  as  the  changes  in  the 
growth  of  a  tree. 

The  Periods  of  English  are: 

First:  Ancient  English  or  Anglo- 
Saxon,  from  449  to  1100; 

Second:  Earlv  English,  from  1100 
to  1250; 

Third:  Middle  English,  from  1250 
to  1485; 

Fourth:  Tudor  English,  from  1485 
to  1603; 

Fifth:  Modern  English,  from  1603 
to  the  present  day. 


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The  periods  merge  slowly;  are 
shaded  off,  slowly,  so  to  speak,  into 
each  other  in  the  most  gradual  way. 
If  we  take  the  English  of  1250  and 
compare  it  with  that  of  900,  we  shall 
find  a  great  difference;  but  if  we  com- 
pare it  with  the  English  of  1100  the 
difference  is  not  so  marked.  The 
difference  between  the  English  of  the 
nineteenth  century  and  the  English 
of  the  fourteenth  century  is  very 
great,  but  the  difference  between  the 
English  of  the  fourteenth  and  that  of 
the  thirteenth  is  very  small. 

Ancient  English  differed  from  mod- 
ern English  in  having  a  much  larger 
number  of  inflections.  The  noun  had 
five  cases,  and  there  were  several 
declensions,  as  in  Latin;  adjectives 
were  declined,  and  had  three  genders 
as  in  German.  The  works  of  the  poet 
Caedman  (Kedman)  and  the  great 
prose  writer,  King  Alfred,  belong  to 
this  Anglo-Saxon  period. 

The  coming  of  the  Normans  in  1066 
made  many  changes  in  the  land,  and 
introduced  many  changes  into  the 
language.  The  inflections  of  our 
speech  began  to  drop  off.  Two  books 
were  written,  but  there  was  no  print- 
ing in  England  until  1774, — the  Nor- 
mans having  utterly  beaten  down  the 
resistance  of  the  English,  seized  the 
land  and  all  the  political  power  of  the 
country.  The  two  peoples,  the  Nor- 
mans and  the  English,  found  that  they 
must  live  together.  They  met  at 
the  drilling  places,  at  the  archery  con- 
tests, and  at  the  churches.  At  all 
these  places  they  were  obliged  to 
speak  with  each  other,  and  although 
the  Norman  French  was  the  language 
of  the  Court,  the  language  of  Parlia- 
ment and  the  law  courts,  the  univer- 
sities and  the  schools,  still  the  com- 
mon people  clung  to  their  own  lan- 
guage; that  is,  when  an  Englishman 
used  an  English  word  he  joined  with 
it  the  French  equivalent,  and  when  a 
Norman  used  a  French  word  he  put 
the  English  word  for  it  alongside  the 
French  word.  Words  at  that  time 
went  in  couples  with  those  people, 
and  that  is  whv  we  have  "Will  and 


Testament,"  "Act  and  Deed,"  "Aid 
and  Abet,"  "Use  and  Wont."  The 
Normans  introduced  into  England 
their  own  system  of  laws,  their  own 
law  officers,  and  hence  into  the  Eng- 
lish language  come  Norman  French 
law  terms. 

When  I  lived  in  Germany  I  found 
some  fault  with  the  German  alphabet 
and  said  they  ought  to  adopt  the  Eng- 
lish letters.  The  old  Professor  said 
to  me,  "Madame,  you  have  no  al- 
phabet; you  took  the  Latin  alphabet, 
but  you  have  no  letters  of  your  own! " 
I  said,  "The  English  language  is  the 
language  of  commerce.  Trade  has 
always  a  kindly  and  useful  influence, 
and  the  trade  of  the  English  speaking 
people  has  for  many  centuries  been 
larger  than  that  of  any  other  nation, 
and  we  can  afford  to  adopt  an  alpha- 
bet!" The  Professor  reminded  me 
also  that  there  were  more  Latin  words 
in  our  vocabulary  than  English.  I 
said,  "Yes,  Latin  words  are  often 
found  in  our  books,  but  the  English 
words  we  possess  are  used  in  speaking 
a  thousand  times  oftener  than  the 
Latin  words.  It  is  the  genuine  Eng- 
lish words  that  have  life  and  move- 
ment; it  is  they  that  fly  about  in 
homes,  in  streets  and  in  markets; 
it  is  they  that  express  with  greatest 
force  our  truest  sentiments,  our  in- 
most thoughts  and  our  deepest  feel- 
ings. Words  are  the  coin  of  human 
intercourse;  and  it  is  the  native  coin 
of  pure  English,  with  the  native  stamp 
that  is  in  daily  circulation.  The 
grammar  is  almost  exclusively  Anglo- 
Saxon." 

The  English-speaking  people  have 
for  many  centuries  been  the  greatest 
travellers  in  the  world.  It  was  an 
Englishman,  Sir  Francis  Drake,  who 
first  went  round  the  globe;  and  the 
English  have  colonized  more  foreign 
lands  in  every  part  of  the  world  than 
any  other  people  that  ever  existed, 
and  in  this  way  they  have  been  in- 
fluenced by  the  world  without.  Our 
ships  visit  every  port  in  the  world, 
and  when  we  import  articles  or  prod- 
uce   from  abroad,  we    generally    irn- 


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port  the  native  name  along  with  the 
thing.  Hence  we  have  guano,  maize 
and  tomato,  nankeen,  chintz,  bamboo 
and  sago,  boomerang  and  kangaroo, 
jaguar,  mustang,  llama  and  caout- 
chouc, jalap,  quagga  (South  African 
ass)  and  gnu  (nu),  pampas,  chocolate 
and  cacique,  chibouk  (pipe),  kiosk 
(Turkish  summer  house),  and  bey, 
houri,  bazaar,  and  divan,  and  many 
others.  Seeing  and  talking  with  many 
different  peoples,  we  learn  to  adopt 
foreign  words  with  ease,  and  give 
them  a  home  among  the  native-born 
words  of  our  language. 

"From  its  composite  character 
come  that  wealth  and  compass,  that 
rich  and  varied  music  which  have 
made  English  literature  the  crown  and 
glory  of  the  works  of  man."  Having 
so  fine  a  language,  it  is  certainly  inex- 
cusable in  us  not  to  speak  it  with 
great  care. 

Language  as  a  Fine  Art 

There  are  2,750  different  languages. 
For  the  writing  and  speaking  of  the 
English  language  I  claim  a  position 
second  to  no  other  art.  There  is  an 
elegance  and  a  peculiar  refinement 
invariably  associated  with  that  person 
who  is  accustomed  scrupulously  to 
weigh  his  words  and  fastidiously  to 
construct  his  sentences.  But  there 
is,  further,  a  certain  morality  in  the 
most  arbitrary  grammatical  rules. 
It  is  eminently  fit  and  proper  that  a 
verb  should  agree  with  its  nominative 
case  in  number  and  person.  A  meta- 
physical study  is.  involved  in  a  thor- 
ough comprehension  of  the  mysteries 
of  the  subjunctive  mood.  The  har- 
mony of  a  complete  sentence,  with 
subject,  predicate  and  dependent 
clauses,  each  falling  into  line  and  fill- 
ing its  appropriate  sphere,  is  as  beau- 
tiful in  its  way  as  the  charming  family 
relations  which  unite  children  and 
parents;  there  is  poetry  in  the  ex- 
clusion of  double  negatives  from 
choicely  chosen  English;  and  there  is 
an  exquisite  symmetry  in  the  law 
which  makes  prepositions  govern  the 
objective  case,  and  puts  a  noun  in  the 


predicate  in  the  same  case  as  the  sub- 
ject when  both  words  refer  to  the 
same  thing.  The  creation  of  the 
painter,  the  genius  of  the  sculptor, 
the  skill  of  the  architect,  the  inspira- 
tion of  the  musician,  the  art  of  the 
tragedian,  have  a  fascinating  charm 
over  the  imagination;  but  it  is  only 
given  to  a  gifted  few  to  excel  in  paint- 
ing, sculpture,  architecture,  music, 
and  the  drama,  while  the  art  of  lan- 
guage may  be  acquired  by  all  to  whom 
early  advantages  have  given  the 
starting  point,  and  who  are  willing  to 
attain  the  prize  by  careful  culture,  by 
constant  practice  and  by  patient  cor- 
rection of  every  fault.  It  is  in  child- 
hood especially  that  the  foundation 
is  laid  for  future  excellence. 

But,  attainable  as  this  art  is,  it  is 
remarkable  that  its  acquisition  is  so 
rare.  Sinners  against  the  laws  which 
regulate  the  speaking  and  writing  the 
English  language  with  propriety  are 
found  among  all  classes,  and  in  all 
professions,  and  they  are  most  inex- 
cusably abundant  among  those  whom 
we  have  a  right  to  consider  as  culti- 
vated and  enlightened,  from  advan- 
tages of  early  association  and  liberal 
education.  It  is  an  almost  hopeless 
task  to  bring  these  trespassers  to  see 
the  enormity  of  their  trangressions, 
and  a  harder  task  to  lead  them  to 
repentance,  for  even  when  the  desire 
for  reformation  has  been  produced, 
the  force  of  long  continued  habit  holds 
them  under  its  resistless  sway. 

I  shall  endeavor  to  make  a  classifi- 
cation of  some,  of  the  prominent  faults 
which  must  be  eradicated  in  order  to 
attain  skill  in  the  use  of  language, 
promising  that  my  illustrations  shall 
be  taken  "from  life";  and  with  one 
exception  I  shall  give  the  utterances 
of  those  from  whom  we  have  the  right 
to  expect  better  things. 

1st:  There  are  the  careless  people, 
those  "who  know  the  right,  and  yet 
the  wrong  pursue."  They  plunge 
recklessly  on  without  a  thought  for 
the  words  they  use;  their  sentences 
abound  with  exclamations  and  exple- 
tives more  expressive  than  choice;  and 


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they  exhaust  the  superlatives  of  the 
language  on  the  most  ordinary  occa- 
sions. It  is  they  who  preface  every 
sentence,  even  on  trivial  topics,  with, 
"My  Stars!"  "By  George!"  "Gra- 
cious!" "Great  Scott!"  "Good  Lord!" 
"You  bet!"  "Oh!"  "Ah!"  "No  you 
don't!"  In  their  vocabulary,  "in- 
deed," "yes,"  "well  just  so,"  are  as 
thickly  strewn  as  autumn  leaves  in  a 
gale.  With  them  a  funeral  is  "love- 
ly," a  dress  is  "ravishing,"  a  sunset  is 
"nice,"  a  bonnet  is  "sweet,"  and  their 
indiscriminate  admiration  is  expressed 
by  the  much  abused  epithets,  "splen- 
did," "superb,"  "beautiful,"  "mag- 
nificent," "bewitching,"  "fascinat- 
ing," "charming,"  "delicious,"  "ex- 
quisite," and  so  on,  without  any  re- 
gard to  their  relevancy  or  applica- 
bility. 

In  telling  an  intelligent  young 
woman  of  twenty-five,  a  graduate  of 
Vassar  College,  something  about  my 
work  in  the  police  courts  and  jails, 
she  seemed  deeply  interested  and 
startled  |ine  with  the  question,  "Are 
the  police  courts,  jails  and  prisons 
nice?"  A  bright  young  English 
woman  said  to  her  mother,  "Oh, 
mother,  buy  me  that  delicious  little 
bulldog!"  They  so  completely  ex- 
haust the  language  on  common  oc- 
casions that  no  words  are  left  to 
give  expression  to  their  deeper  feel- 
ings, and  if  every  person  within  the 
sound  of  my  voice  will  watch  his  or 
her  friends  in  the  use  of  their  adjec- 
tives, he  will  be  astonished,  and  I 
fancy  if  you  watch  your  own  ad- 
jectives you  will  be  astounded! 

2d:  The  second  class  includes 
those  who  violate  the  laws  of  etymol- 
ogy. They  may  have  been  thor- 
oughly trained  in  the  grammar  of  the 
language,  and  yet  refuse  to  be  regu- 
lated by  its  precepts.  This  class  is  a 
large  one,  and  includes  among  its 
audacious  sinners: 

(1)  Those  who  use  the  objective 
case  for  the  nominative,  as,  "  It  is  me," 
for  "It  is  I";  "It  is  her,"  for  "It  is 
she";  "It  is  them,"  for  "It  is  they"; 
"It  is  us,"  for  "It  is  we." 


(2)  Those  who  use  the  nominative 
case  for  the  objective,  as,  "Between 
you  and  I,"  for  "Between  you  and 
me";  "Like  you  and  I,"  for  "Like 
you  and  me";  "I  know  who  you 
mean,"  for  "I  know  whom  you  mean"; 
"Who  is  she  married  to,"  instead  of, 
"To  whom  is  she  married";  "Who 
were  you  speaking  to,"  instead  of  "  To 
whom  were  you  speaking." 

(3)  Those  whose  subjects  and  verbs 
do  not  agree  in  number  and  person, 
as,  "My  feet's  cold,"  instead  of,  "My 
feet  are  cold";  "There's  thirty,"  in- 
stead of,  "There  are  thirty";  "Says 
I,"  instead  of,  "Say  I." 

(4)  Those  who  use  the  indicative 
mood  for  the  subjunctive,  as,  "If  I 
was  you,"  instead  of,  "If  I  were 
you." 

(5)  Those  who  use  the  present 
tense  for  the  past,  as,  "I  seen  him 
yesterday,"  instead  of,  "I  saw  him 
yesterday." 

(6)  Those  who  use  the  intransitive 
verb  for  the  transitive,  as,  "If  he  is  a 
mind  to,"  instead  of,  "If  he  has  a 
mind  to."  Only  think  of  the  much 
abused  words  "sit"  and  "set,"  "lay" 
and  "lie."  I  heard  a  graduate  from 
one  of  our  schools  say  today,  "I  am 
going  to  lay  down,"  instead  of  saying, 
"I  am  going  to  lie  down";  "I  laid 
down  this  morning,"  instead  of,  "I 
lay  down  this  morning."  If  people 
would  remember  that  "lay"  is  a 
transitive  verb  and  has  for  its  past 
tense  "laid" — for  example,  "She  told 
me  to  lay  it  down  and  I  laid  it  down" 
— "lie"  is  intransitive  and  has  for  its 
past  tense  "lay," — as,  "She  told  me 
to  lie  down  and  I  lay  down" — there 
would  be  no  trouble.  We  often  hear 
"  The  ship  laid  at  anchor  " ;  "  they  laid 
by  during  the  storm."  What  should 
they  say?  We  hear  altogether  too 
often,  "I  shall  set  there,"  instead  of, 
"I  shall  sit  there";  "An  old  setting 
hen,"  instead  of,  "An  old  sitting  hen"; 
"She  set  up  all  day,"  instead  of,  "She 
sat  up  all  day." 

(7)  Those  who  use  the  adverb  for 
the  adjective,  as,  "She  looks  beauti- 
fully," for  "She  looks  beautiful";  or 


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its  opposite,  the  adjective  for  the  ad- 
verb, as,  "She  walks  graceful,"  for, 
"She  walks  gracefully."  Such  pro- 
vincialism is  sadly  damaging  our  good 
old  English  in  the  constant  misuse  of 
the  adverb  in  place  of  the  adjective; 
saying,  "The  landscape  looks  beauti- 
fully," and  "The  young  ladies  look 
beautifully,"  instead  of  saying  that 
they  look  beautiful,  as  they  really  are. 
In  speaking  of  some  German  offi- 
cers marching  down  the  street,  an  edu- 
cated woman  said  to  me,  "They  look 
finely."  I  said,  "No,  they  march 
finely,  they  drill  finely,  but  they  look 
fine."  In  speaking  of  their  condition 
— meaning  that  the  officers  are  a  tall, 
fine  set  of  men — you  must  say,  "They 
are  fine,  thev  seem  fine,  and  they  look 
fine." 

(8)  Those  who  use  a  plural  adjec- 
tive with  a  singular  noun,  as,  "those' 
kind"  for  "that  kind";   "six  pair" 
for  "six  pairs." 

(9)  Those  who  use  the  compound 
relative  for  the  conjunction,  as,  "I  do 
not  know  but  what  I  will,"  instead  of, 
"I  do  not  know  but  that  I  will." 

(10)  Those  who  use  the  objective 
case  after  the  conjunction  than,  as, 
"  He  knows  more  than  me,"  instead  of, 
"He  knows  more  than  I." 

(11)  Those  who  use  double  nega- 
tives, as,  "No  you  don't  neither,"  in- 
stead of,  "No  you  don't  either";  and 
how  often  do  you  hear  and  also  read, 
"He  don't,"  "She  don't,"  instead  of 
"She  doesn't,"  "He  doesn't."  Very 
few  would  write,  "He  do  not,"  but 
they  do  say,  "He  don't." 

(12)  Those  who  use  the  wrong 
preposition,  as,  "Different to, "instead 
of  "Different  from";  "In  regard  of," 
instead  of,  "With  regard  to." 

(13)  Those  who  use  the  superla- 
tive degree  for  the  comparative,  as, 
"The  oldest  of  the  two,"  for,  "The 
older  of  the  two." 

3d.  Under  the  third  head,  or  the 
third  class,  are  those  who  are  guilty 
of  the  wrong  pronunciation  of  words 
in  general  use;  who  say,  "jest"  for 
"just";  "ruther"  for  "rather";  "in- 
stid"    for     "instead";     "agen"    for 


"again";  "sor"  for  "saw";  "lor"  for 
"law";  "offn"  for  "often";  "sevn" 
for  "seven";  "havn"  for  "haven"; 
"goldn"  for  "golden";  "opn"  for 
"open";  "wakn"  for  "waken"; 
"widn"  for  "widen";  and  some  say 
"witten"! 

Notice,  if  you  please,  how  few  pro- 
nounce ' '  February ' '  correctly.  ' '  Jan- 
uary" is  another  word  often  mis- 
pronounced; "covetous,"  "nape," 
"government,"  "library,"  "clothes," 
"  none."  Notice  the  pronunciation  of 
"boat,"  "bone,"  "broke,"  "choke," 
"load,"  "home,"  "smoke,"  "yoke," 
"bolster,"  "toad,"  "throat,"  "spoke," 
"colt,"  "hope,"  "road";  also  notice 
how  few  people  pronounce  the  final 
"d";  for  example,  "grandfather," 
"stand,"  "demands,"  "handful," 
"bands,"  "depends." 

There  are  many  persons  who  never 
articulate  their  "r's,"  and  who  seem 
to  have  an  unwholesome  terror  of 
final  consonants.  The  pronunciation 
of  long  "  u  "  is  a  lion  in  the  pathway  of 
many.  Even  among  orthoepists  there 
is  a  great  discrepancy  in  practice,  and 
in  common  conversation  we  hear  every 
gradation  of  sound  from  "o"*  long 
and  close,  to  the  sound  of  "yu"  in 
"use."  The  sound  of  long  "u"  at  the 
beginning  of  words  can  be  easily  ac- 
quired, but  the  manner  of  designating 
the  sound  when  it  comes  immediately 
after  the  accent  is  much  more  difficult. 
Lexicographers  high  in  authority 
"take  issue"  with  each  other,  and  it 
is  often  bewildering,  to  use  a  mild 
term;  and  I  am  reminded  of  a  pious 
old  lady  in  New  Hampshire  at  a 
prayer  meeting  who  said,  "Dear  sis- 
ters, it  does  seem  to  me  that  there  are 
no  two  of  a  mind  here  tonight,  nor 
hardly  one."  I  look  upon  the  cor- 
rect utterance  of  "u"  after  an  ac- 
cented syllable  as  the  "ne  plus  ultra" 
of  orthoepic  perfection. 

Here  are  some  good  rules:  After 
"r,"  "ch"  or  "sh,"  do  not  give  the 
sound  of  long  "  u,"  but  give  the  sound 
of  "oo,"  as,  "rule,"  "ruby,"  "brute," 
"through,"  "rude,"  "truth,"  "cruel"; 
but  after  "t,"  "d,"  "m,"  "n,"  "b," 


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comes  long  "u,"  as,  "tube,"  "duke," 
"mute,"  "nude,"  "music,"  "Tues- 
day," "lute,"  "blue,"  "illume,"  "in- 
stitute," "signature,"  "literature," 
"furniture,"  "coverture." 

Notice  how  many  persons  pro- 
nounce "hark,"  "dark,"  "arc," 
"tar,"  "nor,"  "door,"  "horse," 
"warm,"  "arm,"  "form,"  "alarm- 
ing," "war"  correctly.  Pronounce 
"posts,"  "boasts,"  "coasts,"  "hosts," 
"ghosts." 

I  heard  not  long  since  in  cultured 
Boston  a  lady  ask  her  friend  if  she  had 
taken  the  package  of  "alapaca,"  in- 
stead of  "alpaca."  She  was  about  to 
step  into  her  carriage,  which  was 
faultless  in  its  appointments;  her 
dress  was  in  perfect  taste;  an  elegant 
camel's  hair  shawl  threw  its  graceful 
folds  about  her  form,  and  costly  lace 
adorned  her  bonnet,  but  no  unlimited 
credit  at  the  bankers'  will  ever  eradi- 
cate the  extra  "a"  from  "alpaca."  I 
heard  one  of  the  best  lawyers  at  our 
Bar  tell  about  the  "presentation"  of 
his  case  instead  of  the  "presentation  " ; 
and  we  often  hear  "attorney"  instead 
of  "attorney,"  "inquiry"  instead  of 
"inquiry,"  "acclimated"  instead  of 
"acc/imated,"  "annex"  instead  of 
"annex,"  "address"  instead  of  "ad- 
dress," "comoative"  instead  of  "com- 
bative," "suppositious"  instead  of 
"supposititious,"  "preventative"  in- 
stead of  "preventive,"  "abstemious" 
instead  of  "abstemious,"  "parents" 
instead  of  "parents,"  "Caucasian"  in- 
stead of  "Caucasian,"  "Malay"  in- 
stead of  "Malay,"  "canine"  instead 
of  "canine"  "epizootic"  instead  of 
"epizootic,"  "zoological"  instead  of 
"zoological,"  "Chicago,"  "bomb," 
"bombastic,"  "sacriligious,"  instead 
of  "sacrilegious,"  "donative"  instead 
of  "donative,"  " matron "  instead  of 
"matron,"  "national"  instead  of  "na- 
tional,"  "patronage"  instead  of  "pat- 
ronage," "e.rhaust"  instead  of  "ex- 
haust." 

The  use  of  the  word  "got"  in  many 
cases  is  superfluous;  for  instance, 
"Where  are  my  books?"  "I've  got 
them."     "  I  have  them." 


The  word  "  to  "  in  many  instances  is 
also  superfluous:  "Where  are  you 
going  to? "     "Where  are  you  going? " 

Many  years  ago  a  bright  young  col- 
ored boy  said  in  my  presence,  "  Where 
are  you  going  at?  "  I  said,  "  Going  at! 
That  is  bad  English."  He  said,  "It 
is  as  correct  as  'going  to,'  and  you  say 
that  always."  I  stood  corrected,  and 
have  never  said  it  since. 

There  is  one  class  who  will  "learn" 
us  when  they  mean  "teach";  they 
"propose"  to  do  a  thing  when  they 
mean  "purpose";  they  "suspect" 
when  they  mean  "suppose";  they 
"expect"  when  they  mean  "think." 
There  should  be  no  trouble  about  that 
as  "expect"  always  has  reference  to 
the  future,  as,  "I  expect  to  go  home." 
"I  think  he  has  gone."  Many  people 
"want"  when  they  mean  "wish"; 
their  reports  are  "reliable"  when  they 
mean  "trustworthy";  they  substitute 
"discover"  for  "invent";  they  are 
"devotedly  fond"  of  mince  pie,  and 
"love"  roa^t  beef!  They  drink  a 
"magnificent"  cup  of  tea;  they  "en- 
joy" bad  health. 

Many  persons  delight  in  tautologi- 
cal expressions:  They  "plunge 
down,"  "enter  in,"  "cover  over," 
"sink  down,"  "restore  back,"  "com- 
bine together,"  "retreat  back,"  "re- 
peat again,"  and  "mutually  love  each 
other." 

You  often  hear  and  also  read  the 
sentence,  "You  had  better  go,"  in- 
stead of,  "You  would  better  go";  "I 
intended  to  have  gone,"  instead  of, 
"I  intended  to  go";  "I  use  oleomar- 
garine"; (hard  sound  of  g  is  correct) 
"the  soughing  of  the  wind";  "Iowa"; 
"Wyoming";  "lenient,"  "bomba- 
zine," "tarpaulin,"  "pianist,"  "cere- 
ments," "coquetry,"  "hymeneal," 
"aeronaut." 

The  words  "precedence"  and  "pre- 
cedent" are  very  much  mixed.  You 
establish  a  precedent,  but  you  take 
precedence  of  me — that  is,  when  you 
go  before  me. 

The  words  "pedal"  and  "pedal." 
My  feet  are  my  pedal  extremities,  but 
we  say  the  pedals  of  an  instrument; 


The  English  Language 


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"truffles,"  "brigand,"  "sloth," 
"loath,"  "grimace,"  "decade,"  "ener- 
vated," "lethargic,"  "vagary,"  "squa- 
lor," "sy7iod,"  "aspirant,"  "gon- 
dola," "ordeal,"  "sacristan,"  "pal- 
fry,"  "romance,"  "robust,"  "al- 
monds," "anchovy,"  ".shewbread," 
"ra?71ery,"  "cwlinary,"  "peremp- 
tory," "interesting,"  "laundry"  for 
"laundry,"  "after"  for  "after."  I 
heard  a  person  not  long  since  say  he 
bought  land  at  Capitol  Hill  and  it 
doubled  and  "thribled"  on  his  hands; 
"trebled"  he  meant.  "Impoverish," 
"attacked."  You  often  hear  "at- 
tackted."  "He  was  graduated,"  is 
correct,  not  "he  graduated".  "Fran- 
chise," "finance,"  "lift'oious, "  "wa- 
ter," "placard,"  "palm,"  "palmis- 
try," "psalm,"  "psalmist,"  "psalm- 
odist,"  "grisly,"  "capuchin,"  "equa- 
ble," "arctic,"  "archangel,"  "archi- 
tect," "archbishop,"  "abdomen," 
"asparagus,"  "dance,"  "basket," 
"ask,"  "grass,"  "staff."  "fast," 
"mask,"  "task,"  "advance,"  "draft," 
"brass,"  "grasp,"  "prance,"  "grant," 
"branch,"  "chant,"  "trance,"  "dis- 
honest," "disarm,"  "disdain,"  "ti- 
rade." 

Our  beautiful  language  changes;  for 
instance,  in  counting,  we  say,  "  Thir- 
teen, fourteen,  fifteen,"  but  in  answer 
to  a  question  "How  much  did  you 
pay  for  your  bonnet?"  "Fifteen  dol- 
lars." And  when  emphatic  the  ac- 
cent is  evenly  divided,  as,  "He  ate 
fourteen  large  oysters."  "Secre- 
tary," "Italien,"  "communist,"  "al- 
lopathy," "ally,"  "extant,"  "quin- 
ine," "spaniel,"  "finale,"  "nausea," 
"nauseous,"  "magnesia,"  "guar- 
dian," "deficit,"  "tonsilitis,"  "iritis," 
"upas,"  "bromide,"  "iodine,"  "mor- 
phine," "italic,"  "area,"  "Asia," 
"asked,"  "aurora  borealis,"  "ave- 
nue," "banana,"  "blackguard," 
"blouse,"  "brethren,"  "bronchitis," 
"calliope,"  "cartridge,"  "casualty," 
"cellar,"  "cemeterv,"  "coupon."  "cu- 
pola," "curtain,"  *  "defalcate,"  " de- 
signate," "disputant,"  "district," 
"docile,"  "falcon,"  "gallows," 
"grimy,"      "gorgeous,"      "granary," 


"grievous,"  "  gubernatorial," 
"height,"  "idea,"  "incomparable," 
"indisputable,"  "inhospitable,"  "in- 
terest," "international,"  "jocund," 
"jugular,"  "juvenile,"  "kiln,"  "la- 
tent," "leper,"  "lapel,"  "lyceum," 
"mausoleum,"  "museum,"  "necrol- 
ogy,." "neuralgia,"  "newspaper," 
"nomad,"  "nicotine,"  "obesity," 
"orang-ootang,"  "oxide,"  "palaver," 
"Palestine,"  "partridge,"  "paresis," 
"phosphoros,"  "piony,"  "vitriol," 
"vicar,"  "umbrella,"  "trough,"  "tu- 
mor," "transparent,"  "tribune," 
"transact,"  "second,"  "syrup," 
"tedious,"  "sword,"  "spoon," 
"soot,"  (not  sut)  "sojourn,"  "ve- 
hement," "your,"  "yours,"  "yester- 
day," "varioloid,""  laugh,"  "launch," 
"reticent,"  "San  Jose,"  "San  Joa- 
quin," "Santa  Cruz,"  "Santa  Fe," 
"daunt,"" excursion,"  "gymnasium," 
"obligatory,"  "respite,"  "probity," 
"plebeian,"  "gibbet,"  "gibberish," 
"hostile,"  "Los  Angeles,"  "alter- 
cation," "aorist,"  "amenable,"  "bou- 
quet." 

I  have  by  no  means  exhausted  the 
classification,  but  I  think  I  have  said 
enough  to  prove  the  importance  of  a 
thorough  reformation.  The  illustra- 
tions that  I  have  given  are  expressions 
which  I  have  heard  in  the  common 
intercourse  of  life,  and  I  have  been 
careful  to  give  the  utterances  of  edu- 
cated persons.  Many  of  the  most 
heinous  offences  here  recorded  have 
been  committed  by  those  who  have 
been  trained  in  the  learned  profes- 
sions. Ministers,  lawyers,  doctors, 
judges,  members  of  congress,  students 
in  almost  every  department  of  science, 
editors,  publishers,  poets,  artists, 
teachers,  professors,  among  men  and 
women,  are  represented  on  these 
pages.  The  facts  are  discouraging, 
but  to  their  truth  the  experience  of 
every  person  within  the  sound  of  my 
voice  will  bear  me  witness.  The 
remedy  is  within  the  reach  of  every- 
one who  possesses  well-developed 
organs  of  speech  and  the  brain  power 
and  propelling  power  to  set  the  ma- 
chinery in  operation.     Education  at 


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the  domestic  fireside  is  the  important 
commencement  of  the  requisite  train- 
ing. Education — careful,  systematic, 
and  thorough — during  the  years  when 
acquisition  is  a  pleasure,  is  of  equal 
importance.  It  is  not  so  much  the 
question  whether  two  thousand  or 
two  hundred  facts  are  impressed  on 
the  memory,  as  that  the  mind  shall  be 
so  disciplined  as  to  be  put  in  a  recip- 
ient condition,  and  thus  prepared 
when  a  regular  system  of  training  has 
become  unnecessary,  to  carry  on  the 
work,  by  seizing  upon  knowledge 
wherever  it  may  be  found. 

Much  has  been  said  of  the  time 
wasted   in   the   study   of   languages, 


which  when  disused  are  soon  forgotten. 
But  if  the  words  and  characters 
cease  to  impress  the  memory,  the 
mental  power  which  is  gained  is  never 
lost.  I  think  that  careful  translation 
gives  a  power  of  language,  a  compre- 
hension of  derivation,  and  a  knowl- 
edge of  synonyms  which  is  not  ob- 
tained by  any  other  mental  process. 
There  must  also  be  thorough  physical 
training  which  shall  give  distinct 
enunciation,  clear  articulation  of  con- 
sonants, musical  cadence,  easy  utter- 
ance, and  entire  self-possession. 

"A  graceful  utterance  is  the  first 
born  of  the  arts.  A  man's  speech  is 
a  measure  of  his  culture." 


MEMORIES 

By  Charles  Clarke 

Broken  bits  of  times  long  gone 
Round  and  round  my  memory  pass, 
Like  the  sheen  from  colored  glass 
In  an  old  kaleidoscope. 

Honeysuckle,  daffodil; 
Hawthorn  blossom,  purling  rill. 
Gentle  violet,  frail  and  true, 
Mirrors  back  the  heaven's  blue. — 
Foxglove,  bluebell,  all  together 
Smiling  in  the  summer  weather. 
Scenes  of  country  lanes  and  towns, 
Wooded  hills  and  heather  downs, 
Glimpses  of  a  village  lass; 
Wagons  rumbling  as  they  pass 
Through  the  ancient  cobble  street, 
Rough  but  sure  for  horse's  feet. — 
Sleighbells  jingling  as  we  go 
Merrily  across  the  snow; 
Horse  and  lovers — happy  trio — 
Don't  care  though  the  weather's  zero. 
Skylark,  comrade  of  the  cloud, 
Singing  matins  sweet  and  loud. 
O'er  the  meadows  mists  hang  low 
Half  concealing  horse  and  cow, 
Grazing  in  contentment  there — 
As  we  pass  they  stop  to  stare. 
Partly  hid,  and  partly  seen 
We  like  ghosts  to  them  must  seem. 
Ghosts,  too,  are  the  old  home  places, 
And  the  old  familiar  faces, 
Seen  through  life's  kaleidoscope. 


THAT  FATAL  NIGHT 


By  William  Child,  M.  D. 

]Surgeon  of  the  Fifth  New  Hampshire  Volunteers,  U.  S.  A.,  Regiment  Historian] 


At  the  earnest  request  of  my  daugh- 
ter, I  dictate  to  her  the  following  ac- 
count of  the  most  awful  event  I  ever 
witnessed — the  assassination  of  Presi- 
dent Lincoln,  thinking  it  may  be  of 
interest  to  my  children  and  my  chil- 
dren's children,  when  I  shall  be  no  more, 
as  well  as  to  the  public  generally. 

At  first  it  seems  like  a  half-forgotten 
fantastic  dream,  but,  as  I  allow  my 
mind  to  dwell  upon  the  past,  the  mists 
of  fifty  years  gradually  roll  away  and 
the  tragical  deeds  of  that  most  terrible 
night  in  all  our  nation's  history,  stand 
forth  as  plainly  as  if  they  had  happened 
but  yesterday. 

In  the  summer  of  1864,  the  Fifth 
New  Hampshire  Regiment,  of  which 
I  was  the  assistant  surgeon,  was 
ordered  to  the  support  of  the  troops 
then  besieging  Petersburg.  Colonel 
Cross  having  fallen  the  previous 
year,  while  gallantly  leading  his  men 
at  Gettysburg,  and  Colonel  Hap- 
good  being  severely  wounded  in 
August  of  this  same  year  (1864),  the 
command  of  the  regiment  fell  upon 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Larkin.  In  Octo- 
ber, Lieutenant-Colonel  Crafts  was 
given  charge  of  the  regiment  and  at 
the  same  time  I  received  my  com- 
mission as  full  surgeon  with  the  rank 
of  major.  We  remained  in  this  vicin- 
ity until  the  next  spring,  most  of  the 
time  on  active  duty.  It  was  a  hard 
winter  for  both  officers  and  men. 
In  March,  1865,  being  tired  out  with 
the  winter's  work,  I  was  allowed  a 
short  furlough  and  permission  to  visit 
my  home  in  northern  New  Hampshire. 
About  the  first  of  April,  however,  I  was 
ordered  to  rej  oin  the  regiment  at  B  urke- 
ville,  a  few  miles  out  from  Petersburg. 
So  on  the  10th,  I  started  for  the  front, 
accompanied  by  my  wife  as  far  as  Con- 
cord, when  I  bade  her  farewell. 

The  letters  which  I  wrote  her  during 
the  next  few  days,  and  which  have 
been  carefully  preserved  for  half  a 
century,  will  tell  the  rest  of  the  story 
better  than  I  now  can: 


(Exact  copy  of  letters  of  William 
Child  to  his  wife,  Carrie  Lang  Child.) 

Washington,  D.  C, 

April  14th,  1865. 
My  dear  Wife:     . 

Wild  dreams  and  sober  facts  are  but 
brothers.  This  night  I  have  seen  the  murder 
of  the  President  of  the  United  States. 

Early  in  the  evening  I  went  to  Ford's 
Theatre.  After  a  little  time  the  President 
entered — was  greeted  with  cheers.  The 
play  went  on  for  about  an  hour.  Just  at  the 
close  of  an  interesting  scene,  the  sharp,  quick 
report  of  a  pistol  was  heard  and  instantly  a 
man  jumped  from  the  box  in  which  sat  the 
President,  to  the  stage,  and,  rushing  across  the 
stage,  made  his  escape. 

This  I  saw  and  heard.  I  was  in  the  theatre 
and  sat  directly  opposite  the  President's  box. 
The  assassin  exclaimed  as  he  leaped  "Sic 
semper  tyrannis" — -Thus  always  to  tyrants. 

I  never  saw  such  a  wild  scene  as  followed; 
I  have  no  words  to  describe  it. 

Sec.  Seward  was  also  wounded  by  a  knife 
about  the  same  minute. 

The  city  is  now  wild  with  excitement.  The 
affair  occurred  only  an  hour  since. 

Are  we  living  in  the  days  of  the  French 
Revolution?  Will  peace  ever  come  again  to 
our  dear  land,  or  shall  we  rush  on  to  wild 
ruin? — 

It  seems  all  a  dream — a  wild  dream.  I 
cannot  realize  it  though  I  know  I  saw  it  only 
an  hour  since. 

W.  C. 

April,  15. 

My  dear  Wife: 

The  President  is  dead.  I  send  you  a  paper 
giving  a  correct  account  of  the  whole  affair. 
It  is  supposed  that  an  actor  by  the  name  of 
Booth  was  the  assassin. 

I  could  not  sleep  last  night.  The  wild 
scene  which  I  witnessed  will  never  be  forgotten 
by  me.  I  shall  remember  the  fiendlike  ex- 
pression of  the  assassin's  face  while  I  live. 

I  leave  for  the  front  today.  I  am  well. 
Write  to  me  at  once. 

Kiss  my  little  ones. 

W. 


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Camp  near  Burkeville,  Va. 

April  19,  1865. 
My  dear  Carrie: 

It  is  now  evening.  I  have  been  here  about 
24  hours. 

It  seems  hard  to  return  again  to  army  fare, 
but  I  shall  soon  become  accustomed  to  it. 
We  have  nothing  but  hard  bread  and  salt 
pork  with  sugar  and  coffee. 

Soon  after  leaving  you  at  Concord  I  was 
on  my  way  to  Boston,  where  I  arrived  at 
bh  (the  11th). 

Found  brother  Parker — went  to  the  Mu- 
seum. Next  day  heard  the  great  organ  and 
at  5§  left  for  New  York,  via  Sound.  Ar- 
rived at  Jersey  Ferry  in  time  for  the  first 
train  and  reached  Washington  at  8  P.  M.  the 
13th. 

Washington  was  in  grand  illumination,  cele- 
brating Lee's  surrender,  with  bands,  fireworks, 
etc.     It  was  the  grandest  sight  I  ever  saw. 

Next  day  (the  14th)  saw  all  our  friends  in 
Washington  and  several  of  the  officers  of  the 
Reg.  Also  saw  Genl.  Grant.  His  pictures 
do  not  do  him  justice.  You  see  the  man  only 
when  he  is  in  earnest  conversation. 

Went  to  the  theatre  that  night  and  wit- 
nessed the  greatest  event  of  the  last  200  years. 

Next  day,  15th  left  W.  for  City  Point. 
We  were  obliged  to  "lay  to"  near  Pt.  Look- 
out until  next  day  at  dark.  Then  left  for 
Fort  Monroe,  and  just  after  daylight,  the 
17th,  arrived  at  City  Point. 

At  11  A.  M.  took  cars  for  Burkeville,  via 
Petersburg.  Took  dinner  at  Petersburg, — 
then  all  night  on  a  train  in  a  box  car,  and  ar- 
rived next  day,  the  18th,  just  before  dark  at 
Burkeville. 

Thus  I  was  8  days  making  a  journey,  full 
of  thrilling  events,  some  joyous,  some  awful. 
I  surely  had  excitement  to  my  heart's  con- 
tent. 

While  I  live  I  shall  never  forget  the  events 
I  have  witnessed  during  the  past  ten  daj's. 

Will  write  more  tomorrow.  Please  write 
me  soon — at  once.  Kiss  the  children  for 
me.     Kisses  for  yourself. 

May  God  bless  and  protect  us  all. 

w.s 

Some  further  facts  came  to  my 
mind  later  which  I  was  too  agitated 
to  notice  or  write  about  at  the  time. 

As  Booth  crossed  the  stage  he  held 


in  his  clenched  fist  a  dagger,  pointed 
downward.  He  did  not  "brandish" 
it,  as  has  been  sometimes  stated, 
but  held  it  in  a  position  ready  to 
strike,  should  he  be  intercepted.  I 
distinctly  heard  him  say — "  There's 
revenge  for  the  South." 

As  soon  as  I  could  make  my  way 
through  the  confused,  excited  and 
almost  frantic  crowd,  I  went  around 
to  the  President's  box,  and,  saying 
that  I  was  a  physician,  asked  if  I 
could  be  of  any  assistance.  The  reply 
was — "No,  as  his  own  physician  and 
others  are  already  with  him."  The 
curtains  at  the  entrance  of  the  box 
were  partly  drawn  and  I  could  see 
the  bleeding,  lifeless  f6rm  of  our  be- 
loved President,  stretched  out  in  an 
easy  chair,  while  his  wife  sobbing  and 
fainting  knelt  on  the  floor  by  his 
side.  One  glance  was  enough.  God 
grant  I  may  never  see  such  a  sight 
again. 

The  above  narrative  was  dictated 
to  me  by  my  father,  William  Child, 
M.  D.,  in  his  eighty-second  year, 
fifty  years  after  the  events  themselves 
transpired. 

His  expressive  countenance,  his 
snowy  hair,  his  eyes,  now  flashing 
with  excitement,  and  now  dimmed 
with  the  quick  rushing  tears,  his  voice 
so  thrilling  in  its  earnestnss,  but  trem- 
bling and  choked  with  emotion  as  he 
read  aloud  to  us  those  precious  letters 
— all  together  made  his  recital  most 
dramatic  and  affecting. 

We  have  in  our  possession  the 
original  letters,  with  many  others  of 
great  interest  and  value  written  by 
him  while  in  the  service — also  his 
commission,  his  sword,  sash,  shoulder 
straps,  etc. 

It  is  needless  to  say  that  these 
priceless  treasures — these  precious 
relics — will  ever  be  guarded  with 
pride  and  cherished  with  affection 
by  "his  children  and  his  children's 
children." 

Katherine  Child  Header. 
Bath,  N.  H.,  1915. 


A  COUNTRY  WALK  IN  APRIL 

By  Fred  Myron  Colby 


There  is  something  about  the  early 
spring  that  is  wonderfully  exhilarat- 
ing and  rejuvenating.  And,  indeed, 
spring  is  in  the  truest  sense  a  revival. 
Everything  starts  up  and  out  with  a 
new  vigor.  Air,  sunshine,  and  the 
very  throb  of  budding  life  have  a  tonic 
that  is  better  than  all  the  combinations 
of  the  pharmacist.  Open  your  win- 
dow in  the  morning,  and  does  not  the 
indefinable  essence  of  country  air, 
distilled  from  trees  and  grass  and 
flowers,  and  water-courses,  and  cool, 
shady  hollows,  and  the  great  breath- 
ing mountains,  thrill  through  every 
nerve  of  your  being?  It  is  more 
potent  than  the  fabled  nectar  and 
ambrosia  of  the  Olympian  gods,  which 
was  said  to  endow  one  with  perpetual 
youth  and  divinity.  It  is  searching 
and  penetrating;  the  fragrance  may 
come  from  close  at  hand,  or  it  may 
be  wafted  to  you  from  afar,  but  there 
it  is,  ever  changing,  subtle,  all  per- 
vading. It  is  the  one  great  charm 
of  country  life. 

As  I  walked  out  along  the  country 
road,  through  the  hollow  where  the 
old  mill  stands,  brown  and  mossy, 
under  the  tall,  swaying  willows,  our 
last  sunny  afternoon,  almost  with 
every  step  there  came  to  my  nostrils 
a  new  aroma.  The  old  mill  could  be 
smelled  rods  away — a  floury,  pasty 
smell  that  makes  you  think  of  warm 
biscuit  or  hot  flapjacks,  eaten  with 
delicious  maple  syrup.  Mingled  with 
this  odor  of  the  flouring  mill  was  that 
of  the  flowering  willows  close  at 
hand— the  breath  of  those  soft  little 
catkins  that  we  can  almost  hear  purr 
to  us  along  the  thawing  road-side. 
It  is  a  delightful,  woodsy  smell  that 
followed  me  a  long  way,  for  the  river 
which  runs  parallel  with  the  road  is 
lined  with  willow  trees,  every  one  of 
which  is  covered  with  those  small  gray 
kittens  of  blossoms. 

Do  you  remember  how  you  used 


to  pluck  those  pretty  gray  twigs  in 
your  childhood  days,  and  call  them 
"our  dear  little  kittens"?  I  suppose 
every  child  in  the  country  does  that 
same  thing  today.  I  met  a  troop  of 
little  girls,  and  they  had  their  hands 
full  of  willow  boughs,  and  they  were 
patting  their  own,  and  each  others' 
cheeks  with  the  soft  catkins  and 
murmuring  amid  their  laughter  of 
" smooth  little  pussies."  They  make 
pretty  house  companions,  the  wil- 
low twigs,  I  mean.  A  jar  of  them 
on  the  window  seat  or  center  table 
gives  one  a  comfortable  out-doorsy 
feeling  beside  the  warm  hearth-fire 
on  the  sleetiest  of  April  days. 

I  pass  on  by  the  river,  up  the  road. 
The  full,  rapid  stream  at  my  right 
flows  dark  and  muddy.  How  differ- 
ent it  seems  from  that  same  river 
in  the  hot  mid-summer  months  1 
We  are  reminded  of  Campbell's  lines: 
"And  dark  as  winter  was  the  flow  of 
Iser  rolling  rapidly";  and,  for  a  mo- 
ment, we  hear  the  clash  of  contending 
forces  at  Hohenlinden,  till  a  breath 
that  is  not  of  gunpowder  or  carnage 
calls  us  back  to  the  real.  We  are 
standing  on  a  little  wooden  bridge 
that  crosses  a  woodland  brook,  whose 
swift,  dashing  waters  join  the  broader 
volume  of  the  river  a  few  rods  below. 
It  is  a  famous  trout  stream,  whose 
current,  now  somewhat  murky,  is 
ordinarily  clear  as  silver.  The  whiff 
gives  us  a  more  soothing  touch  of 
mother  earth  than  anything  we  have 
felt.  The  odor  is  mainly  that  of  cool, 
moist  ground,  damp  leaf  mould  and 
decaying  wood  and  earth-breathing 
fungi.  It  calls  up  to  my  memory  the 
black  mould  of  a  swampy  forest, 
through  whose  paths,  bordered  by 
pools  of  wine-colored  water,  I  walked 
to  school  in  my  small  boyhood.  Only 
there  is  nothing  sickening  about  this. 
I  drink  it  all  in  as  I  would  nectar  from 
the  hands  of  a  Hebe,  an'd  even  go  a 


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few  rods  up  into  the  deep  dells, 
secret  and  cool  enough  for  some  naiad 
or  nymph,  escaped  from  the  hot 
pursuit  of  Apollo. 

Most  of  the  country  smells  of 
springtime,  however,  are  delicate  and 
mild  and  coy  as  Undines.  They  are 
not  rich  and  sensuous  as  the  perfumes 
of  later  months.  In  the  hot  summer 
days,  the  air  is  impregnated  with  the 
fragrance  of  millions  of  flowers.  The 
bloom  is  on  the  rye,  the  oats  heavy 
with  ripeness  like  absorbed  sunshine; 
or  the  buckwheat  or  clover  is  driving 
the  bees  wild  with  its  honeyed  sweet- 
ness, or  the  mower  is  riding  grandly 
over  the  meadows,  with  every  spear 
of  grass  he  cuts  tapping  a  new  capsule 
of  odors.  And  after  a  rain,  especially 
a  brief  shower  which  comes  at  noon 
of  a  summer  day,  the  most  fragrant 
countryside  is  as  when  odoriferous 
leaves  are  subjected  to  a  fresh  in- 
fusion of  distilling  waters,  or  as  when 
nature,  like  an  ancient  Greek,  has 
anointed  herself  with  fragrant  per- 
fumes after  a  bath. 

Even  the  first  wild  flowers  of  spring 
have  a  daintier  fragrance  than  any 
of  their  later  sisterhood.  Trailing  ar- 
butus, pale  or  purple-eyed  hepaticas, 
saxifrage  or  anemones,  violets  or  hous- 
tonia — is  not  their  perfume  as  unob- 
trusive as  themselves — the  "still 
small  voice"  of  a  new  life  of  nature? 
The  advent  of  these  first  wild  flowers 
of  spring  is  an  epoch.  It  is  the  per- 
fume tolled  from  the  "floral  bells" 
of  the  early  flowers  which  really 
"rings  the  old  year  out  and  the  new 
year  in."  And  that  day  was  a  real 
jubilee  to  me,  for  in  two  places  I 
found  handfuls  of  the  arbutus. 


I  returned  by  way  of  a  farm-house 
on  the  hillside,  from  whose  chimney 
curled  smoke  in  those  peculiar  spiral 
wreaths  seen  only  in  the  atmosphere 
late  in  the  day.  The  picture  was 
idyllic.  There  stood,  with  wide  open 
door,  the  great  barn;  not  the  new 
stable,  smelling  only  of  ammonia 
and  oiled  harness  and  wagon  grease, 
and  the  coachman's  illicit  cigar;  but 
the  old  barn,  built  a  century  ago  or 
more  out  of  the  huge  and  hewn  tim- 
bers of  giant  pines,  and  whose  only 
paint  is  the  delicate  purple  of  a 
lichened  age.  The  hay  and  the  oats 
and  the  breath  of  kine  have  entered 
into  its  very  fibers,  and  its  more 
pungent  aromas  are  tempered  into  an 
agreeable  tonic. 

In  the  barnyard  stood  the  cows, 
with  rough  hair  and  places  worn  bare 
by  the  stanchions,  lowing  plaintively 
as  they  peeped  through  the  bars. 
The  young  lambs  gambolled  awk- 
wardly around  their  heavy-fleeced 
dams.  Chanticleer  strutted  proudly 
in  front  of  his  harem,  or  crowed  lustily, 
perched  upon  the  highest  bar  of  the 
gate.  Half-grown  calves  rollicked 
on  the  barn  floor,  and  the  farmer's 
boys  were  pitching  hay  down  from 
the  scaffold  preparatory  to  feeding 
the  stock  for  the  night.  Did  not  the 
sight  bring  up  a  thousand  memories  of 
the  old  farm,  now  passed  into  other 
hands,  and  of  the  youthful  days  among 
the  fields  and  pastures  when  life  was 
both  a  promise  and  an  inspiration?  Ah, 
me!  The  Sabbath  bells  ringing  for 
evening  service  scarcely  called  up  more 
hallowed  associations  than  did  the 
sights  and  smells  of  that  country  walk. 

Warner,  N.  H. 


NEW  HAMPSHIRE  NECROLOGY 


HON.  DAVID  H.  GOODELL 
Hon.  David  H.  Goodell,  ex-go vern or  of 
New  Hampshire,  and  the  third  on  the  list 
of  former  governors  to  depart  this  life  within 
a  twelve  month,  died  at  his  home  in  Antrim, 
January  22,  1915,  in  his  eighty-first  year,  hav- 
ing been  born  in  Hillsborough  May  6,  1834. 
He  was  the  son  of  Dea.  Jesse  R.,  and  Olive 


(Atwood)  "Goodell,  the  family  removing  to 
Antrim  in  1841,  where  he  attended  the 
common  school,  and  later  spent  some  time  at 
Hancock,  New  Hampton  and  Francestown 
academies,  graduating  from  the  latter  in  1852. 
He  entered  Brown  University,  but  his  health 
failed  him  in  his  sophomore  year,  and  he  was 
obliged  to  return  home,  where  he  spent  a  year 


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and  a  half  at  farm  labor,  and  was  afterwards 
engaged  for  some  time  in  teaching. 

Upon  the  organization  of  the  Antrim 
Shovel  Company  in  1857,  he  became  book- 
keeper and  treasurer,  and,  the  following 
year,  general  agent  of  that  concern,  which 
position  he  held  for  six  years.  In  1864,  the 
company  having  sold  out  to  Oakes  Ames  of 
North  Easton,  Mass.,  and  the  business 
being  removed  there,  Mr.  Goodell  commenced 
the  manufacture  of  apple-parers  in  Antrim, 
gradually  adding  other  lines  of  manufacture 
and  continuing  till  death,  the  Goodell  Com- 
pany, having  long  been  known  as  a  leading 
New  Hampshire  manufacturing  concern. 

Mr.  Goodell  was  also  always  prominently 
identified  with  the  agricultural  interests  of  the 
state,  largely  interested  in  stock  breeding,  and 
for  many  years  a  member  of  the  State  Board 
of  Agriculture.  He  took  a  strong  interest  in 
politics  and  public  affairs,  and  was  actively 
identified  with  the  Republican  party  for 
nearly  half  a  century.  He  had  served  as 
town  clerk,  moderator,  member  of  the  school 
committee,  was  three  times  a  member  of  the 
legislature,  served  in  the  executive  council  from 
1883  to  1885,  and  as  governor  of  the  state 
from  1889  to  1891.  He  was  an  ardent  cham- 
pion of  the  temperance  cause,  and  of  prohi- 
bition legislation  in  its  interest. 

In  religion  Governor  Goodell  was  a  Bap- 
tist and  active  in  the  affairs  of  that  denomina- 
tion in  the  state.  He  was  for  a  long  time  one 
of  the  trustees  of  Colby  Academy,  New  Lon- 
don. He  had  been  twice  married,  his  first 
wife,  by  whom  he  had  two  sons,  now  living — 
Zura  D.  and  Richard  C. — having  been  Hannah 
J.  Plummer  of  Goffstown. 

HON.  CHARLES  McDANIEL 

Hon.  Charles  McDaniel,  one  of  the  best 
known  farmers  and  most  prominent  citizens 
of  New  Hampshire,  died  at  his  home  in  En- 
field, April  1,  1915. 

Mr.  McDaniel  was  born  in  the  town  of 
Springfield,  July  22,  1835 — the  son  of  James 
and  Hitty  (Philbrick)  McDaniel.  He  was 
educated  in  the  common  schools  and  at  Ca- 
naan, Andover  and  New  London  academies. 
His  life  work  was  agriculture,  and  he  owned 
and  cultivated  for  many  years,  in  Springfield, 
one  of  the  largest  farms  in  the  county  of  Sulli- 
van, in  whose  public  affairs  he  was  prominent. 
He  also  taught  school,  winters,  for  many  years 
in  early  life,  served  long  as  a  member  of  the 
school  committee,  represented  his  town  two 
years  in  the  legislature,  and  served  for  half  a 
century,  altogether,  as  a  member  of  the  board 
of  selectmen.  He  also  served  many  years  as 
a  member  of  the  State  Board  of  Agriculture, 
as  a  trustee  of  the  New  Hampshire  College  of 
Agriculture  and  the  Mechanic  Arts,  and  was 
for  five  years  master  of  the  New  Hampshire 
State  Grange,  Patrons  of  Husbandry,  in 
which  order  he  was  the  most  conspicuous 
member  in  the  state,  at  the  time  of  his  de- 
cease.    He  had  been  for  many  years  a  mem- 


ber of  the  State  Board  of  Equalization,  and 
was  chairman  of  the  same  when  it  was 
superseded  by  the  tax  commission. 

Politically  Mr.  McDaniel  was  a  life-long 
Democrat  and  was  his  party's  nominee  for 
Congress  in  the  Second  District  in  1894, 
making  a  vigorous  contest  against  the  Hon. 
Henry  M.  Baker,  the  Republican  candidate 
for  reelection.  In  religion  he  was  a  Universal- 
ist.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the  Masonic 
fraternity  and  a  Knight  of  Pythias. 

May  30,  1862,  Mr.  McDaniel  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Amanda  M.  Quimby  of 
Quincy,  Mass.,  who  died  a  few  years  since. 
One  daughter,  Mrs.  Perley  S.  Currier  of 
Plymouth,  survives. 

THOMAS  C.   RAND 

Thomas  C.  Rand  of  Keene,  doubtless  the 
oldest  newspaper  man  in  the  state,  died  at 
his  home  in  that  city  April  5,  1915. 

He  was  a  native  of  the  town  of  Alstead, 
son  of  Dea.  Elisha  and  Betsey  (Hall)  Rand, 
born  November  16,  1828.  He  attended 
the  Keene  Academy  for  a  time,  and  in  early 
life,  entered  the  Sentinel  office  there,  and 
remained  actively  connected  with  the  es- 
tablishment through  life,  serving  in  various 
capacities,  as  compositor,  editor  and  editorial 
writer.  From  1865  to  1893,  he  was  editor 
of  the  Sentinel. 

Before  Keene  became  a  city,  Mr.  Rand 
was  town  clerk,  and  selectman.  He  was 
also  for  twenty  years  chairman  of  the  Repub- 
lican town  committee.  He  was  a  delegate 
in  the  Republican  National  Convention  at 
Cincinnati  in  1876,  and  an  alternate  in  the 
convention  at  St.  Louis  which  nominated 
William  McKinley.  Mr.  Rand  was  a  Congre- 
gationalist,  a  Mason  and  a  member  of  the 
Monadnock  Club  of  Keene. 

GEORGE   W.    PRENTISS 

George  W.  Prentiss,  founder  and  president 
of  the  George  W.  Prentiss  Company,  wire 
manufacturers,  of  Holyoke,  Mass.,  died 
there  April  2,  1915. 

Mr.  Prentiss  was  a  native  of  the  town  of 
Claremont,  born  October  10,  1829,  the  son  of 
Samuel  and  Clarissa  (Whiting)  Prentiss,  his 
father  being  a  descendant  of  Thomas  Prentiss 
who  settled  in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  in  1636, 
and  a  tanner  by  occupation.  George  W. 
removed  to  Massachusetts  in  early  life,  after 
graduating  from  the  Claremont  High  School. 
He  was  engaged  for  a  time  in  Fairhaven,  and 
later  in  Worcester,  where  he  learned  the  wire- 
making  business,  removing  to  Holyoke  in 
1857,  where  he  established  a  manufacturing 
concern  which  grew  to  large  proportions. 
He  was  prominent  in  the  public  and  financial 
affairs  of  Holyoke  for  many  years,  serving  as 
an  alderman,  library  director,  member  of  the 
sinking  fund  commission,  president  of  the 
Holyoke  Savings  Bank,  and  in  various  other 
responsible  positions. 

In  January,   1852,   Mr.   Prentiss  married 


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Miss  Jane  D.  Williams  of  Kingston,  Mass. 
His  wife  died  several  years  ago  and  he  leaves 
two  children,  William  A.  Prentiss,  who  was 
his  business  partner  in  the  firm,  and  Clara 
J.,  wife  of  William  B.  Tubby  of  Greenwich, 
Conn. 

JOHN   ALBEE 

Although  not  a  native  of  the  state  or  a 
resident  therein  at  the  time  of  his  death, 
March  24,  1915,  in  Washington,  D.  C.,  John 
Albee,  poet,  author,  essayist  and  historian, 
was  intimately  connected  with  New  Hamp- 
shire for  many  years,  and  well  known  to,  and 
highly  esteemed  by  many  of  its  people, 
particularly  in  the  southeastern  section,  having 
had  his  home  in  Newcastle  for  several  years, 
of  which  town  he  wrote  a  history,  and  hi 
recent  years  having  had  his  summer  home  at 
Chocorua,  in  Carroll  County. 

Mr.  Albee  was  a  native  of  Bellingham, 
Mass.,  born  in  1833,  and  was  the  last  of  his 
family.  He  was  educated  at  Andover 
Academy  and  Harvard  University.  He  was 
an  intimate  friend  of  Ralph  Waldo  Emerson 
in  his  early  life,  as  well  as  of  Thoreau  and 
the  Alcotts.  He  married  Harriet  Ryan, 
founder  of  the  Channing  Home  in  Boston. 
He  was  the  author  of  many  charming  vol- 
umes, and  held  high  rank  in  the  literary  world. 

CHARLES  M.  HILDRETH 

Charles  Manning  Hildreth,  a  leading  busi- 
ness man  of  Lebanon  for  more  than  half  a 
centurv,  died  at  his  home  in  that  town  March 
14,  1915. 

He  was  a  native  of  the  town  of  Plainfield, 
born  April  12,  1821.  He  was  educated  in  the 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  Claremont, 
and  was  employed  in  early  life,  in  the  armory 
at   Windsor,   Vt.,   and  subsequently   in   the 


Colt  Manufacturing  Company's  establish- 
ment at  Hartford,  Conn.  In  1856  he  re- 
moved to  Lebanon  and  engaged  in  the  hard- 
ware trade,  in  which  he  continued  through 
life,  establishing  an  extensive  and  profitable 
business.  He  was  made  a  director  of  the 
Lebanon  National  Bank  in  1884,  and  was  its 
president  from  1890  to  1913,  and  was  also 
for  a  long  time  vice-president  of  the  Mascoma 
Savings  Bank.  He  was  a  Congregationalist, 
and  Republican  in  politics,  and  was  a  repre- 
sentative in  the  legislature  in  1874-75. 

In  1853  Mr.  Hildreth  married  Miss  Dorcas 
White  of  Williamstown,  Vt.,  who  died  in  1879. 
Three  children— a  son,  Charles  E.  Hildreth, 
who  succeeds  to  the  business,  and  two  daugh- 
ters survive. 

ANDRE  C.  CHAMPOLLION 

Andre  Cherennot  Champollion,  though  not 
a  native  of  the  state,  may  well  have  been  re- 
garded as  a  New  Hampshire  man,  from  the 
fact  that  he  was  a  grandson  of  Austin  Corbin, 
the  noted  financier  and  railroad  operator, 
native  of  Newport,  and  had  passed  much  of 
his  life  in  that  town. 

Mr.  Champollion,  a  native  of  Paris,  thirty- 
five  years  of  age,  son  of  Ren6  Cherennot  and 
Mary  Corbin  Champollion,  was  stopping  at 
his  summer  home  in  Newport  when  the 
European  war  broke  out,  and,  believing  it  his 
duty,  enlisted  in  the  service  of  France,  in 
which  his  paternal  grandfather  had  won 
distinction,  and  was  killed  at  the  front,  at 
Bois-le-Petre,  March  23,  last.  He  was  a 
graduate  of  Harvard  of  the  class  of  1902,  and 
an  artist  by  profession.  He  married,  some 
years  since,  Adelaide,  daughter  of  John  J. 
Knox  of  Pennsylvania,  once  comptroller  of 
the  treasury,  who  survives,  with  a  son,  five 
years  of  age. 


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The  New  Hampshire  Legislature  of  1915 
ended  its  session  just  before  midnight  on  Wed- 
nesday, April  21.  The  "short  business  ses- 
sion," talked  about  when  the  members  first 
came  together,  developed  into  one  of  the  long- 
est ever  held,  considering  the  amount  of  busi- 
ness actually  done,  and  partisanship  was  as 
thoroughly  dominant,  as  was  the  case  two 
years  ago.  Indeed,  when  the  results  of  the 
session's  work  are  fully  developed,  there  will 
be  far  fewer  Democrats  left  in  office  in  New 
Hampshire  than  there  were  Republicans  at 
the  end  of  the  last  administration,  so  strongly 
denounced  for  its  partisanship.  "  To  the  vic- 
tors belong  the  spoils"  seems  to  be  an  under- 
lying principle  of  action  with  all  parties,  as 
fully  now  as  at  any  time  in  the  past. 


The  next  issue  of  the  Granite  Monthly 
will  be  a  double  number  for  May  and  June, 
mainly  devoted  to  the  one  hundred  and  fiftieth 
anniversary  of  the  charter  of  Concord,  to  be 


celebrated  June  6,  7  and  8.  Preparations  for 
this  event  are  now  well  under  way.  The  an- 
niversary proper,  when  the  historical  exercises 
will  be  held,  occurs  on  Monday,  the  7th.  On 
Sunday,  there  will  be  appropriate  services  in 
the  several  churches  in  the  morning,  with  a 
union  service  in  the  evening.  On  Monday,  a 
grand  military  and  civic  parade  is  planned  for 
the  forenoon,  and  the  anniversary  exercises 
will  occur  in  the  afternoon,  Hon.  Samuel  C. 
Eastman  presiding,  with  an  historical  address 
by  Judge  Charles  R.  Corning  and  an  oration 
by  President  W.  H.  C.  Faunce  of  Brown  Uni- 
versity. On  Tuesday,  there  will  be  an  in- 
dustrial and  trade  parade  in  the  morning,  a 
legislative  reunion  at  the  State  House,  and  an 
automobile  parade  in  the  afternoon.  An  in- 
teresting feature  of  the  celebration  will  be  an 
historical  pageant,  presented  at  White  Park, 
by  the  Parker  School,  in  charge  of  Miss  Dick- 
erman,  after  the  anniversary  exercises  Monday 
afternoon. 


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Vol.  XLVII,  Nos.  5-6                                          MAY-JUNE,  1915  New  Series.  Vol.  10,  Nos.  5-6 

CONCORD'S  ONE  HUNDRED  AND  FIFTIETH 

ANNIVERSARY 

Celebrated  Under  the  Auspices  of  the  Board  of  Trade,  June 

6,  7,  8,  1915 

On  the  seventh  day  of  June,  1765,  assessment    and    collection   of   taxes, 

in  the  fifth  year  of  the  reign  of  King  into  the  consideration  of  which  it  is 

George  the  Third,  the  New  Hamp-  unnecessary  to  enter  in  this  connec- 

shire  provincial  legislature — Benning  tion,  the  same  having  been  fully  cov- 

Wentworth,  governor;  Theodore   At-  ered   by   different   historical   writers; 

Mnson,     president     of     the     council;  but  it  was  particularly  to  facilitate 

Henry  Sherburne,  speaker  of  the  house  the  collection  of  taxes,  as  set  forth  in 

— granted    a    charter,    as    a    parish,  the  preamble  of  the  act  of  incorpora- 

under  the  name  of  Concord,  with  full  tion,  that  the  parish  of  Concord  was 

town  privileges,  to  all  that  part  of  chartered  by  the  legislature,   at  the 

the    territory    embraced    within    the  time  specified. 

present  limits  of  the  city,  and  the  Just  how  many  people  were  resid- 
inhabitants  therein  residing,  except  ing  within  the  limits  of  the  parish, 
a  tract  upon  the  east,  set  off  from  the  at  the  time  of  its  incorporation,  can- 
towns  of  Canterbury  and  Loudon,  not  be  definitely  stated;  but  there 
by  the  state  legislature  in  1784,  and  were,  naturally,  somewhat  fewer  than 
a  tract  from  Bow,  in  1804.  the  total  number  of  inhabitants  shown 

The  same  territory,  or  the  main  therein  by  the  provincial  census  of 
portion  thereof,  had  been  embraced  1767,  which  gave  the  population  of 
in  the  plantation  of  "Penny-Cook,"  Concord  as  752.  The  ten  most  pop- 
granted  in  1725  by  the  legislature  of  ulous  places  in  the  province  at  this 
Massachusetts,  which  province  then  time  were:  Portsmouth,  with  4,466 
claimed  jurisdiction  over  this  part  inhabitants;  Londonderry,  2,389;  Ex- 
of  New  Hampshire,  and  duly  incor-  eter,  1,690;  Dover,  1,614;  Epping, 
porated  as  a  township  "by  the  name  1,410;  Hampton  Falls,  1,381;  New- 
of  Rumford,"  by  the  same  authority,  market,  1,281;  Durham,  1,232;  Ches- 
February  27,  1733.  Meanwhile  the  ter,  1,189;  Rochester,  984.  Hopkin- 
legislature  of  New  Hampshire,  which  ton,  which  subsequently  became  Con- 
also  claimed  jurisdiction,  had,  on  cord's  rival  for  the  location  of  the 
May  27,  1727,  incorporated  a  town-  state  capital,  and  which,  by  the  way, 
ship,  containing  eighty-one  square  is  also  celebrating  the  one  hundred 
miles,  which  embraced  a  considerable  and  fiftieth  anniversary  of  its  incorpo- 
part  of  what  is  now  Concord  and  ration  this  year,  had  at  the  time  a 
Bow,  as  well  as  a  portion  of  the  pres-  population  of  only  473. 
ent  Pembroke.  Much  controversy  At  the  first  legal  meeting  of  the 
grew  out  of  these  rival  claims  of  inhabitants  of  the  new  parish,  which 
jurisdiction,  and  serious  difficulties  was  not  held  until  January  21,  1766, 
arose,  especially  in  the  matter  of  the  Lieut.  Richard  Hasseltine  was  elected 


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moderator  and  Peter  Coffin,  clerk. 
Joseph  Farnum,  Lot  Colby  and  John 
Chandler,  Jr.,  were  chosen  selectmen; 
Benjamin  Emery,  constable;  Lieuten- 
ant Hasseltine  and  Amos  Abbot, 
tythingmen;  Jonathan  Chase,  Robert 
Davis  and  Nathaniel  Eastman,  sur- 
veyors of  highways;  Dea.  George 
Abbott,  sealer  of  leather;  and  Lieut. 
Nathaniel  Abbott,  scaler  of  lumber. 
In  the  hundred  and  fifty  years  since 


part  in  the  great  struggle  for  national 
independence,  no  less  than  thirty-five 
Concord  men,  including  three  cap- 
tains, participating  in  the  battle  of 
Bunker  Hill,  and  a  goodly  number  in 
all  the  northern  campaigns,  through- 
out the  war,  as  in  all  the  subsequent 
wars  of  the  Republic;  though  it  has 
been  in  the  arts  and  the  triumphs  of 
peace  that  they  have  taken  most 
pride,    and   have   been   preeminently 


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its  incorporation,  Concord  has  made 
no  rapid  strides,  but  has  enjoyed  a 
steady  and  substantial  growth  in 
wealth  and  population,  till,  by  the 
last  census,  its  inhabitants  numbered 
21,497. 

In  the  early  days  the  people  had 
been  exposed  to  attack  by  the  In- 
dians, and  had  suffered  loss  of  life  and 
property  at  their  hands,  going  armed 
to  meeting  on  Sunday,  and  main- 
taining constant  guard  through  the 
week  in  periods  of  special  danger. 
Later,    they    nobly   performed    their 


successful.  Agriculture  has  been  fos- 
tered and  has  flourished;  and,  al- 
though making  no  claims  as  a  manu- 
facturing center,  Concord  has  estab- 
lished a  reputation  for  superiority  of 
production,  in  various  lines,  that  is 
more  than  nation  wide.  The  inter- 
ests of  religion  have  been  cared  for 
from  the  day  when  the  settlers  of 
Penny-Cook  held  their  first  service  of 
worship,  on  the  15th  day  of  May, 
1726,  and  no  city  in  the  country,  of 
its  size,  is  better  supplied  with 
churches  than  Concord,  and  in  none 


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are  they  better  equipped  for  the  high 
service  for  which  they  are  established. 
Education  has  been  no  less  the  sub- 
ject of  the  people's  solicitude,  and 
the  schools  of  Concord  are  today  sur- 
passed by  none  in  the  state  or  nation, 
either  in  material  equipment  or  the 
character  of  instruction  afforded. 

In  everything  that  goes  to  make  up 
a  model  city  of  its  size  and  class  in 
these  days  of  light  and  progress, 
Concord  excels,  and  offers  special  ad- 
vantages to  those  seeking  a  desirable 
and  attractive  place  of  residence  for 
themselves  and  families;  yet  it  owes 
its  prominence,  of  course,  in  no  small 
degree,  to  the  fact  that  it  has  been 
for  the  last  hundred  years  the  capital 
of  the  state;  and,  though  repeated 
attempts  have  been  made  to  deprive 
it  of  this  distinction,  the  permanency 
of  its  position  in  this  regard  may  now 
be  safely  considered  as  fully  estab- 
lished. 

Concord  was  granted  a  city  charter 
by  the  state  legislature  in  1849,  but 
did  not  accept  the  same  until  four 
years  later,  in  March,  1853.  In  the 
summer  of  1903  the  fiftieth  anniver- 
sary of  Concord  as  a  city  was  observed 
with  elaborate  ceremonies;  but  no 
movement  was  ever  made,  so  far  as 
can  be  recalled,  for  any  celebration 
of  the  anniversary  of  the  charter 
which  gave  the  town  and  city  its  name, 
until  the  attention  of  the  Concord 
Board  of  Trade  was  called,  at  its 
last  annual  meeting,  to  the  fact  that 
the  one  hundred  and  fiftieth  anniver- 
sary of  the  same  would  occur  on  the 
seventh  day  of  June  following,  and 
the  propriety  of  a  fitting  celebra- 
tion thereof  was  suggested,  the  same 
being  emphasized  by  the  fact  that 
several  towns  of  the  state  had  lately, 
and  very  successfully,  celebrated  simi- 
lar anniversaries. 

The  subject  was  favorably  consid- 
ered by  the  board,  and  a  general  com- 
mittee appointed  to  have  the  matter 
in  charge;  also  a  special  committee  to 
secure  authority  from  the  incoming 
legislature  for  the  city  government  to 
appropriate  money  for  the    purpose, 


and  another  to  secure  the  required 
appropriation.  These  special  com- 
mittees attended  to  their  duty  in  due 
season,  the  first  act  passed  by  the 
legislature  being  the  necessary  enab- 
ling act,  and  an  appropriation  of 
$2,500  ($3,000  having  been  asked  for) 
was  finally  secured  from  the  city  gov- 
ernment. 

Meanwhile,  the  general  committee 
had  been  enlarged  till  its  membership 
numbered  twenty-five,  and  was  organ- 
ized with  H.  H.  Metcalf,  chairman; 
Frank  Cressy,  vice-chairman,  and 
James  O.  Lyford;  secretary,  the  latter 
subsequently  declining  on  account  of 
other  pressing  work,  and  Arthur  H. 
Chase  being  elected  in  his  place. 
Various  sub-committees  were  ap- 
pointed by  the  general  committee  to 
have  charge  of  various  branches  of 
the  required  work,  each  being  em- 
powered to  increase  its  membership 
as  might  be  necessary  or  expedient. 
Later,  the  general  committee  proving 
too  large  a  body  for  effective  work  in 
looking  after  details,  an  executive 
committee  was  appointed  for  this 
purpose.  The  full  list  of  committees, 
as  finally  constituted,  was  as  follows: 

GENERAL   COMMITTEE 

Henry  H.  Metcalf,  chairman;  Frank 
Cressy,  vice-chairman;  Arthur  H.  Chase,  sec- 
retary; Augustine  R.  Ayers,  Bennett  Batch- 
elder,  Rev.  John  J.  Brophy,  Edmund  H. 
Brown,  William  D.  Chandler,  Levin  J.  Chase, 
Dr.  George  Cook,  Charles  R.  Corning,  Miss 
Carrie  E.  Evans,  Charles  J.  French,  Edward 
J.  Gallagher,  Carl  A.  Hall,  Mrs.  E.  C.  Hoague, 
Allen  Hollis,  Mrs.  C.  D.  Howard,  James  O. 
Lyford,  David  E.  Murphy,  Harlan  C.  Pear- 
son, Oliver  J.  Pelren,  Joseph  A.  W.  Phaneuf, 
James  W.  Tucker,  Joseph  E.  Shepard. 

SUB-COMMITTEES 
Finance — 'The  Mayor  and  Aldermen. 
Invitation — Dr.  George  Cook,  chairman; 
Augustine  R.  Ayers,  W.  S.  Baker,  Edmund  H. 
Brown,  Henry  C.  Brown,  Mrs.  Helen  B.  P. 
Cogswell,  Frank  P.  Curtis,  Dr.  E.  E.  Graves, 
Rev.  Howard  F.  Hill,  Frank  J.  Pillsbury, 
Joseph  E.  Shepard,  John  C.  Thorne. 

Reception — Louis  C.  Merrill,  chairman; 
Fred  I.  Blackwood,  Richard  A.  Brown,  Henry 
E.  Chamberlin,  Harry  R.  Cressy,  Everett  L. 
Davis,  Harry  H.  Dudley,  Josiah  E.  Fernald, 
Carlos  H.  Foster,  Charles  J.  French,  Nathaniel 
W.  Hobbs,  Charles  C.  Jones,  Benjamin  A. 


HON.   SAMUEL  C.  EASTMAN 
Anniversary  President 


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Kimball,  Michael  J.  Lee,  George  H.  Moses, 
Arthur  P.  Morrill,  David  E.  Murphy,  Edward 
N.  Pearson,  James  W.  Remick,  Henry  W. 
Stevens,  Dr.  F.  A.  Stillings,  Frank  S.  Streeter, 
Dr.  D.  E.  Sullivan,  William  F.  Thayer,  Ed- 
ward K.  Woodworth. 

Religious  Observance — The  Pastors  of 
the  city;  Rev.  George  H.  Reed,  D.  D.,  chair- 
man. 

Music — Charles  S.  Conant,  chairman; 
Miss  Ada  M.  Aspinwall,  Carlyle  W.  Blaisdell, 
Miss  Agnes  Mitchell,  Mrs.  Osma  C.  Morrill, 
Arthur  F.  Nevers,  Herbert  W.  Odlin,  Herbert 
W.  Rainie,  Mrs.  Cora  Fuller  Straw. 

Aniversary  Exercises — Henry  H.  Met- 
calf,  chairman;  Arthur  H.  Chase,  Frank 
Cressy,  Nathaniel  Hobbs,  Mrs.  Charles  D. 
Howard,  Mrs.  James  W.  Remick,  Dr.  Charles 
R.  Walker. 

Legislative  Reunion — James  O.  Lyford, 
chairman;  William  J.  Ahern,  Henry  E.  Cham- 
berlin,  Benjamin  W.  Couch,  Milon  D.  Cum- 
mings,  Nathaniel  E.  Martin,  Frank  J.  Pills- 
bury,  Arthur  F.  Sturtevant,  John  Swenson, 
John  G.  Tallant,  Reuben  E.  Walker. 

Military  and  Civic  Parade — Gen.  J.  N. 
Patterson,  chairman;  John  B.  Abbott,  Gen. 
Frank  Battles,  Harry  C.  Brunei,  Col.  Solon 
A.  Carter,  Harry  M.  Cheney,  Capt.  Jacob 
Conn,  Albert  P.  Davis,  Fred  M.  Dodge,  Maj. 
Joseph  Gale,  William  C.  Green,  Capt.  Otis  G. 


Hammond,  Frank  D.  Holmes,  Hiram  G. 
Kilkenney,  George  A.  S.  Kimball,  Col.  Charles 
L.  Mason,  Capt.  George  H.  Morrill,  Daniel 
E.  Murphy,  Eugene  J.  O'Neil,  George  O.  Rob- 
inson, Col.  Harley  B.  Roby,  Edward  K. 
Webster. 

Trade  and  Industrial  Parade — George 
P.  Wilder,  chairman;  John  B.  Abbott,  Harry 
A.  Brown,  Harold  Bridge,  A.  H.  Britton, 
Ernest  S.  Chase,  Freeman  W.  Crosby,  Charles 
Davis,  Everett  L.  Davis,  Charles  R.  Denning, 
Russell  H.  Derby,  Harry  G.  Emmons,  Albert 
I.  Foster,  John  B.  Hawkes,  Guy  S.  Hubbard, 
Arthur  H.  Knowlton,  Emri  Lapierre,  John  C. 
McQuilken,  David  E.  Murphy,  Joseph  E. 
Otis,  John  W.  Pearson,  Henry  M.  Richardson, 
George  O.  Robinson,  Harry  Rolfe,  William 
S.  Rossiter,  Charles  H.  Sanders,  Harry 
Shapiro,  Raymond  Thompson,  Walter  W. 
Williamson. 

Automobile  Parade — Fred  L.  Johnson, 
chairman;  Perley  E.  Badger,  H.  Dale  Brown, 
Robert  W.  Brown,  William  D.  Chandler, 
William  Chamberlain,  Harold  L.  Darrah,  W. 
E.  Darrah,  Irving  D.  Dudley,  I.  E.  Gray, 
Carl  A.  Hall,  Dr.  Adrian  H.  Hoyt,  Frank 
Lamora. 

Decoration — Levin  J.  Chase,  chairman; 
Frank  P.  Andrews,  Bennett  Batchelder, 
William  H.  Dunlap,  Harry  G.  Emmons,  Ed- 
son  J.  Hill,  Charles  L.  Jackman,  David  E. 


Hon.  Samuel  Coffin  Eastman,  president  of  the  day,  Concord's  leading  citizen,  youngest 
son  of  Seth  and  Sarah  (Coffin)  Eastman,  was  born  in  Concord  July  11,  1837.  He  is  a  descend- 
ant of  Roger  Eastman,  who  settled  in  Salisbury,  Mass.,  in  163S,  and  a  great  grandson  of  that 
Capt.  Ebenezex  Eastman  who  was  the  first  settler  of  Concord,  then  the  "Plantation  of  Penny- 
Cook"  in  1731,  long  the  leading  spirit  of  the  settlement,  prominent  in  public  affairs,  and  a 
brave  soldier  and  officer  in  the  French  and  Indian  wars.  Mr.  Eastman  prepared  for  college 
at  Rockingham  Academy,  Hampton  Falls,  and  graduated  from  Brown  University,  with  the 
degree  of  Master  of  Arts  in  1S57,  having  been  for  a  time  assistant  librarian  in  the  college.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Alpha  Delta  Phi  Society,  and  was  elected  to  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  after 
graduation.  He  studied  law  with  Hon.  Josiah  Minot  and  graduated  LL.  B.  from  the  Harvard 
Law  School  in  1859,  being  immediately  admitted  to  the  bar  and  commencing  practice  in  Con- 
cord, where  he  has  since  continued,  devoting  special  attention  to  insurance  and  corporation 
law,  in  which  lines  he  has  long  held  a  leading  position,  and  has  been  connected  with  many 
important  cases  in  the  state  and  United  States  Supreme  courts,  most  creditably  for  himself 
and  satisfactorily  to  his  clients.  He  has  been  and  still  is  counsel  for  many  important  corpora- 
tions. Long  interested  in  and  extensively  engaged  in  insurance,  he  organized  on  the  day  after 
the  withdrawal  of  the  foreign  insurance  companies  from  the  state  upon  the  enactment  of  the 
"Valued  Policy"  law  of  1895,  the  Concord  Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Company,  of  which  he 
became  and  continues  president.  He  has  been  long  identified  with  the  management  of  the 
New  Hampshire  Savings  Bank,  of  which  he  has  been  president  for  over  twenty  years,  and 
whose  remarkable  success  is  due  in  no  small  degree  to  his  careful  judgment  and  direction.  He 
was  a  director  and  treasurer  of  the  Eastern  Railroad  in  New  Hampshire  until  its  consolidation 
with  the  Boston  &  Maine,  has  been  long  a  director  of  the  Concord  &  Portsmouth,  and  is  actively 
identified  with  many  other  corporations.  He  served,  as  a  Republican,  in  the  legislature  of  1885 
when  he  was  speaker  of  the  house,  winning  high  reputation  as  a  parliamentarian,  and  was 
again  a  member  in  1893.  He  was  for  twelve  years  a  member  of  the  Concord  Board  of  Educa- 
tion; has  been  a  prominent  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Historical  Society,  serving  as  trustee,, 
recording  secretary  and  president ;  has  been  president  of  the  New  Hampshire  Bar  Association  ; 
is  a  member  of  the  American  Bar  Association,  and  was  a  delegate-at-large  to  the  Universal 
Congress  of  Lawyers  and  Jurists  at  St.  Louis  in  1904.  He  has  traveled  widely,  written  exten- 
sively for  the  press,  and  delivered  many  important  occasional  addresses.  On  July  11,  1861, 
he  married  Mary  Clifford,  daughter  of  judge  Albert  G.  Greene  of  Providence,  R.  I.,  who  died 
October  19,  1895.  Their  only  child,  Mary  Clifford  Eastman,  educated  in  the  Concord  schools 
and  Vassar  College,  an  accomplished  young  lady,  devoted  to  educational  and  philanthropio 
work,  greatly  beloved  and  esteemed  in  the  community,  died  a  few  years  since. 


HON.  CHARLES  R.  CORNING 
Anniversary  Historian 


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131 


Murphy,  Nelson  H.  Murray,  Ernest  P.  Rob- 
erts, R.  F.  Robinson,  Eugene  Sullivan,  Daniel 
W.  Sullivan,  Jr.,  Charles  F.  Thompson,  Ben- 
jamin C.  White. 

Historic  Floats — Capt.  Otis  G.  Ham- 
mond, chairman;  Mrs.  Clara  M.  Ayers, 
Harry  Courser,  Charles  H.  Gay,  John  P. 
George,  Isaac  Hill,  Walter  L.  Jenks,  Mrs. 
Belle  Marshall  Locke,  William  K.  McFarland, 
Frank  P.  Quimby,  Benjamin  S.  Rolfe,  George 
H.  Rolfe,  George  L.  Theobald,  Willis  D. 
Thompson,  John  C.  Thome,  Joseph  T.  Walker. 

Sports — David  J.  Adams,  chairman;  Wil- 
liam J.  Ahem,  Charles  A.  Bartlett,  Roy  W. 
Fraser,  Frank  K.  Kelley,  Fred  Leigh  ton, 
Frank  Nardini,  Harlan  C.  Pearson,  William 
L.  Reagan,  Charles  H.  Sinclair. 

Pageant — Louis  J.  Rundlett,  chairman; 
Miss  Harriett  S.  Emmons,  Mrs.  Otis  Ham- 
mond, Mrs.  C.  D.  Howard,  Mrs.  W.  B.  Howe, 
Mrs.  George  Lauder,  Charles  E.  Moores, 
Miss  Grace  Morrill,  Mrs.  D.  E.  Sullivan,  Mrs. 
Mary  P.  Wood  worth. 

Advertising,  Printing  and  Badges — Ed- 
ward J.  Gallagher,  chairman;  John  D.  Bridge, 
William  D.  Chandler,  Thomas  Dyer,  Leon 
Evans,  Roy  E.  George,  John  P.  Kelley,  Jos- 
eph O.  W.  Phaneuf,  James  W.  Tucker. 

Memorial — Eugene  J.  O'Neil,  chairman; 
Mrs.  Cavis  Brown,  Mrs.  E.  C.  Hoague,  Mrs. 

C.  D.  Howard,  Miss  Annie  A.  McFarland, 
Miss  Grace  Morrill,  Miss  Mildred  Pearson, 
Miss  Gladys  Remick,  Mrs.  B.  F.  Rolfe,  Mrs. 

D.  E.  Sullivan,  Mrs.  John  C.  Thorne,  the 
mayor  and  aldermen. 

Executive  Committee — Bennett  Batchel- 
der,  chairman;  Arthur  H.  Chase,  Ernest  S. 
Chase,  John  S.  B.  Davie,  I.  Leon  Evans, 
Charles  J.  French,  Mrs.  Charles  D.  Howard, 
Henry  H.  Metcalf,  Joseph  O.  W.  Phaneuf, 
Mrs.  Benjamin  S.  Rolfe,  Henry  W.  Stevens. 


The  plan  of  the  celebration,  as  de- 
termined upon  by  the  General  Com- 
mittee, comprehended  a  three  days' 
observance,  covering  Sunday,  Mon- 
day and  Tuesday,  June  6,  7  and  8. 
It  was  proposed  that  services  appro- 
priate to  the  occasion  be  held  in  all 
the  churches  of  the  city  on  Sunday 
morning,  and  that  all  join  in  a  grand 
union  service,  at  7.45  in  the  evening, 
music  being  furnished  by  the  united 
choirs  of  the  city,  under  the  direction 
of  Charles  S.  Conant,  director  of  the 
Concord  Oratorio  Society,  and  teacher 
of  music  in  the  public  schools,  with 
Mrs.  Cora  Fuller  Straw  as  accom- 
panist. Representatives  Hall  in  the 
State  House  was  selected  as  the  most 
fitting  place  for  this  meeting  and  for 
the  other  public  gatherings  incident  to 
the  celebration. 

For  Monday,  the  second  day — the 
anniversary  day  proper — a  grand  mil- 
itary and  civic  parade  was  planned 
for  the  forenoon,  the  same  embracing 
the  entire  National  Guard  of  the  state, 
and  all  the  various  uniformed  civic 
organizations  in  the  city,  and  such 
other  organizations  and  societies  as 
might  care  to  participate;  the  his- 
torical or  anniversary  exercises  to  be 
held  in  the  afternoon,  at  1.30.  Hon. 
Samuel  C.  Eastman  was  selected  as 


Hon.  Charles  Robert  Corning,  historian  of  the  day,  is  a  native  and  life-long  resident  of 
Concord,  born  December  20,  1855,  son  of  Robert  N.  and  Mary  L.  (Woodman)  Corning.  He 
was  educated  in  the  Concord  public  schools,  Phillips  Andover  Academy  and  by  private  tutors. 
He  studied  law  with  Marshall  &  Chase,  and  at  the  Harvard  Law  School,  and  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  March,  1882.  Meanwhile  he  had  been  elected  a  representative  in  the  New  Hamp- 
shire legislature,  but  did  not  take  his  seat,  going  abroad  for  two  years,  on  account  of  ill  health. 
After  his  return  he  was  again  chosen  to  the  house,  in  March,  1883,  and  served  as  a  member  of 
the  committees  on  Education  and  Judiciary.  In  November,  1888,  he  was  elected  to  the  state 
senate  from  the  Tenth  District  and  "served  at  the  next  biennial  session  as  chairman  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  Incorporations  and  member  of  the  committees  on  Revision  of  the  Laws  and  Military 
Affairs.  He  was  a  trustee  of  the  Concord  City  Library  from  1887  to  1891,  and  of  the  State 
Library  from  1887  to  1892.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Concord  Board  of  Education  in  1881-82, 
1884-87,  and  chairman  of  the  board  nine  years,  from  1889.  He  served  four  years  as  an  assist- 
ant attorney  in  the  Department  of  Justice  at  Washington,  under  Attorney-Generals  Miller 
and  Olney.  He  was  chairman  of  the  building  committee  of  Union  District,  Concord,  having 
in  charge  the  erection  of  the  New  High  School,  Manual  Training,  and  Garrison  School  build- 
ings. In  June,  1899,  he  was  appointed,  by  Governor  Rollins,  judge  of  probate  for  the  county 
of  Merrimack,  and  has  served  since  with  conspicuous  ability.  In  November,  1902,  he  was 
elected  mayor  of  Concord,  as  the  Republican  nominee,  and  twice  reelected,  serving  six  years 
in  all — a  longer  term  than  any  previous  mayor.  He  was  for  several  years  a  trustee  of  the  State 
Normal  School,  is  a  member  and  corresponding  secretary  of  the  New  Hampshire  Historical 
Society,  a  member  of  the  Wonolancet  Club,  the  Concord  Board  of  Trade,  and  Blazing  Star 
Lodge,  A.  F.  and  A.  M.  Judge  Corning  is  a  close  student,  graceful  and  voluminous  writer, 
has  published  several  books  and  monographs,  and  has  delivered  many  lectures  and  occasional 
addresses.     Dartmouth  College  conferred  upon  him  the  honorary  degree  of  A.  M.  in  1887. 


REV.  JOHN   VANNEVAR,    D.D. 
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president  of  the  day,  Judge  Charles 
R.  Corning  as  historian,  and  Rev.  W. 
H.  P.  Faunce,  D.  D.,  president  of 
Brown  University,  and  a  graduate  of 
the  Concord  High  School,  as  orator. 
Gen.  J.  N.  Patterson  was  assigned  to 
the  command  of  the  parade  as  chief 
marshal.  A  concert  by  Nevers'  Third 
Regiment  Band  was  provided  for 
Monday  evening,  following  an  his- 
torical pageant,  presented  in  White 
Park  by  students  of  the  Parker  School 
under  the  direction  of  the  principal, 
Miss  Luella  Dickerman,  featuring 
scenes  in  Concord's  early  history,  this 
being  scheduled  for  4.15  p.  m. 

The  essential  features  of  the  cele- 
bration arranged  for  Tuesday,  June  8, 
were  a  grand  parade- of  trade  and  in- 
dustrial floats  and  of  decorated  auto- 
mobiles, to  come  off  in  the  forenoon, 
to  be  followed  by  a  reunion  of  all 
surviving  members  of  the  legislature 
and  state  government,  at  the  State 
House  in  the  afternoon,  commencing 
at  1.30  o'clock,  with  Hon.  Hosea  W. 
Parker  of  Claremont,  the  oldest  sur- 
viving member  of  the  legislature,  in 
point  of  service  sufficiently  vigorous 
to  act  in  such  capacity,  who  repre- 
sented the  town  of  Lempster  in  the 
House  in  1859  and  1860,  fifty-five 
and  fifty-six  years  ago,  presiding  over 
the  meeting. 

For  the  same  afternoon  a  pro- 
gramme of  Sports  was  provided,  in- 
cluding a  Marathon  race  from  Pena- 
cook,  and  various  short  races,  for 
handsome  prizes,  on  State  Street;  also 
the  dedication  with  appropriate  cere- 
monies of  a  historic  boulder  on  the 
Walker  School  grounds,  under  the 
auspices  of  Rumford  Chapter, D. A. R., 
and  of  Memorial  drinking  fountains  at 
the  North  and  South  school  play 
grounds. 

Following  is  the  detailed  pro- 
gram arranged  for  the  Sunday  even- 
ing service: 

SUNDAY,  JUNE  6,  7.45  P.  M. 
Recessional  Kipling — Huss 

United  Choirs 
Invocation 

Rev.  James  Greer 


Scripture  Lesson 

Rev.  W.  Stanley  Emery 
Anniversary  Hymn 

Rev.  N.  F.  Carter,  Tune  of  Duke  Street 
Choirs  and  Congregation 
Prayer 

Rev.  Horace  B.  Williams,  Ph.  D. 
Hymn— "A  Mighty  Fortress"  Luther 

Sermon 

Rev.  John  Vannevar,  D.  D. 
Hymn— "God  of  Our  Fathers,"  D.  C.  Roberts 
Benediction 

Rev.  George  H.  Reed,  D.  D. 

The  program  for  the  anniversary 
exercises,  Monday  afternoon,  included 
music  by  Nevers'  and  Blaisdell's  Or- 
chestra at  the  opening,  with  a  brief 
address  by  President  Eastman;  In- 
vocation by  Rev.  Thomas  H.  Stacy, 
D.  D.;  Words  of  Welcome  by  Mayor 
Charles  J.  French;  Response  by  Gov. 
Rolland  H.  Spaulding;  Singing  of 
Longfellow's  "Ship  of  State,"  by  the 
Concord  Oratorio  Society,  Charles  S. 
Conant,  director,  and  Miss  Ada  M. 
Aspinwall,  accompanist,  the  orchestra 
also  accompanying;  Historical  Ad- 
dress by  Hon.  Charles  R.  Corning; 
Singing  of  "The  Pilgrims,"  by  the 
Oratorio  Society;  Oration  by  Rev. 
W.  H.  P.  Faunce,  D.  D.;  Singing  of 
"America"  by  the  chorus  and  audi- 
ence; Benediction  by  Rt.  Rev.  Ed- 
ward M.  Parker,  Episcopal  Bishop  of 
New  Hampshire. 

The  historical  address  by  Judge 
Corning,  follows,  in  full: 

HISTORICAL  ADDRESS 
By  Charles  R.  Corning 

We  meet  here  today  to  celebrate  in  be- 
coming manner  an  event  singularly  blended 
with  both  historical  and  -political  interest 
and  significance.  We  are  not  observing  our 
birthday  for  that  had  taken  place  in  1725, 
almost  half  a  century  before.  In  this  respect 
then,  today's  observance  is  unusual.  In 
June,  one  hundred  and  fifty  years  ago,  the 
territory  now  within  our  municipal  boundar- 
ies had  been  recognized  and  inhabited  for 
more  than  a  generation,  first  as  the  Plantation 
of  Penacook  and  a  few  years  later  as  Rumford. 

The  generation  of  frontier  life  so  full  of 
privation  and  peril  had  passed  away.  By 
1765  the  terror  of  savase  foes  who  struck 


HON.   HOSEA    W.   PARKER 
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without  warning  had  disappeared  and  the 
scattered  farmers  were  no  longer  haunted  by 
fears  of  slaughter  and  pillage.  Nearly  twenty 
years  had  passed  since  the  massacre,  so  called, 
on  the  Millville  road,  while  to  the  North, 
Wolfe  and  his  redcoats  had  crushed  forever 
the  spirit  and  purpose  of  the  French  and  their 
Indian   allies. 

The  continual  menace  had  been  removed 
and  with  it  went  the  constant  fear  that  had 
followed  and  kept  company  with  the  home- 
makers  on  their  wilderness  farms.  But  the 
repose  for  which,  during  those  early  years, 
the  settlers  had  fought  and  suffered  did  not 
come  with  the  fall  of  Canada.  Blood  had 
been  freely  shed;  death  in  most  horrible  shape 
had  descended  upon  the  stricken  settlement 
time  and  time  again  during  those  years  of 
terror  and  alarm.  Now  that  peace  had 
fallen  over  the  land  and  all  fear  of  savage 
foray  removed  a  happy  and  prosperous  era 
seemed  assured.  The  North  American  con- 
tinent was  for  the  first  time  practically  Eng- 
lish in  government,  language,  literature  and 
aspiration. 

New  England  had  great  cause  to  rejoice 
and  the  Province  of  New  Hampshire  was  no 
insignificant  part  of  New  England  when  peace 
was  made  in  1763;  consequently  our  people 
partook  of  the  general  joy  and  looked  forward 
to  years  of  prosperous  happiness.  But  this 
feeling  of  relief  and  security  so  general  else- 
where was  mingled  with  vexation  and  appre- 
hension on  the  banks  of  the  Merrimack. 
Here  in  this  smiling  valley  was  gathering  a 
cloud  of  portentous  menace.  It  no  longer 
was  the  lurking  savage  that  sent  an  ever 
present  fear  among  the  little  homesteads  but 
a  cause  wholly  different  and  peculiarly  per- 
taining to  Penacook.  Other  towns  exempt 
from  the  perplexities  hovering  over  Penacook 
or  Rumford  quickly  recovered  from  the 
wounds  and  sufferings  entailed  by  the  long 
strife  and  waxed  contented  and  strong,  but 
not  so  with  the  unfortunate  dwellers  whose 
all  was  comprised  within  the  ancient  bounda- 
ries of  what  is  now  Concord. 

These  men  and  their  fathers,  farmers  all, 
turning  away  from  the  older  towns  nearer  the 
coast  line,  had  broken  into  the  wilderness  and 
in  solitude  and  hardship  had  subdued  the 
willing  intervale  to  their  uses.  Here  harassed 
by  cruel  and  alert  savages  they  had  laid  out 
their  lots  and  built  their  habitations  and  thev 


had  suffered  much.  Four  decades  had  passed 
since  the  repeatedly  granted  charters  of  Pena- 
cook by  Massachusetts  had  become  effective 
through  actual  and  permanent  occupation. 
As  we  measure  time  in  our  country  1725  seems 
very  faint  and  far  away,  and  doubtless  that 
date  seemed  somewhat  remote  to  the  Rum- 
ford  people  in  1765.  A  generation  separated 
the  beginning  and  the  end  of  this  period  and 
in  that  time  much  had  occurred. 

Try  as  we  may  we  cannot  comprehend 
fully  the  threatening  situation  that  confronted 
these  settlers,  or  measure  adequately  their" 
mental  distress.  Here  they  were  living  on 
the  land  which  they  had  wrested  from  nature 
and  defended  throughout  a  long  war,  marked 
with  bloody  occurrences  close  by  their  own 
hearthstones,  and  now,  when  strife  had  been 
laid  forever,  they  were  threatened  with  a 
danger  immediate  and  appalling.  It  was  no 
longer  the  menace  of  the  French  and  Indian 
that  they  had  to  fear  and  meet;  it  was  a  suit 
at  law,  peaceable  in  its  procedure,  but  paralyz- 
ing in  its  purpose. 

The  name  commonly  given  to  that  long 
continued  series  of  law  suits  having  for  their 
direct  purpose  the  ousting  of  the  settlers  and 
the  dispossession  of  their  farms  was  the  Bow 
Controversy.  When  we  look  about  us  today 
and  consider  the  respective  relations  of  Bow 
with  Concord,  it  seems  incredible  that  a 
difficulty  so  serious  could  have  arisen  between 
these  neighboring  and  friendly  towns. 

Dwelling  side  by  side,  drawn  toward  each 
other  by  the  closest  of  interests,  we  of  this 
generation  fail  utterly  to  understand  what 
it  all  was  about.  In  every  possible  point  of 
view  as  we  look  at  it  the  momentous  question 
that  so  long  vexed  the  pioneers  of  Rumford 
seems  as  unreal  and  illusory  as  it  is  remote  in 
time.  Remote  as  we  count  the  years,  yes, 
but  to  those  home-making  men  and  women 
it  was  profoundly  substantial  in  texture  and 
purpose.  Historians  have  often  made  that 
episode  an  important  feature  of  then'  work 
and  have  investigated  the  ancient  records 
and  given  us  the  result  of  their  ripe  studies. 
The  subject  has  possessed  a  singular  interest 
to  the  historical  student,  and  the  reason  is 
easy  to  explain.  The  interest  aroused  by  the 
Bow  Controversy  consists  in  the  various  and 
unusual  official  relationship  surrounding  it 
from  the  beginning  to  the  close.  First,  there 
are  the  quaint   and  conflicting, — perhaps  I 


REV.  GEORGE    HARLOW  REED,  D.D. 

Pastor  of  First  Congregational  Church— Chairman  of  Committee  on 

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had  better  say  the  confusing  charters  under 
the  sign  manual  of  the  Stuart  kings  which 
solemnly  confirmed  vast  grants  of  territory 
that  never  wholly  existed,  or,  at  all  events, 
have  not  to  this  day  been  definitely  dis- 
covered. But  the  kings  must  not  be  blamed  as 
the  cause  of  those  charter  troubles.  North 
America,  during  the  reign  of  the  Stuarts,  was 
literally  terra  incognita  and  all  knowledge  re- 
specting its  size,  shape  and  situation  rested  on 
supposition  and  unscientific  surveys.  Nothing 
was  thoroughly  understood  beyond  the  fact 
that  England  was  some  thousand  miles  dis- 
tant across  the  uncharted  Atlantic,  and  that 
one  of  Nature's  stupendous  secrets  lay  con- 
cealed somewhere  in  the  regions  of  the  setting 
sun.  As  we  review  the  history  of  the  period, 
we  begin  to  comprehend  the  confusion  and 
contradictory  results  attending  those  early 
exploits  in  the  new  continent. 

And  one  of  the  direct  results  springing  out 
of  that  condition  of  public  affairs  affected 
most  seriously  the  settlers  of  Rumford  and 
their  hard- won  farms.  And  we  of  this  gen- 
eration, so  remote  from  that  vexed  and  im- 
periled generation  of  more  than  a  century 
and  a  half  ago,  are  enabled  to  trace  with 
certainty  the  meaning  and  significance  of 
this  celebration  and  to  understand  clearly 
that  today  marks  the  anniversary  of  a  very 
unusual  historical  event.  That  we  have  done 
wisely  to  observe  this  occasion  must  be  the 
judgment  of  all. 

Not  to  have  taken  official  notice  of  the  day 
would  have  been  a  sad  reflection,  a  regrettable 
departure  from  cherished  traditions. 

This  is  no  mere  holiday  suggested  by  a 
barren  date  in  the  calendar  of  the  past.     It 


is  infinitely  more  than  that.  It  is  the  day 
that  marks  the  culmination  of  Rumford's 
struggles  and  self  denials  and  courageous 
resolution  of  more  than  one  hundred  and 
fifty  years  ago.  The  story  may  well  furnish 
a  theme  for  the  historian  and  the  orator. 

Merely  a  faint  outline  remains  of  the  wilder- 
ness farms  and  their  rude  habitations  as  we 
look  back  over  the  intervening  years.  We 
must  call  imagination  to  our  aid  if  we  would 
make  the  outlines  clearer  and  better  defined. 

We  shall  see,  as  in  a  faded  picture,  not  only 
the  little  frontier,  plantation  scattered  along 
the  fertile  valley  from  Horseshoe  Pond  south- 
ward with  the  log  meeting-house  half  way 
down  the  clearing,  and  not  far  away  the 
dwelling  of  the  young  minister. 

"Half  house  of  God,  half  castle  'gainst 
the    foe." 

But  hovering  over  that  community  were 
darkening  skies  presaging  disaster  to  one  and 
all. 

To  present  that  situation  to  you  so  that  its 
causes  and  results  may  be  understood,  it  is 
necessary  to  review  in  part,  at  least,  the  annals 
preceding  the  founding  of  Penacook,  assisting 
us  to  comprehend  the  situation  confronting 
the  founders  of  the  little  settlement.  I  re- 
ferred a  moment  ago  to  the  confused  and 
conflicting  charters  granted  by  the  Stuart 
kings  in  the  days  when  knowledge  of  our 
continent  was  dim  and  uncertain.  And  to 
one  of  those  charters  may  be  attributed  the 
beginning  of  this  trouble.  Charles  the  First, 
under  the  date  of  March  4,  1628-29,  gave  to 
the  governor  and  assistants  of  the  Massachu- 
setts company  a  charter  embracing  all  the 


Rev.  George  Harlow  Reed,  D.  D.,  pastor  of  the  First  Congregational  Church,  Concord, 
N.  H.,  was  born  in  Worcester,  Mass.,  March  24,  1858.  He  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  his 
native  city,  where  he  began  his  studies,  which  were  continued  in  Phillips-Exeter  Academy; 
Boston  University  and  Bangor  Theological  Seminary.  After  a  pastorate  of  four  years  in  the 
Winslow  Congregational  Church,  Taunton,  Mass.,  and  nearly  seven  years  in  the  North  Church, 
Haverhill,  Mass.,  the  was  installed  as  pastor  of  the  First  Congregational  Church,  Concord. 
N.  H.,  June  30,  1898.  Doctor  Reed  has  labored  for  the  past  seventeen  years  in  the  spirit  of  his 
predecessors  and  the  church  is  united  and  prosperous.  This  "Church  of  Christ"  was  organ- 
ized November  18,  1730,  and  Doctor  Reed  is  the  sixth  pastor  in  the  one  hundred  eighty-five 
years  of  the  church's  history — a  record  without  an  equal  probably  in  the  whole  country.  The 
succession  of  pastorates  is  as  follows:  Rev.  Timothy  Walker,  ordained  and  installed  November 
18,  1730;  died  September  1,  1782;  pastorate,  fifty-two  years.  Rev.  Israel  Evans,  A.  M.,  (chap- 
lain in  the  American  Army,  1775-1783)  installed  July  1,  1789;  dismissed  July  1,1797;  pastorate, 
eight  years.  Rev.  Asa  McFarland,  D.  D.,  ordained  and  installed  March  7,  1798;  dis- 
missed March  23,  1825;  pastorate,  twenty-seven  years.  Rev.  Nathaniel  Bouton,  D.  D.,  or- 
dained and  installed  March  23,  1825;  dismissed  September  12,  1867;  pastorate,  forty-two  years. 
Rev.  Franklin  Deming  Ayer,  D.  D.,  installed  September  12,  1867;  dismissed  September  12, 
1897;  pastorage,  thirty  years,  Pastor  Emeritus;  Rev.  George  Harlow  Reed,  D.D.,  installed 
June  30,  1898;  the  present  pastor. 


RT.   REV.   WILLIAM   W.  NILES,   D.D.,   L.L.D. 
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territory  lying  between  an  easterly  and 
westerly  line,  running  three  miles  north  of  any 
part  of  the  Merrimack  River,  and  extending 
from  the  Atlantic  Ocean  to  the  Pacific.  To 
read  this  document  clothed  in -quaint  phrase- 
ology, descriptive  of  extraordinary  boundaries 
and  more  extraordinary  royal  mines  of  gold 
and  silver  and  other  mines  "and  minerals 
whatsoever, "  is  to  give  one  a  curious  impres- 
sion of  the  close  association  of  exaggerated 
and  illustory  topography,  religious  influence 
and  the  overweening  love  of  earthly  riches, 
all  so  characteristic  of  the  period. 

Among  the  errors  held  by  King  Charles  and 
his  council  was  one  that  seems  to  us,  in  our 
day,  almost  mirth  inspiring;  it  was  then  be- 
lieved that  America  was  a  narrow  strip  of 
land  and  that  the  distance  across  from  the 
Atlantic  to  the  Pacific  was  comparatively 
short.     Balboa  had 

"stared  with  all  his  men, 
Silent  upon  a  peak  in  Darien." 

He  had  traversed  the  isthmus  jungle  from 
ocean  to  ocean  and,  from  his  discovery,  it  was 
readily  assumed  that  the  northern  part  of 
the  continent  partook  of  similar  dimension. 
But  the  critical  error  found  in  the  king's 
charter,  and  which  subsequently  became  the 


source  whence  sprang  the  woes  that  threat- 
ened the  people  of  Rumford,  were  the  words 
"three  miles  north  of  the  Merrimack  River." 

The  navigators  and  explorers  of  an  earlier 
date,  who  visited  the  Xew  England  coast, 
thought  that  the  general  course  of  our  river 
was  east  and  west  according  to  the  direction 
at  Newbury  port  near  its  mouth,  and  that 
misdescription  became  incorporated  in  the 
charter  of  1628-29,  thereby  adding  largely 
to  the  legal  entanglements  of  the  period. 

Unfortunately  that  charter  was  not  the 
only  one  to  cause  dissention  and  give  rise 
to  litigation  lasting  more  than  a  century  and 
a  half.  Interwoven  with  this  document  was 
a  prior  charter,  granted  by  the  crown  to  Sir 
Ferdinando  Gorges  and  to  John  Mason,  writh 
which  the  Massachusetts  charter  conflicted 
in  many  material  provisions.  The  court 
circles  at  London  were  obsessed  with  day 
dreams  of  Spanish  galleons  laden  deep  with 
ingots  of  silver  and  chests  of  precious  stones, 
and  monarch  and  courtiers  alike  were  impa- 
tient to  behold  at  the  Tower  dock  a  repetition 
of  that  scene  which  had  so  often  been  enacted 
at  the  Tower  of  Gold  in  Seville.  The  imagi- 
nation of  man  had  been  touched  and  stimu- 
lated as  never  before. 

We  are  prone  to  venture  the  1  elief  that  the 


Rt.  Rev.  William  Woodruff  Niles,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  born  May  24,  1832,  died  March  31,  1914. 
He  was  the  son  of  Daniel  F.  and  Delia  (Woodruff)  Niles,  born  at  Hatley,  P.  Q.,  and  educated 
in  the  public  schools,  the  local  Academy,  Derby  (Vt.)  Academy,  and  Trinity  College,  Hart- 
ford, Conn.,  graduating  from  the  latter  in  1857.  He  taught  school  six  months  at  the  age  of 
seventeen,  before  entering  college,  and  after  graduation  was  an  instructor  one  year  at  Trinity 
College  and  two  years  in  the  Hartford  High  School.  He  then  entered  Berkeley  Divinity  School 
where  he  took  his  degree  in  1861.  In  the  same  year  he  was  ordained  a  deacon  by  Bishop 
Williams  of  Connecticut,  at  Middletown;  and  a  priest  in  June,  1862,  at  Wiscassett  Me.,  by 
Bishop  Burgess,  the  great  first  bishop  of  Maine.  His  first  parish  was  at  Wiscassett,  where  he 
remained  till  1864,  when  he  became  professor  of  Latin  at  Trinity  College,  remaining  until 
1870,  being  also,  for  the  last  three  years,  rector  of  St.  John's  Church  at  Warehouse  Point, 
Conn.  In  June,  1870,  he  was  elected  bishop  of  the  diocese  of  New  Hampshire,  and  consecrated, 
September  21,  by  Rt.  Rev.  Benjamin  B.  Smith,  bishop  of  Kentucky.  He  entered  immediately 
upon  the  duties  of  his  high  office,  continuing  the  performance  of  the  same  with  conspicuous 
ability  and  fidelity  through  life — a  term  of  service  seldom  equaled — during  which  he  not  only 
served  the  church,  but  the  state  and  the  community,  in  which  he  lived  with  devoted  loyalty. 
The  New  Hampshire  diocese  grew  in  every  way  during  his  administration,  being  now  several 
times  larger  than  when  he  assumed  the  direction  of  its  affairs.  In  connection  with  his  serv- 
ice as  bishop  he  also  held  the  position  of  rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church  in  Concord.  In  1906, 
Rev.  Edward  Melville  Parker  was  appointed  coadjutor,  on  account  of  the  advancing  years 
and  fairing  strength  of  Bishop  Niles.  At  the  time  of  his  death  Bishop  Niles  was  president 
of  the  trustees  of  St.  Paul's  School,  St.  Mary's  School,  and  the  Holderness  School  for  Boys. 
He  was  made  a  joint  editor  of  The  Churchman  at  the  time  of  its  establishment .  He  wras  also 
a  member  of  the  commission  to  revise  the  book  of  common  prayer,  and  of  that  to  revise  the 
marginal  readings  of  the  English  Bible.  His  fortieth  anniversary  as  bishop  of  New  Hampshire 
was  duly  celebrated  by  the  diocese  in  1910.  He  married,  June  5,  1862,  Bertha  Olmstead  of 
Hartford,  Conn.,  who  survives  him,  with  two  sons,  Edward  Cullen  Niles,  chairman  of  the  New 
Hampshire  Public  Service  Commission,  and  Rev.  Wrilliam  Porter  Niles,  rector  of  the  Church 
of  the  Good  Shepherd,  Nashua;  and  two  daughters,  Miss  Mary  Niles  and  Miss  Bertha  Niles, 
teacher  of  art  and  modern  languages  at  St.  Mary's  School,  Concord. 


HON.    JOHN    KIMBALL 
Mayor  of  Concord,  1872  to  1875 


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love  of  gain  is  peculiarly  a  growth  incident  to  at  Portsmouth,   which,   on  a  smaller  stage, 

our  own  era  and  conditions,  but  I  think  we  exhibited  those  acts  of  avarice  so  prevalent  in 

forget  human  nature  in  our  deduction.  London.     Disappointed  because   the   golden 

No    modern    historian    has    given    deeper  shower  had  never  enriched  them,  the  kingly 

study  to  our  Colonial  period  than  that  dis-  circle  looked  greedily  about,  seeking  a  sub- 

tinguished   son    of    New   England,    the   late  stitute  source  of  riches  with  which  to  replen- 

Charles  Francis  Adams,  who  said:  ish  their  coffers.     Fishing  there  was,  but  the 

"At  the  court  of  Charles  the  First  every-  sea  would  not  yield  its  wealth  without  prepa- 

thing  was  matter  of  influence  or  purchase.  ration  and  labor,  continued  and  severe,  and 

The   founders   of    Massachusetts   were   men  trade   and    commerce   were   undignified   and 

just  abreast  of  their  time,  and  not  in  advance  unpromising;  but  there  still  was  left  the  vast 

of  it.     It  has  never  been  explained  how  the  and  unexplored  continent  inviting  exploita- 

charter  of  1629  was  originally  secured.  tion.     Consequently     charter    after     charter 

"That  the  original  patentees  of  Massa-  came  from  the  English  crown  granting  tracts 
chusetts  bribed  some  courtier  near  the  king,  of  land  bounded  and  described  beyond  the 
and  through  him  bought  their  charter,  is  skill  of  man  to  ascertain.  The  grants,  incon- 
wholly  probable.  Everyone  bribed,  and  sistent  with  one  another,  overlapped,  inter- 
almost  everyone  about  the  king  took  bribes.  fered  and  conflicted.  The  evil  and  mis- 
That  the  patentees  had  powerful  influence  at  fortune,  resulting  from  these  ill-conditioned 
court  is  certain;  exactly  where  it  lay  is  not  charters,  outlived  the  House  of  Stuart  and 
apparent."  continued  beyond  the  period  when  the  House 

Later  in  my  narrative  I  shall  call  your  of    Brunswick    relinquished    its    sovereignty 

attention  to  a  similar  condition  of  the  official  over  the  young  Republic, 

mind  and  the  intimate  influences  surrounding  The  inevitable  disagreements  over  counter 

it  that  enveloped  the  little  vice-regal  court  claims,  inherent  in  the  series  of  inconsistent 

Hon.  John  Kimball,  mayor  of  Concord  in  1872-73-74-75,  and  in  many  capacities  conspic- 
uous in  public  and  business  life,  was  born  in  Canterbury  April  13,  1821,  and  died  in  Concord 
June  1,  1913,  full  of  years  and  of  honors  won  in  faithful  and  efficient  service  of  city,  state  and 
humanity  at  large.  He  was  the  elder  son  of  Benjamin  and  Ruth  (Ames)  Kimball.  His  edu- 
cation, so  far  as  schools  were  concerned,  was  obtained  in  the  public  schools  of  Boscawen,  and 
one  year  in  the  old  Concord  Academy;  but  in  the  great  school  of  practical  experience  he  was  a 
life-long  student  and  took  many  degrees  both  "honorary"  and  "in  course."  He  also  re- 
ceived the  honorary  degree  of  A.  M.,  from  Dartmouth  College  in  1882.  He  commenced  the 
active  work  of  life  at  fourteen  years  of  age,  when  he  worked  six  months,  at  $6  per  month, 
for  Col.  Henry  Gerrish,  on  what  is  now  the  Merrimack  County  Farm.  At  seventeen  he  was 
apprenticed  to  learn  the  trade  of  a  millwright,  giving  four  years  to  its  mastery,  and  subsequently 
pursued  that  business  in  various  Merrimack  Valley  cities  and  towns.  In  1848  he  took  charge 
of  the  newly  constructed  Concord  railroad  shops,  and  in  1850  was  made  master  mechanic 
of  the  road,  serving  till  1858.  In  1856  and  1857  he  was  a  member  of  the  Concord  city  council 
and  its  president  in  the  latter  year.  In  1858  and  1859  he  represented  Ward  Five,  Concord,  in 
the  state  legislature.  From  1859  to  1862  he  was  city  marshal  and  tax  collector.  From  1862 
to  1869  he  was  collector  of  internal  revenue  for  the  Second  New  Hampshire  District.  His 
four  years  of  service  as  mayor  of  Concord  were  characterized  by  marked  improvement  in  the 
material  affairs  of  the  city,  and  in  subsequent  years  he  was  chairman  of  important  building 
committees,  both  for  the  city  and  state,  his  most  conspicuous  service  in  this  regard  being  as 
chairman  of  the  committee  which  had  in  charge  the  construction  of  the  new  state  prison. 
He  represented  the  Concord  district  in  the  state  senate  in  the  legislature  of  1881-82,  and  was 
president  of  that  body.  For  twenty-five  years  Mr.  Kimball  was  treasurer  of  the  Republican 
State  Committee,  and  was  always  an  earnest  supporter  of  the  party  cause,  as  he  was  of  the 
Congregational  Church,  being  one  of  the  strong  "pillars"  sustaining  the  Concord  South 
Church  in  all  lines  of  its  work.  He  was  many  years  president  of  the  Odd  Fellows  Home  and 
the  New  Hampshire  Centennial  Home  for  the  Aged,  and  treasurer  of  the  New  Hampshire 
Bible  Society  and  the  New  Hampshire  Orphans'  Home,  which  latter  institution  was  an  object 
of  liberal  benefaction  at  his  hands.  He  was  also  one  of  three  donors  of  a  fine  public  library  to 
the  town  of  Boscawen  wherein  his  early  life  was  spent.  He  married,  May  27,  1846,  Maria 
Phillips  of  Rupert,  Vt.,  who  died  December  22,  1894,  leaving  one  daughter,  Clara  Maria,  wife 
of  Augustine  R.  Avers.  October  15,  1895,  he  married,  Miss  Charlotte  Atkinson  of  Nashua, 
from  a  leading  Boscawen  family,  by  whom  he  is  survived.  "Honest  John"  Kimball,  as  he  was 
familiarly  called,  was  indeed,  a  public  benefactor,  and  a  representative  of  the  best  type  of 
sturdy  manhood  and  patriotic  citizenship. 


HON.  LYMAN  D.  STEVENS 
Mayor  of  Concord,  1868-1869 


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charters  and  grants,  were  not  immediately 
felt  by  the  rival  patentees,  and  the  seven- 
teenth century  was  far  advanced  before  this 
condition  began  to  excite  comment  and  inves- 
tigation. As  long  as  those  mischief-making 
boundaries  criss-crossed  a  dense  wilderness 
extending  beyond  the  limits  of  Christendom, 
nothing  was  done.  The  little  towns  on  the 
coast  with  the  fringe  of  settlements  a  few 
leagues  inland  were  all  there  was  to  New  Eng- 
land. Strawberry  Bank,  Dover,  Hampton 
and  Exeter  were  New  Hampshire  towns  and 
were  not  entirely  in  accord  with  their  neigh- 
bors of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony. 

As  the  population  increased,  men  turned 
their  thoughts  toward  home  making  in  the 
mysterious  and  practically  unknown  region 
lying  to  the  northward,  and  they  began  to 
petition  the  general  court  for  grants  of  town- 
ships. Those  petitions  compelled  the  author- 
ities to  examine  the  royal  charters  and  to 
determine,  if  possible,  the  extent  of  their 
boundary  lines.  Accordingly,  in  1652,  Massa- 
chusetts undertook  to  establish  her  dominion 


a  party  to  locate  the  point  expressed  in  the 
charter  as  "three  miles  north  of  the  Merri- 
mack River. "  And  right  here  I  must  ask  you 
to  bear  in  mind  the  seventeenth  century  rela- 
tions between  Massachusetts  and  New  Hamp- 
shire for  they,  in  part,  explain  and  account 
for  that  hurtful  practice  of  giving  away  town- 
ships with  so  liberal  a  hand.  Owing  to  perils, 
disputes  and  dissentions,  those  two  political 
units  forgot  for  a  while  the  enmities  engen- 
dered by  inconsistent  royal  charters  and  drew 
together  for  political  purposes.  Be  the  reasons 
what  they  may,  our  four  little  New  Hampshire 
towns,  independent  of  one  another,  were 
annexed  to  the  larger  colony  in  1642,  then 
restored,  and  later  in  the  century  they  were 
again  placed  under  Massachusetts  jurisdic- 
tion. The  early  history  of  New  Hampshire, 
interesting  as  it  is  to  the  historian,  is  too 
involved  and  confused  to  be  "treated  ade- 
quately on  this  occasion.  Frank  B.  Sanborn, 
in  his  history  of  our  state,  summarizes  the 
existing  conditions  of  affairs  in  these  words: 
"The  situation  of  New  Hampshire  for  more 


over  what  is  now  New  Hampshire  by  sending      than  eighty  years  after  its  permanent  settle- 


Hon.  Lyman  Dewey  Stevens,  born  in  Piermont,  September  20,  1821,  died  in  Concord 
March  27,  1910.  He  received  his  preparatory  education  at  Haverhill  Academy  and  grad- 
uated from  Dartmouth  College  in  the  class  of  1843,  among  his  classmates  being  the  late  Hon. 
Harry  Bingham  of  Littleton.  Following  graduation  he  was  for  a  time  principal  of  the  academy 
at  Stanstead,  Canada,  and  later  assistant  to  Prof.  Jonathan  Tenney,  in  charge  of  Pembroke 
Academy.  He  commenced  the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of  E.  C.  Johnson  at  Derby,  Vt., 
completed  the  same  with  the  late  Hon.  Ira  Perley  of  Concord,  later  chief  justice  of  the  su- 
preme court,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  October,  1847,  commencing  practice  in  Concord, 
and  continuing  through  life.  Aside  from  his  legal  practice  which  became  extensive  and  prof- 
itable, Mr.  Stevens  became  prominent  in  public  political  and  business  affairs.  He  was  city 
solicitor  in  1855-56,  served  in  the  general  court  in  1860  and  1861,  and  again  in  1866  and  1867, 
being  mayor  of  Concord  the  latter  two  years;  was  a  Republican  presidential  elector  in  1872, 
and  a  state  senator  in  1885.  He  represented  New  Hampshire  at  the  dedication  of  the  National 
Cemetery  at  Gettysburg,  and  was  near  President  Lincoln  during  the  delivery  of  his  immortal 
address  on  that  occasion.  He  also  served  as  a  commissioner  to  adjust  the  suspended  war 
claims  of  New  Hampshire  against  the  United  States.  He  was  a  director  of  the  National 
State  Capital  Bank  from  1865,  and  president  of  the  Merrimack  County  Savings  Bank  from  its 
incorporation.  He  was  president  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  New  Hampshire  College 
at  Durham,  and  for  some  time  the  acting  president  of  the  college.  He  was  long  vice-president 
and  treasurer  of  the  New  Hampshire  Home  Missionary  Society;  had  been  a  trustee  of  Kimball 
Union  Academy,  and  of  Boscawen  Academy,  and  a  member  of  the  Concord  Board  of  Education. 
Mr.  Stevens  was  twice  married,  first  to  Miss  Achsah  French,  daughter  of  Capt.  Theodore 
French  of  Concord,  who  died  in  July,  1863,  and  later  to  Miss  Frances  C.  Brownell,  of  Ash- 
cutnet,  Mass.,  who  survives  him.  Four  children  also  survive — Miss  Margaret;  Henry  W. 
Stevens,  a  well-known  Concord  lawyer;  William  L.  Stevens,  now  also  a  lawyer,  and  Fannie 
B.,  wife  of  Henry  L.  Clark  of  Suncook.  The  Concord  Monitor,  of  March  27,  1910,  in  an  edi- 
torial from  the  pen  of  Hon.  George  H.  Moses,  speaking  of  the  departure  of  Mr.  Stevens,  said: 
"A  long  life,  filled  with  good  deeds,  crowned  with  honors  and  affection,  and  sweetened  in  all 
its  relations  by  a  kindly  humor,  has  closed  with  the  death  of  Hon.  Lyman  Dewey  Stevens,  and 
a  venerable  and  venerated  figure  is  removed  from  Concord's  daily  sight  and  intercourse. 

.  .  .  Mr.  Stevens  touched  the  life  and  activities  of  the  community  most  helpfully  and 
at  many  points,  and  sustained  these  relations,  even  under  the  weight  of  his  years  to  so  recent 
a  day  that  his  death,  despite  the  span  of  life  which  it  brings  to  an  end,  is  as  of  one  removed 
untimely  from  a  career  of  great  usefulness;  and  the  loss  of  his  counsel  and  assistance  will  be 
keenly  felt  in  many  places  where  it  was  valued  and  depended  upon." 


HON.  JOSEPH  B.  WALKER 
President,  New  Hampshire  Board  of  Agriculture,  1896-1906 


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ment  in  1623  was  anomalous  far  beyond  the 
irregularity  of  most  of  the  colonies.  This 
was  a  result  of  frequent  changes  in  the  govern- 
ment, by  the  intrusion  of  Massachusetts  into 
the  affairs  of  New  Hampshire,  begun  and  con- 
tinued through  the  English  Revolution  of 
1640-60;  and,  afterwards,  by  the  effort  of 
the  Stuart  kings  to  overthrow  the  Massa- 
chusetts charter  and  place  all  New  England 
under  one  government  as  crown  colonies. 
After  these  long-pursued  and  partially  suc- 
cessful efforts  had  failed,  by  the  English 
Revolution  of  1688-89,  the  interference,  both 
of  Massachusetts  and  of  royal  favorites  in 
England,  was  prolonged  until  1741,  when  New 
Hampshire  finally  became  an  independent 
province,  with  its  own  established  bounds, 
governors,  and  legislatures." 

During  many  years  prior  to  the  appoint- 
ment of  Benning  Wentworth  as  governor,  in 
1741,  New  Hampshire  had  had  a  succession 
of  lieutenant-governors  with  councils  and 
assemblies,  whose  doings  form  an  interesting 
series  of  official  squabbles  and  jealousies 
reflecting  in  miniature  the  example  set  at  the 
Palace  of  Saint  James. 

Both  the  general  court  at  Boston  and  the 


assembly  at  Portsmouth,  with  the  active  par- 
ticipation of  the  respective  governors  and 
lieutenant-governors,  had  carried  the  practice 
of  granting  town  charters  in-  each  other's 
territory  to  the  danger  point,  menacing  domes- 
tic peace.  New  Hampshire  had,  undoubtedly, 
a  grievance  against  Massachusetts  of  a  real 
and  substantial  nature,  and  she  naturally 
resented  the  intrusion  and  arbitrary  bound- 
ary limits  set  by  the  more  powerful  colony, 
but  what  was  the  remedy?  A  settlement  of 
the  southern  boundary  of  our  province  became 
a  critical  question  which  only  the  king  and 
council  over  the  sea  could  finally  determine, 
and  the  presentation  and  management  of  our 
claim  before  that  august  body  make  an  inter- 
esting chapter. 

At  last  the  king  in  council  decided,  in  1740, 
that  the  boundary  should  run  west  three 
miles  from  the  mouth  of  the  Merrimack  and 
not  northwest  to  a  point  near  the  Endicott 
rock  marked  by  the  Massachusetts  Commis- 
sion in  1652.  Thus,  we  see  how  the  vital 
question  of  boundary  had  vexed  and  angered 
our  people  for  almost  a  hundred  years,  and 
we  shall  soon  see  that  many  more  years  were 
to  pass  and  that  another  English  king  and 


Hon.  Joseph  B.  Walker,  great  grandson  of  the  Rev.  Timothy  Walker,  Concord's  first 
settled  minister,  and  inheritor  of  the  fine  farm  assigned  the  latter,  in  the  original  allotment, 
since  long  known  as  one  of  the  best  in  the  state,  ranked  among  Concord's  "first  citizens"  for 
half  a  century.  Born  June  12,  1822,  educated  at  Phillips  Exeter  Academy  and  Yale  College, 
graduating  from  the  latter  in  1844;  wTas  admitted  to  the  New  Hampshire  bar  in  1847,  but  soon 
retiring  from  practice  and  taking  up  the  active  management  of  his  ancestral  acres,  along  with 
various  lines  of  public  service.  He  departed  this  life  after  a  long  career  of  usefulness,  January 
8,  1913.  Perhaps  no  man  in  the  state  took  a  deeper  interest  in  its  agricultural  progress,  than 
did  Mr.  Walker,  or  devoted  more  time  to  the  study  of  the  important  problems  relating  thereto. 
For  more  than  forty  years  he  was  actively  associated  in  the  work  of  the  State  Board  of  Agri- 
culture, having  been  a  frequent  speaker  at  its  institutes  from  the  first,  and  serving  as  a  member 
and  president  many  years,  after  the  death  of  the  late  Hon.  Moses  Humphrey.  Serving  in  the 
New  Hampshire  legislature  in  1866  and  1867,  he  was  actively  concerned  in  the  legislation 
establishing  and  putting  in  operation  the  New  Hampshire  College  of  Agriculture  and  Mechanic 
Arts,  and  his  interest  in  and  labors  for  the  welfare  of  the  institution  of  whose  first  board  of 
trustees  he  was  a  member,  never  waned.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Constitutional  Convention 
of  1889,  and  of  the  state  senate  in  1883-84.  He  was  long  a  member  of  the  Concord  school 
board,  serving  from  its  organization  for  thirteen  years,  a  trustee  of  the  New  Hampshire  Hospital 
and  secretary  of  the  board,  from  1847  till  1S97.  He  also  served  several  years  on  the  State 
Forestry  Commission;  was  active  in  the  movement  for  securing  a  permanent  water  supply  for 
the  city  of  Concord  and  was  chairman  of  its  first  board  of  water  commissioners,  and  was  also 
an  original  member  and  president  of  its  Park  Commission.  He  was  interested  in  railroad  and 
banking  affairs,  and  was  for  several  years,  previous  to  1874,  president  of  the  New  Hampshire 
Savings  Bank.  In  religion  he  followed  the  faith  of  his  fathers,  and  was  an  exemplary  member 
and  liberal  supporter  of  the  church  over  which  his  great-grandfather  so  long  presided.  He  was 
a  great  reader  and  student,  and  a  most  interesting  writer  along  various  lines,  particularly  local 
and  church  history.  He  was  long  an  active  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Historical  Society 
and  had  been  its  librarian,  recording  secretary,  and  president;  and  was  also  a  member  and  had 
been  president  of  the  New  England  Historic-Genealogical  Society.  He  married,  May  1,  1850, 
Elizabeth  Lord  Upham,  daughter  of  the  late  Judge  Nathaniel  G.  Upham  of  Concord,  who  sur- 
vived her  husband,  but  died  a  few  months  since.  Their  five  children  are:  Charles  R.  Walker, 
M.  D.,  of  Concrod;  Susan  Burbeen,  now  Mrs.  Charles  M.  Gilbert  of  Savannah,  Ga.;  Nathaniel 
Upham,  a  Boston  lawyer;  Eliza  Lord,  and  Joseph  T.,  of  Concord. 


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council  were  to  be  invoked  before  the  claims 
of  one  little  wilderness  township  were  finalty 
agreed  to  and  confirmed.  We  now  approach 
the  beginnings  of  our  own  local  history  whose 
annals  and  events,  simple  and  severe,  yet 
singularly  intermingled  with  decrees  of  kings 
and 'judgments  of  courts,  carry  us  onward 
decade  after  decade  until  we  reach  that 
auspicious  day  whose  anniversary  we  are 
commemorating. 

My  purpose  on  this  occasion  is  to  explain 
why  it  was  that  our  first  name,  Penacook,  was 
changed  to  Rumford  and  finally  to  Concord 
which  was  given  in  1765,  as  an  appellation 
peculiarly  appropriate  and  significant  in 
meaning.  Search  New  England  history  as 
one  may,  I  doubt  whether  one  can  anywhere 
find  a  narrative  similar  to  ours.  Our  history 
from  1725,  when  Massachusetts  granted  the 
charter  of  Penacook,  to  1765,  when  the  pro- 
vincial assembly  of  New  Hampshire  incor- 
porated Concord,  was  a  heart-breaking 
succession  of  hardships,  privations,  savage 
depredations  and  butcheries,  war  levies,  taxes 
and  costly  law  suits  over  land  titles.  That 
benign  and  solacing  hope  of  existence,  which 


had  allured  them  into  the  wilderness  and 
which  they  courageously  toiled  to  secure, 
eluded  the  little  community  with  cruel  per- 
sistence. A  frontier  town,  an  island  of  in- 
dustry amidst  desolate  surroundings  with  a 
public  foe  in  front  of  them  and  private  malice 
behind  them,  the  case  was  grievous  indeed 
and  words  fail  to  portray  the  sufferings. 
Imagination  renders  us  no  service  when  we  of 
this  generation  try  to  meditate  on  the  mental 
and  material  tribulations  of  those  farmer 
pioneers.  The  story  of  those  years,  so  sad  in 
part,  is  a  chapter  in  the  history  of  Concord 
we  could  never  afford  to  lose  and  we  should  be 
false  to  their  memory  not  to  preserve  it  for 
all  time  so  that  those  who  succeed  us  will 
understand  and  appreciate  how  from  the 
chosen  grain  sprung  an  abundant  harvest. 
My  purpose,  I  repeat,  is  not  to  retell  the  story 
of  Concord  but  rather  to  recite  the  succession 
of  events  that  made  so  felicitous  the  choosing 
of  that  name  as  expressive  of  the  culmination 
of  the  long  era  of  peril  and  distress. 

That  venerable  fable  from  the  early  English 
times  "that  Tenterden  steeple  was  the  cause 
of  the  Goodwin  sands"  is  worth  an  applica- 


Nathaniel  White  is  a  name  long  a  household  word  in  Concord — a  name  suggestive  of 
kindly  deeds,  unlimited  benevolence,  and  rare  public  spirit,  free  from  all  ostentation  or  display. 
He  who  bore  it  made  his  way  from  humble  beginning  to  success  and  affluence  by  honest  in- 
dustry and  faithful  attention  to  business,  wronging  no  man,  and  treating  all  as  brethren,  regard- 
less of  rank  or  station,  age,  class,  color  or  condition.  Nathaniel  White  was  born  in  Lancaster 
N.  H.,  Febiuary  7,  1811,  the  eldest  child  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  (Freeman)  White.  He  was  of  the 
eighth  generation  from  William  White  of  Norfolk  County,  England,  who  settled  in  Newbury, 
Mass.,  in  1635.  His  educational  advantages  were  limited  and  at  fourteen  years  of  age  he  entered 
a  store  in  Lunenburgh,  Vt.,  where  he  remained  a  year,  going  then  into  the  employ  of  Gen.  John 
Wilson  of  Lancaster,  who  was  about  taking  charge  of  the  Columbian  Hotel  in  Concord,  with 
whom  he  came  to  this  city,  and  in  whose  service  he  remained  till  twenty-one  years  of  age.  He 
then  made  his  first  independent  business  venture,  purchasing  a  naif  interest  in  the  stage  route 
between  Concord  and  Hanover,  incurring  a  debt  in  so  doing  from  which  he  cleared  himself  in 
one  year,  and  thereafter  was  under  financial  obligation  to  no  man.  Soon  after  he  bought  an 
interest  in  the  route  between  Concord  and  Lowell,  and  in  1838,  in  company  with  Capt.  William 
Walker,  initiated  the  express  business  between  Concord  and  Boston,  giving  personal  attention 
to  the  business,  which,  in  1842,  upon  the  opening  of  the  Concord  Railroad,  became  the  nucleus 
of  the  United  States  and  Canada  Express  Company,  then  organized  (now  the  American  Express 
Company),  in  which  he  was  a  leading  partner,  and  with  which  he  was  actively  connected  through 
life,  though  giving  no  little  attention  to  other  matters,  and  by  way  of  diversion,  operating  the 
splendid  farm  in  the  southwestern  part  of  the  city,  now  long  known  as  the  White  Farm.  He  be- 
came interested  in  various  railways,  banks,  hotels  and  real  estate  and  other  lines  of  investment, 
but  best  of  all,  his  charitable  and  benevolent  work  kept  full  pace  with  business  success.  He  was 
orginally  a  Whig  in  politics,  but  soon  became  an  Abolitionist,  and  was  a  co-worker  with  Garrison, 
Phillips,  Parker  Pillsbury  and  other  opponents  of  slavery.  He  was  also  an  early  advocate  of 
the  Woman  Suffrage  cause,  and  was  instrumental,  with  his  wife,  in  calling  the  first  state  conven- 
tion in  its  interest.  He  was  a  member  of  the  state  legislature  in  1852 ;  was  the  Prohibition  candi- 
date for  governor  in  1875;  a  delegate  in  the  Republican  National  Convention  which  nominated 
Rutherford  B.  Hayes,  at  Cincinnati  in  1876,  and  headed  the  Republican  electoral  ticket  in  1880. 
He  was  a  munificent  benefactor  of  the  White  Memorial  Universalist  Church  in  Concord,  of 
the  Centennial  Home  for  the  aged,  the  Orphans  Home  in  Franklin,  and  many  similar  institu- 
tions. November  1,  1836,  he  married  Armenia  P.  Aldrich,  by  whom  he  had  seven  children — ■ 
two  only  now  surviving,  with  their  venerable  mother.  He  died,  universally  mourned,  October  2, 
1880. 


■Ki; 


SAMUEL  S.   KIMBALL 
President,  New  Hampshire  Savings  Bank,  1874-1894 


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tion,  for  we  may  truly  say  that  the  Bow  con- 
troversy was  the  cause  for  the  name  of  Con- 
cord. In  these  days  we  are  hardly  able  to 
understand  what  it  all  meant,  or  why  its  inci- 
dents should  have  disturbed  this  community 
for  so  long  a  time. 

Furthermore,  we  of  this  day  are  at  a  loss  to 
explain  why  so  prolonged  and  passionate  a 
contest  could  have  arisen  with  the  founders 
of  the  adjacent  town  of  Bow. 

The  mists  of  generations  have  settled  over 
the  scene,  obscuring  our  vision  and  render- 
ing faint  and  indistinct  the  actors  and  the 
parts  they  performed  in  that  momentous 
period  of  our  history.  All  seems  unreal  and 
remote,  resembling  some  classic  legend,  yet 
to  the  men  of  Rumford  it  was  a  contest  for 
peace  and  possession- — even  life.  As  we  view 
the  situation  revealed  in  ancient  documents, 
we  cannot  but  admire  and  hold  precious  the 
memory  of  those  men  who,  amidst  the  re- 
peated horrors  of  Indian  warfare,  never 
flinched  nor  compromised  when  another  kind 
of  attack  was  launched  against  the  very  titles 
of  their  homesteads.  Synchronizing  with 
intermittent  French  and  Indian  wars  and 
massacres  was  mingled  law  suit  after  law  suit, 
which  finally,  involving  colony  and  province, 


and  kings  and  their  councils,  continued  in  one 
form  or  another  down  to  a  period  easily  within 
the  recollection  of  men  not  yet  of  middle  age. 

It  does,  I  admit,  impress  us  as  strange  that 
a  difference  springing  from  two  eighteenth 
century  wilderness  hamlets  could  assume  such 
importance  as  to  invoke  the  judgments  of 
monarchs,  but  we  must  remember  that,  under- 
lying the  more  formal  proceedings,  were  the 
questions  of  the  impairing  of  contracts  and 
the  right  of  taxation.  True  it  is  that  these 
questions  were  not  raised  by  the  yeomen  of 
Rumford  then  and  there,  but  the  very  spirit 
of  the  Revolution  was  present  at  every  turn. 
During  twenty  years  prior  to  1740  when 
George  the  Second  fixed  the  southern  bound- 
ary of  the  province,  a  brisk  and  costly  rivalry 
marked  the  relations  of  Massachusetts  toward 
New  Hampshire,  particularly  shown  by  the 
granting  of  charters  to  land  well  within  dis- 
puted territory.  And  among  the  charters  was 
that  of  the  Plantation  of  Pennycook  which 
the  Massac rrusetts  general  court  granted  Jan- 
uary 17,  1725. 

And  from  that  act  sprung  many  woes. 

But  Penacook  with  its  fertile  intervales, 
watered  by  the  Merrimack,  with  its  hill& 
richly  wooded,  had  caught  the  imagination 


Samuel  S.  Kimball,  a  native  of  Concord  born  March  1,  1829,  and  a  prominent  and  influ- 
ential citizen  for  more  than  thirty  years  preceding  his  death,  May  12,  1899,  was  the  son  of 
Samuel  Ayer  and  Eliza  (Hazen)  Kimball,  born  in  the  old  house  built  by  his  grandfather,  Dea. 
J.  M.  Kimball,  a  "pillar"  of  the  old  First  Church  in  his  time,  wherein  Gov.  John  Langdon  was 
a  frequent  guest  in  the  early  days  of  the  state  government,  and  which  stood  on  the  site  where 
stands  the  elegant  and  substantial  residence  now  occupied  by  his  son,  Dr.  George  M.  Kimball. 
He  was  educated  in  the  Concord  public  schools,  except  for  a  short  period  spent  at  the  noted 
old  school,  at  Bradford,  Mass.,  of  Benjamin  Greenleaf  of  arithmetic  fame.  In  1844,  at  the  age 
of  nineteen  years,  he  started  out  to  make  his  way  in  the  world,  and  went  to  the  then  far  South- 
west, locating  at  Van  Buren,  Ark.,  and  engaging  as  a  clerk  in  a  general  store,  where  he  remained 
eight  years,  until,  in  1852,  he  married  Hannah  Mason,  a  Massachusetts  girl,  a  relative  of  one 
of  his  employers,  and  removed  to  Dardanelle  in  the  same  state,  and  engaged  in  trade 
himself,  continuing  with  success  until  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War.  Although  business  was 
largely  demoralized  by  the  conflict,  he  remained  until  1864  when  he  came  North  and  finally 
returned  to  Concord  in  1868,  continuing  until  his  death.  In  1874  he  succeeded  the  late  Joseph 
B.  Walker  as  president  of  the  New  Hampshire  Savings  Bank,  and  to  that  institution,  for  a  long 
series  of  years,  he  gave  the  benefit  of  his  valuable  experience  and  sound  practical  judgment, 
placing  and  keeping  it  on  the  highway  to  the  prosperity  and  prominent  position  which  it  has 
attained  and  holds  among  the  most  substantial  financial  institutions  of  its  class  in  the  country; 
but  not  neglecting  his  own  business  interests  through  investments  in  various  lines.  He  was  for 
many  years  a  director  of  the  Concord  &  Montreal  Railroad,  and  was  one  of  the  organizers  and 
president  of  the  Boscawen  Mills  at  Penacook.  He  was  for  some  years  treasurer  of  the  New 
Hampshire  Historical  Society,  and  also  of  the  Rolfe  and  Rumford  Asylum,  and  served  the  City 
as  a  member  of  the  board  of  water  commissioners  and  in  other  capacities.  He  attended  the 
North  Congregational  Church,  in  whose  affairs  his  ancestors  were  prominent,  gave  it  substantial 
support,  and  was  treasurer  of  the  committee  which  erected  its  present  fine  house  of  worship. 
Securing  the  old  home  site  he  erected  thereon,  in  1882,  the  residence,  long  known  as  the  most 
substantial  in  the  city,  wherein  his  son  and  only  child,  Dr.  George  M.  Kimball,  now  has  his 
home.  His  wife's  death  preceded  his  by  nearly  ten  years,  occurring  in  April,  1889.  Mr. 
Kimball  was  a  splendid  specimen  of  self-made  manhood  and  earnest  faithful  citizenship,  es- 
teemed and  honored  by  all  with  whom  he  came  in  contact. 


HON.  WILLIAM  E.  CHANDLER 
Secretary  of  U.  S.  Navy,  1882  to  1885,  and  U.  S.  Senator,  1887  to  1901 


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of  hunters  and  Indian  fighters  long  before, 
for  as  early  as  1659  Richard  Waldron  had  re- 
ceived a  grant  of  the  promising  acres  from  tbe 
Boston  law  makers.  Further  grants  were 
subjects  of  petition,  but  serious  occupation 
hadjnot  been  undertaken  until  the  grant  or 
charter  of  1725. 

From  that  date  began  the  Concord  of  the 
future. 

The  grantees,  inhabitants  principally  of 
Andover  and  Haverhill,  were  English  in  blood 
and  tradition,  brave  and  resolute,  a  splendid 
company  of  home  makers.  The  lands  they 
sought  lay  in  the  keeping  of  a  wilderness  of 
lurking  perils,  unexplored  and  little  known 
beyond  the  fact  that  the  nearest  habitations 
to  the  North  were  the  settlements  in  Canada. 

The  grant  whereby  these  people  were  to 
hold  their  farms  contained  conditions  utterly 
inconsistent  with  the  speculative  practice  of 
land  acquisition  which  was  soon  to  become  so 
prevalent.  The  tract  must  be  made  into 
one  hundred  and  three  equal  lots;  one  hundred 
families  should  settle  thereon  within  three 
years;  each  man  should  build  a  good  dwelling 
house  and  fence  in  six  acres;  the  houses  should 
be  twentv  rods  from  one  another  and  built  in 


a  regular  and  defensible  manner.  Finally,  a 
convenient  house  for  the  public  worship  of 
God  should  be  completely  finished  within  the 
time  mentioned. 

These  conditions,  hard  as  they  appear  to 
us,  were  substantially  carried  out  by  those 
earnest  men  and  women.  Our  story  today 
is  to  relate  the  vicissitudes  of  those  earnest 
men  and  women,  the  savage  losses  that  befell 
them,  the  privations  encountered  and  most 
harassing  of  all  that  series  of  suits  at  law 
which,  during  many  discouraging  years, 
plagued  and  pursued  them. 

News  even  in  1726  traveled  apace  and  the 
act  of  Massachusetts,  respecting  Penacook, 
became  a  subject  of  official  notice  at  Ports- 
mouth; accordingly  Lieutenant-Governor 
Wentworth  sent  this  message  to  the  general 
assembly:  "The  Massachusetts  are  daily  en- 
croaching on  us.  A  late  instance  we  have  in 
voting  a  township  should  be  erected  and  settled 
at  Pennycook,  which  will  certainly  be  in  the 
very  bowels  of  this  Province,  and  which  will 
take  in  the  most  valuable  part  of  our  lands." 
The  assembly  made  reply,  while  tbe  council 
went  further  and  passed  an  order  appointing 
a  committee  to  go  to  Penacook  and  "warn 


Hon.  William  Eaton  Chandler,  Concord's  most  distinguished  living  native,  was  born 
December  28,  1835,  the  son  of  Nathan  S.  and  Mary  Ann  Chandler.  He  was  educated  in  the 
Concord  public  schools,  at  Thetford,  Vt.,  and  Pembroke  academies  and  the  Law  School  of 
Harvard  University,  graduating  LL.B.  from  the  latter,  with  prize  honors,  in  1854.  Admitted 
to  the  New  Hampshire  bar  in  1855,  he  evinced  a  deep  and  abiding  interest  in  both  law  and 
politics,  was  among  the  founders  of  the  Republican  party  in  1856,  and  was  made  reporter  of 
supreme  court  decisions  in  1859.  In  1862-63-64,  he  was  a  representative  in  the  state  legislature 
and  was  speaker  of  the  house  in  the  latter  two  years,  the  most  exciting  period  in  the  legislative 
history  of  the  state.  In  1864-65  he  was  chairman  of  the  Republican  State  Committee,  having 
previously  served  as  secretary.  In  1864  President  Lincoln  appointed  him  special  counsel  to 
prosecute  the  Philadelphia  navy  yard  frauds.  March  9,  1865,  he  became  first  solicitor  and 
judge  advocate  general  of  the  navy  department  at  Washington,  and  was  assistant  secretary  of 
the  treasury  from  1865  to  1867.  He  was  a  delegate  to  the  Republican  National  Convention 
that  nominated  General  Grant,  in  1868,  and  was  secretary  of  the  Republican  National  Com- 
mittee from  that  date  till  1876,  and  was  conspicuous  in  the  work  which  secured  the  presidency 
for  the  Republican  party  that  year.  On  April  17,  1882,  he  became  secretary  of  the  navy  in  the 
cabinet  of  President  Arthur  and  served  through  that  administration,  being  active  in  develop- 
ing plans  for  what  became  known  as  the  "New  Navy."  In  June  1887,  he  was  elected  to  the 
United  Statks  Senate  to  fill  the  unexpired  term  of  Austin  F.  Pike,  and  was  twice  reelected, 
serving  fourteen  years  in  all  with  conspicuous  abihty.  For  the  next  six  years  he  was  chairman 
of  the  Spanish  Treaty  Claims  Commission.  Mr.  Chandler  was  an  active  member  of  the  New 
Hampshire  Constitutional  conventions  of  1876  and  1902;  was  a  member  of  the  commission  hav- 
ing in  charge  the  erection  of  a  statue  of  President  Franklin  Pierce — a  movement  which  he  had 
long  actively  championed — and  was  a  leading  mover  in  the  work  of  preserving  for  posterity  the 
birthplace  of  Daniel  Webster.  In  1866  he  received  from  Dartmouth  College  the  honorary  de- 
gree of  A.M.,  and  in  1901  that  of  LL.D.  While  he  has  long  spent  his  winters  in  Washington, 
where  he  has  a  fine  residence  on  I  Street,  N.  W.,  and  his  summers  at  his  country  home  in 
Waterloo,  he  has  retained  his  voting  residence  in  Concord,  where  are  his  principal  business  in- 
terests, denoted  by  his  presidency  of  the  Rumford  Printing  Company  and  his  contributing 
editorship  of  the  Monitor  and  Statesman.  For  forty  years  his  editorial  articles  in  these  papers 
have  been  among  the  most  widely  quoted  expressions  of  individual  opinion  to  be  found  in  the 
press  of  the  entire  country. 


HON.  JACOB  H.  GALLINGER 
United  States  Senator,  1891-1921 


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any  persons  whom  they  find  there  from  laying 
out,  taking  possession  of,  or  settling  at  or 
near  the  place  called  Penny  cook."  That 
committee  was  made  up  of  three  men,  then 
and  subsequently  eminent  in  the  affairs  of 
New  Hampshire,  Nathaniel  Weare,  Theodore 
Atkinson  and  Richard  Waldron,  Jr.,  who  at 
once  set  out  upon  their  mission. 

In  the  meanwhile  another  committee,  the 
creation  of  the  Massachusetts  Assembly,  at- 
tended by  a  score  or  more  of  persons,  includ- 
ing surveyors,  chainmen  and  intending  settlers 
started  on  their  journey  from  Haverhill  to 
lay  out  the  township.  It  so  happened  that 
these  two  rival  parties  made  their  way  through 
the  woods  and  streams  almost  hi  touch  with 
oach  other  for,  under  the  date  of  May  14, 
1726,  the  Massachusetts  Commissioners  re- 
cord in  their  journal  this  interesting  interview 
which  we  may  confidently  accept  as  the  first 
of  that  long  series  of  political  conferences  so 
closely  interwoven  in  the  texture  of  Concord, 
the  capital.  The  Haverhill  company  had 
reached  Penny  cook  the  day  before  and  the 
surveyors  were  busily  at  work  when  "about 
Twelve  of  the  clock,  Messrs.  Nath.  Weare, 


Richard  Waldron,  Jr.,  and  Theodore  Atkinson, 
a  committee  appointed  by  the  Lt.  Gov.  and 
Council  of  New  Hampshire  came  up  to  our 
camp  and  acquainted  us  that  the  Govt,  of  New 
Hampshire,  being  informed  of  our  business 
here,  had  sent  them  to  desire  us  that  we  would 
not  proceed  in  appropriating  these  lands  to 
any  private  or  particular  persons,  for  that  they 
lay  in  their  government ;  and  our  governments 
making  a  grant  might  be  attended  with  very 
ill  consequences  to  the  settlers,  when  it  ap- 
peared the  Lands  fell  in  New  Hampshire 
Government."  "We  made  them  answer  that 
the  Government  of  Massachusetts  Bay  had 
sent  us  here  to  lay  the  Lands  into  a  Township 
and  that  we  should  proceed  to  do  the  Business 
we  were  come  upon,  and  made  no  doubt  but 
our  Government  would  be  always  ready  to 
support  and  justify  their  own  Grants  and 
that  it  was  not  our  business  to  determine  any 
controversy  about  the  Lands.  We  sent  our 
Salutes  to  the  Lt.  Gov'r  of  New  Hampshire 
and  the  Gent'n  took  their  leave  of  us  and 
went  homeward  this  afternoon."  The  follow- 
ing day,  Sunday,  May  15,  the  official  journal 
contains  this  entry,   "This  day  Mr.  Enoch 


Hon  Jacob  H.  Gallinger,  senior  United  States  senator  from  New  Hampshire,  and  the  lead- 
ing Republican  member  of  the  nation's  most  august  legislative  body,  enjoys  the  distinction  of 
longer  service  therein,  than  any  other  New  Hampshire  man,  having  entered,  now,  upon  his 
fifth  successive  term.  He  was  born  in  Cornwall,  Ontario,  March  28,  1837,  of  German  ancestry 
on  the  paternal  side,  his  great  grandfather,  Michael  Gallinger,  having  emigrated  from  Ger- 
many in  1754,  and  settled  in  New  York,  later  removing  to  Canada,  while  his  mother,  Catherine 
Cook,  was  of  American  stock.  He  was  one  of  twelve  children,  received  a  common  school  and 
academic  education;  learned  the  printer's  trade  in  early  life,  later  studied  medicine,  was  gradu- 
ated M.D.,  in  1858,  practised  for  a  time  in  Keene,  removed  to  Concord  in  1862,  and  has 
since  resided  here.  He  soon  won  success  in  his  profession,  but,  espousing  the  principles  of  the 
Republican  party,  and  becoming  deeply  interested  in  public  affairs,  he  entered  actively  into 
political  life.  He  served  in  the  New  Hampshire  house  of  representatives  in  1872  and  1873,  and 
again  in  1891,  was  a  member  of  the  Constitutional  Convention  of  1876,  and  of  thestate  senate 
in  1878-79-80,  being  president  the  last  two  years.  He  was  surgeon-general,  with  the  rank 
of  brigadier-general  on  the  staff  of  Governor  Head  in  1879-80.  He  was  a  member  of  the  house 
from  the  Second  New  Hampshire  District  in  the  forty-ninth  and  fiftieth  congress,  and  was 
elected  to  succeed  Henry  W.  Blair  in  the  United  States  senate  from  the  4th  of  March  1891, 
serving  continually  since,  and  being  particularly  conspicious  as  a  champion  of  the  protective  tariff 
principle.  His  committee  assignments  have  been  important,  but  in  none  has  he  rendered  more 
valuable  service  than  as  chairman  of  the  Committee  on  the  District  of  Columbia  wherein  he 
promoted  many  important  improvements.  Senator  Gallinger  is  a  member  of  the  board  of 
trustees  of  the  Columbia  Hospital  for  Women,  and  of  the  board  of  Visitors  to  the  Providence 
Hospital.  He  received  the  honorary  degree  of  A.M.,  from  Dartmouth  College  in  1885.  He 
served  as  president  pro  tern  of  the  senate  in  the  sixty-second  congress.  He  was  chairmau  of 
the  Merchant  Marine  Commission  of  1904-05,  is  a  member  of  the  National  Forest  Reservation 
Commission  and  vice-chairman  of  the  Water  Ways  Commission.  He  served  eighteen  years  as 
chairman  of  the  Republican  State  Committee,  was  for  a  time  a  member  of  the  Republican 
National  Committee  and  was  chairman  of  the  delegations  from  his  state  in  the  Republican 
National  Conventions  of  1888,  1900,  1904  and  1908.  August  23,  1860,  Doctor  Gallinger 
married  Anna,  daughter  of  Maj.  Isaac  Bailey  of  Salisbury,  who  died  in  Washington,  February 
2,  1907.  They  had  six  children,  of  whom  only  one,  Mrs.  H.  A.  Norton  of  Cambridge,  Mass., 
survives,  the  last  to  pass  away  being  Dr.  Ralph  H.  Gallinger,  a  successful  practitioner  in  his 
native  city,  and  physician  at  the  New  Hampshire  State  Prison.  At  the  old  home  in  Salisbury, 
where  his  wife  was  reared,  the  senator  has  an  attractive  and  restful  summer  residence. 


HON.  HENRY  F.   HOLLIS 
United  States  Senator,  1913-1919 


Concord's  150th  Anniversary 


155 


Coffin,   our  chaplain,  performed  divine  serv- 
ice both  parts  of  the  day." 

Returning  to  Portsmouth,  the  New  Hamp- 
shire commission  made  this  report:  "We  have 
been  at  said  Pennecook,  where  we  found  his 
Hon.  Col.  William  Tailer,  Esq.,  Jno.  Wain- 
wright,  Esq.,  and  Col.  Elea'r  Tyng,  Esq.,  with 
sundry  others  to  the  number  of  near  forty 
men,  who  were  felling  the  trees  and  laying 
out  the  lands  there:  whereupon  we  presented 
them  with  the  order  of  Court  and  assured 
them  that  their  proceedings  were  highly  dis- 
pleasing to  the  Government  which  sent  us 
thither,  and  that  their  persisting  therein 
would  be  at  their  peril;  for  that  they  might 
depend  upon  it  when  the  controversial  boun- 
dary between  the  two  Provinces  should  be 
determined,  the  poor  misled  people  who 
might  be  induced  to  settle  there  under  the 
color  of  a  Mass.  Grant  would  be  dispossessed 
of  the  said  lands,  or  suffer  some  other  incon- 
venience equally  grievous,  and  that  the  mes- 
sage on  which  we  were  sent,  and  the  fair  fore- 
warning they  had  by  us,  would  take  away 
all  occasions  of  complaint  when  they  should 


be  compelled  to  leave  the  said  lands  and  lose 
the  benefit  of  their  improvement." 

These  official  documents  introduce  us  to 
the  opening  act  in  that  wilderness  drama 
which  was  to  continue  with  few  intermissions 
almost  to  the  close  of  our  provincial  era. 

Met  with  a  warning  like  that  at  the  very 
outset  of  their  undertaking  may  have  given 
pause  for  awhile  but  not  for  long;  the  fibre 
of  those  sturdy  men  was  too  strong  to  bend 
and  snap  under  the  pressure  of  threats;  they 
had  come  there  resolute  in  purpose  and  they 
set  about  their  task. 

Two  years  later,  1728,  their  progress  is 
thus  chronicled:  "The  Spring  opened  upon 
the  new  plantation  with  most  favorable 
auspices.  A  large  number  were  engaged  in 
building  houses;  clearing,  fencing  and  plough- 
ing their  lands.  The  block,  or  meeting- 
house, was  finished;  canoes  constructed  for 
navigating  the  river;  the  new  way  to  Haverhill 
was  improved;  a  committee  chosen  to  agree 
with  a  minister  to  preach  at  Pennycook;  a 
saw  mill  and  a  grist  mill  were  started  and  a 
ferry  place  marked  out."    At  a  meeting  held 


Hon.  Henry  French  Hollis,  United  States  senator  from  New  Hampshire,  and  the  only 
Democrat  chosen  to  that  office  from  this  state  since  1852,  is  a  Concord  native,  son  of  Maj. 
Abijah  and  Harriette  Van  Mater  (French)  Hollis,  born  August  30,  1869,  being  a  descendant, 
on  both  sides,  of  early  Massachusetts  families.  He  graduated  from  the  Concord  High  School 
in  the  class  of  1886,  engaged  in  railroad  engineering  work  in  the  West  for  a  year  and  a  half, 
completed  his  college  preparatory  work  at  Concord,  Mass.,  entered  Harvard  in  1888,  gradu- 
ating in  1823  with  the  highest  honors,  while  during  the  last  two  years  of  his  course  pursuing 
the  studies  and  completing  the  examinations  of  two  years  in  the  law  school,  so  that,  after  a 
few  months'  further  study  in  the  offices  of  William  L.  Foster  and  Harry  G.  Sargent,  he  was 
admitted,  in  March,  1893,  to  the  New  Hampshire  bar,  and  immediately  commenced  practice 
in  partnership  with  Mr.  Sargent  and  Edward  C.  Niles.  Later,  he  was  for  six  years  associated 
with  Attorney-General  Edwin  G.  Eastman,  and  afterwards  with  Judge  James  W.  Remick, 
Alexander  Murchie,  Robert  Jackson  and  Robert  C.  Murchie.  This  partnership  was  dissolved 
a  few  years  ago  and  the  senator's  partners  have  since  been  the  Murchie  brothers,  respectively 
city  and  county  solicitors,  the  firm  being  a  strong  and  successful  one.  Always  an  earnest 
Democrat,  he  entered  into  active  political  life  in  1900,  when  he  became  the  Democratic  candi- 
date for  congress  in  the  second  district,  making  a  sharp  campaign  in  a  hopelessly  Republican 
district.  Two  years  later  he  was  his  party's  candidate  for  governor,  and  his  stumping  canvass 
was  one  of  the  most  brilliant  ever  conducted  in  the  state,  resulting  in  a  big  reduction  in  the 
Republican  majority,  and,  two  years  later,  in  an  increased  vote.  Although  achieving  marked 
professional  success  in  the  subsequent  years,  his  inclination  toward  political  life  continued 
strong,  and  early  in  1912  he  announced  his  candidacy  for  the  United  States  senator,  following 
this  up  with  a  stumping  campaign  in  the  autumn,  which  surpassed  any  of  his  previous  efforts 
in  that  direction,  greatly  strengthened  the  party  lines  and  insured  him  a  hold  on  the  Democratic 
members  chosen  to  the  legislature  which  nothing  could  break  and  which  resulted  in  his  election, 
on  the  forty-sixth  ballot,  ending  the  most  strenuous  contest  for  such  position  in  the  state 
within  the  memory  of  living  men.  Entering  the  senate  immediately  following  his  election, 
when  the  majority  for  his  party  in  that  body  was  slender,  he  was  most  cordially  welcomed  by 
his  associates  of  the  Democratic  faith  and  at  once  gained  a  standing  in  their  ranks  and  in  the 
senate  at  large,  such  as  had  never  before  been  accorded  a  newly  chosen  senator.  He  was 
assigned  to  membership  in  several  important  committees,  including  Banking  and  Currency, 
Immigration,  District  of  Columljia  Woman  Suffrage,  Enrolled  Bills  (chairman),  and  several 
others,  and  in  committee  work,  as  well  as  debate  upon  the  floor,  he  has  made  a  record  seldom, 
if  ever,  equaled  by  any  young  senator.  He  is  a  staunch  supporter,  ardent  admirer,  and  warm 
friend  of  President  Wilson  and  his  administration. 


HON.  WILLIAM  M.  CHASE 

Associate  Justice,  New  Hampshire  Supreme  Court,  1891-1907 


Concord's  loOth  Anniversary  157 

in  October,  1730,  it  was  voted  that  the  Rev.  The  decision  of  King  George  the  Second 

Mr.  Timothy  Walker  shall  be  the  minister  of  promulgated   in    1740   defined  the   southern 

the  town,  and  in  the  following  month  he  was  boundary  as  running  from  east  to  west,  three 

ordained  in  the  little  log  meeting-house.  miles   from    the   mouth   of   the   Merrimack, 

If  inspiration  had  guided  those  men,  they  thereby  adding  twenty  or  more  towns  to  New 

could    not    have    done   better;    their    choice  Hampshire,  all  of  which  had  been  granted  by 

proved  to  be  one  of  those  mysterious  acts  Massachusetts    regardless    of    her    right    of 

which  Providence  now  and  then  is  pleased  to  possession.      And   the   most    important    and 

dispense  and  approve.  promising  among  those  towns  was  Rumford, 

They    had    unknowingly    called    to    their  whose  inhabitants  to  a  man  were  Massachu- 

council-fire  a  rare  and  lovable  character,   a  setts  born.    Family  ties  were  strong  between 

true  leader  of  men.    A  native  of  Woburn  and  them  and  those  they  had  left  in  the  old  home, 

a  graduate  of  Harvard,  Mr.  Walker  was  in  while  with  the  governing  powers  of  Ports- 

his  twenty-fifth  year  when  he  began  his  long  mouth  they  had  little  in  common, 

and  useful  labors  which  were  to  mean  so  much  Moreover,  they  remembered  the  warnings 

to  the  people.     His  coming  was  a  reinforce-  and  threats  officially  spoken  on  the  day  they 

ment  of  sterling  worth  to  the  town  and  to  the  arrived  at   Pennycook  to  begin  their  home 

later  state.  making.    The  royal  decision  naturally  caused 

Soon  after  this  event  the  growth  and  pros-  alarm    and    disquietude,    consequently    they 

perity  of  the  settlement  caused  Massachusetts  voted  in  town  meeting  begging  the  general 

to  incorporate  the  Plantation  of  Pennycook  court  of  Massachusetts  Bay  to  use  its  in- 

into  the  Township  of  Rumford  in  the  County  fluence   with   His   Majesty  in   their  behalf, 

of  Essex,  and  Rumford  it  continued  to  be  Considering   the   boundary   dissentions    and 

until  1765.  rival  land  claims  and  the  king's  final  decree, 

Hon.  William  M.  Chase,  former  associate  justice  of  the  supreme  court  of  New  Hampshire, 
long  a  leading  member  of  the  bar,  and  a  prominent  and  public-spirited  citizen,  was  born  in 
Canaan,  December  28,  1837,  the  son  of  Horace  and  Abigail  S.  (Martin)  Chase.  He  is  a  de- 
scendant of  Aquilla  Chase,  who  came,  with  his  brother,  Thomas,  from  Cornwall,  England,  to 
Hampton,  N.  H.,  about  1639.  His  father,  Horace,  a  native  of  Chester,  who  had  removed  to 
Dorchester,  settled  on  a  farm  near  Canaan  "Street,"  at  the  time  of  his  marriage  with  Abigail 
S.  Martin,  a  daughter  of  William  S.  Martin  of  Pembroke,  descendant  of  one  of  the  early 
Scotch-Irish  settlers  of  Londonderry,  and  subsequently  moved  to  the  "Street"  where  William 
M.  attended  the  village  school,  and  Canaan  Academy,  at  which  he  fitted  for  college,  except 
for  one  term  at  Kimball  Union  Academy.  He  entered  the  scientific  department  at  Dartmouth 
College  a  year  in  advance,  in  1856,  graduating  in  1858.  He  had  taught  school,  winters,  while 
pursuing  his  studies,  and  after  graduation,  became  assistant  preceptor  in  Henniker  Academy, 
where  he  remained  two  years,  and  then  commenced  the  study  of  law  with  the  late  Hon.  Anson 
S.  Marshall  of  Concord,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  here,  August  21,  1862.  In  the  following 
year  he  formed  a  partnership  with  Mr.  Marshall,  which  was  continued  successfully  and  upon 
the  most  intimate  terms  until  the  untimely  death  of  the  latter  from  accidental  shooting,  July 
4,  1874.  Meanwhile  he  had  declined  the  professorship  of  mathematics  in  the  scientific  depart- 
ment at  Dartmouth,  prefering  continuance  in  the  profession  to  which  he  was  devoted  and  in 
which  he  was  winning  success.  Subsequently  he  was  for  five  years  a  partner  with  the  late 
Chief  Justice  Jonathan  E.  Sargent,  and,  later,  for  more  than  ten  years,  Frank  S.  Streeter  was 
associated  with  him  in  practice.  The  several  firms  of  Marshall  &  Chase,  Sargent  &  Chase, 
and  Chase  &  Streeter,  ranked  among  the  leading  firms  of  central  New  Hampshire,  and  their 
practice  was  extensive.  April  1,  1891,  Mr.  Chase  became  an  associate  justice  of  the  supreme 
court  of  New  Hampshire,  continuing  ten  years,  till  the  establishment  of  the  present  dual 
system,  when  he  was  again  appointed  to  the  higher  court  bench,  serving  with  distinction  till 
his  retirement  through  age  limitation,  December  28,  1907.  A  learned  and  able  lawyer,  a  just 
and  upright  judge,  his  contribution  to  the  jurisprudence  of  the  state  has  been  most  honorable 
and  substantial;  nor  have  his  activities  been  confined  to  the  legal  field.  He  served  for  twenty 
years  as  a  member  of  the  Concord  Board  of  Education,  was  three  years  a  trustee  of  the  State 
Normal  School,  and  has  been  a  trustee  of  Dartmouth  College  since  1890,  from  which  institu- 
tion he  received  the  honorary  degree  of  A.M.,  in  1879,  and  that  of  L.L.D.,  in  1898.  He  has 
been  a  trustee  of  the  Merrimack  County  Savings  Bank  and  a  director  of  the  First  National 
Bank,  of  which  he  was  pi'esident  in  1885-86.  He  was  chairman  of  the  commission  of  1889  to 
revise  and  codify  the  laws  of  the  state,  was  for  many  years  a  member  of  the  bar  examining  com- 
mittee, and  has  held  and  adorned  various  other  positions.  March  18,  1863,  he  married  Miss 
Ellen  Sherwood  Abbott.  They  have  one  son,  Arthur  Horace,  librarian  of  the  New  Hampshire 
State  Library,  a  graduate  of  Dartmouth  of  the  class  of  1886. 


HON.  JOHN  M.   MITCHELL 
Assocciate  Justice,  Superior  Court,  1910-1913 


Concord's  150th  Anniversary  159 

this  procedure  may  have  been  wanting  in  broke  over  the  land  and   continued  during 

tact  and  foresight,  but  they  knew  what  they  many  years.     I  would  that  I  might  relate  to 

wanted  and  boldly  said  so.    They  found  them-  you  the  sufferings  and  sacrifices  visited  on  the 

selves  excluded  from  Massachusetts,  to  which  little  township;  to  tell  of  the  brave  deeds  done 

they    had    always    supposed    themselves    to  by  the  inhabitants;  to  portray  at  length  the 

belong,  and  they  prayed  that  King  George,  part  performed  by  the  levies  of  Rumford  at 

taking  compassion  on  their  distress,  would  the   taking   of   Louisburg;    at    Ticonderoga, 

graciously   annex   them   to   the   sovereignty  Crown  Point  and  on  the  Plains  of  Abraham, 

they  loved  and  respected.  exploits  and  deeds  which  are  now  a  part  of 

No  wonder  that  Gov.  Benning  Went  worth  our  country's  history, 
and  his  council  took  umbrage  at  the  conduct  And  through  all  that   dark   and  perilous 

of  the  dwellers  on  the  Merrimack.  time  poor  Rumford,  giving  her  sons  to  the 

Rumford  was  too  loyal  to  the  sister  colony  common  cause,  was  punished  as  an  outcast 

to  satisfy  the  Portsmouth  government; accord-  by  the  vindictive  oligarchy  at  Portsmouth, 

ingly  a  drastic  act  was  passed  which  in  effect  Her  people,   notwithstanding  their  affection 

abolished  the  town  incorporation  of  a  few  for  Massachusetts,   cheerfully   accepted   the 

years  before  by  creating  the  District  of  Rum-  new  government  and  its  laws  and  petitioned 

ford.     This  act  of  1742  subjected  Rumford  for  a  New  Hampshire  charter, 
to    taxation    without    representation;    taxes  Those    petitions    met    with    no    response; 

were  raised  to  support  the  Provincial  Govern-  redress  was  withheld  and  Rumford  left,  in  a 

ment,  but  the  town  sent  no  member  to  the  measure  to  itself,  managed  affairs  prudently, 

assembly.     That  so  fundamental  a  question  grew  strong  and  influential,  yet  from  1749  to 

failed  to  agitate  the  people  and  their  rulers  1765,  it  was  neither  town  nor  district  recog- 

during  that  period  must  be  attributed  to  the  nized  by  law. 
stress  of  war  and   Indian  hostilities  which  This  singular  situation  vexatious  to  Rum- 

Hon.  John  M.  Mitchell,  associate  justice  of  the  superior  court  of  New  Hampshire,  born  in 
Plymouth,  N.  H.,  July  6,  1849,  died  in  Concord,  March  4,  1913.  He  was  the  son  of  John  and 
Honora  (Doherty)  Mitchell,  who  soon  after  his  birth  removed  to  Vermont,  finally  locating  in 
the  town  of  Salem,  now  a  part  of  Derby,  where  John  M.  graduated  from  the  town's  famous 
academy.  He  taught  school  several  winters,  and  was  superintending  school  committee  in 
Salem  two  years  while  yet  in  his  minority.  Choosing  the  legal  profession  for  his  life  work,  he 
commenced  his  studies  in  the  office  of  Edwards  &  Dickerman  at  Derby  and  finished  with 
Harry  and  George  A.  Bingham  at  Littleton,  N.  H.,  where  he  commenced  practice,  in  partner- 
ship with  Harry  Bingham  in  1872,  and  where  he  continued  until  his  removal  to  Concord  in 
1881,  establishing  a  high  reputation  as  a  lawyer,  and  commanding  the  close  confidence  of  his 
distinguished  associate  with  whom  he  continued  partnership  relations  after  his  removal  to  the 
Capital  City.  While  in  Littleton  he  had  served  on  the  school  board,  as  chairman  of  the 
board  of  selectmen,  and  as  solicitor  of  Grafton  County.  While  gaining  the  highest  rank  at  the 
bar,  Judge  Mitchell  was  ever  a  public  spirited  and  patriotic  citizen,  taking  a  deep  interest  in 
the  welfare  of  the  community  and  state,  and  meeting  in  the  fullest  sense  all  the  obligations  of 
life.  He  was  for  nine  years  a  member  of  the  Concord  Board  of  Education,  and  for  some  time 
its  president;  represented  Ward  Four,  in  the  legislature  in  1893,  and  as  a  delegate  in  the  Con- 
stitutional Conventions  of  1902  and  1912,  and  was  a  member  of  the  state  board  of  railroad 
commissioners  from  1888  to  1891.  He  was  long  a  trustee  of  the  New  Hampshire  State  Hospital 
and  of  the  Margaret  Pillsbury  Hospital,  and  the  first  president  of  the  State  Board  of  Charities 
and  corrections,  which  he  was  instrumental  in  organizing;  was  a  trustee  and  president  of  the 
Loan  &  Trust  Savings  Bank  and  a  director  of  the  National  State  Capital  Bank.  He  had  been 
for  many  years  counsel  of  the  Concord  Railroad,  and,  later,  of  the  Boston  &  Maine,  and  was 
the  legal  adviser  of  the  Catholic  bishop  of  Manchester,  from  the  creation  of  the  diocese,  as  he 
had  previously  been  of  the  bishop  of  Portland.  He  received  the  honorary  degree  of  A.M.  from 
Dartmouth  College  in  1886.  Politically  he  was  a  Democrat,  firm  in  his  convictions,  loyal  to 
his  party,  conservative  in  his  views,  wise  and  sagacious  in  counsel.  He  served  long  on  the 
.state  committee,  was  president  of  the  state  convention  in  1888,  Democratic  nominee  for  United 
States  senator  in  1903,  and  a  delegate  to  the  National  Convention  in  1904.  His  appointment 
to  the  superior  court  bench  by  Governor  Quimby,  September  7,  1910,  commanded  the  universal 
approval  of  bar  and  public,  as  one  eminently  fit  to  be  made,  and  his  judicial  service  up  to  the 
time  of  his  death  characterized  him  as  one  of  the  most  efficient  trial  judges  that  the  state  has 
known.  Judge  Mitchell  was  united  in  marriage,  November  17,  1874,  with  Julia  C.  Lonergan 
of  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.,  who  died  December  28,  1912.  Two  daughters,  Agnes  and  Marion, 
survive,  one  daughter  dying  in  infancy,  and  a  son,  Leo,  at  the  age  of  three  years. 


HON.   NATHANIEL   E.   MARTIN 
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ford  was  infinitely  worse  for  New  Hampshire 
but  we  must  not  forget  that  New  Hampshire, 
during  the  half  century  prior  to  the  Revolu- 
tion, was  comprised  of  policitians  dwelling  in 
and  about  Portsmouth,  all  friends  or  relatives 
of  the  governor. 

Relationship  and  common  interests  welded 
them  into  an  organized  and  powerful  com- 
pany unusual  at  that  period.  The  governor 
and  council  dispensed  royal  favors  in  minia- 
ture, appointed  judges,  issued  writs  for  the 
assembly  and  were,  in  fact,  the  source  of  law 
and  the  fountain  head  of  justice.  To  that 
assemblage  the  voters  of  Rumford  in  1750 
made  petition,  praying  to  be  incorporated 
into  a  township  with  their  former  boundaries 
and  with  such  rights  and  privileges  as  any  of 
the  towns  in  the  province  possessed,  and 
setting  forth  in  detail  the  ill  consequences 
arising  out  of  a  continued  deprivation  of 
liberties  common  to  Englishmen.  This  was 
the  kind  of  petition  the  governor  and  council 
were  hoping  to  see  and  possibly  expected;  at 
any  rate,  it  proved  to  be  the  opportunity 
impatiently  desired  by  the  party  strong  at 
court  and  the  long  drawn  out  Bow  Contro- 
versy entered  upon  its  opening  scene. 


The  Rumford  petition  was  stopped  on  the 
threshold  by  a  spirited  remonstrance  signed 
by  the  selectmen  of  Bow,  alleging  that  the 
bounds  therein  described  conflicted  with 
bounds  of  Bow. 

The  Bow  charter,  granted  by  New  Hamp- 
shire in  1727  as  a  protest  against  Massachu- 
setts for  her  Pennycook  grant,  was  a  curious 
document  framed  for  a  definite  purpose. 

The  two  charters  were  as  unlike  as  possible. 
We  are  familiar  with  the  Pennycook  charter 
and  the  conditions  imposed  upon  the  settlers 
and  we  have  seen  them  begin  their  wilderness 
labors  and  have  noted  the  prosperous  and  well 
ordered  town  they  founded.  Let  us  look  for 
a  moment  at  the  Bow  charter.  I  have  spoken 
of  the  influential  men  gathered  round  the 
seat  of  government,  warmed  by  official 
favors  and  eager  for  gain.  We  behold  them 
in  this  charter  as  grantees  or  as  "Admitted 
Associates,"  whatever  that  designation  may 
mean,  and  the  enumeration  of  their  names  is 
to  furnish  a  roster  of  the  office-holders  of  the 
period.  John  Wentworth  was  lieutenant- 
governor,  therefore  his  son,  Benning,  after- 
wards governor,  headed  the  distinguished 
array  comprising  the  oligarchy  of  riders  and 


Hon.  Nathaniel  E.  Martin,  son  of  Theophilus  and  Sarah  L.  (Rowell)  Martin,  was  born  in 
Loudon,  August  9,  1855.  His  father  was  a  substantial  farmer  and  leading  citizen,  promi- 
nent in  town  and  county  affairs  and  a  grandson  of  James. Martin,  a  Revolutionary  soldier  of 
Pembroke.  Nathaniel  E.  labored  on  the  old  homestead  (which  he  now  owns)  in  youth,  and  thus 
established  the  basis  of  the  vigorous  physical  manhood  by  which  he  has  always  been  character- 
ized, no  less  than  by  the  acuteness  of  his  mental  powers.  Seeking  a  better  education  than  his 
native  town  afforded,  he  entered  the  Concord  High  School,  graduating  in  1876,  and  imme- 
diately entered  the  office  of  Sargent  &  Chase  as  a  student  at  law,  was  admitted  to  the  bar  Aug- 
ust 14,  1879,  and  immediately  commenced  practice  in  Concord  where  he  has  since  continued, 
for  the  last  twenty  years,  being  associated  with  DeWitt  C.  Howe,  the  firm  having  a  reputation 
for  ability  and  success  second  to  none.  Indeed  it  is  safe  to  say  that  no  lawyer  in  the  county 
in  the  last  quarter  of  a  century  has  won  greater  success  as  a  jury  lawyer  than  Nathaniel  E. 
Martin,  and  the  name  of  his  firm  appears  oftener  on  the  docket  than  any  other.  Politically 
Mr.  Martin  is  a  staunch  Democrat,  though  by  no  means  a  politician  in  the  ordinary  sense.  He 
has  served  as  chairman  of  the  Democratic  City  Committee,  as  secretary  and  chairman  of 
the  State  Committee,  and  was  a  delegate  in  the  National  Democratic  Convention  at  St.  Louis 
in  1904.  In  November,  1886,  he  was  elected  solicitor  of  Merrimack  County,  and  during  his 
term  of  office  made  the  only  demonstration,  known  in  the  state,  of  the  fact  that  the  prohibitory 
law  could  be  effectively  enforced.  In  November,  1898,  he  was  chosen  mayor  of  Concord, 
and,  during  his  two  years'  term  gave  the  city  a  good  business  administration,  though  accom- 
plishing less  than  would  have  been  the  case  had  he  not  been  hampered  by  an  adverse  partisan 
majority  in  the  councils,  more  intent  upon  making  party  capital  than  promoting  the  public 
welfare.  He  was  also  a  prominent  member  of  the  constitutional  convention  of  1912,  and  at 
the  last  election,  as  the  Democratic  candidate,  was  elected  to  the  state  senate  from  the  Concord 
district,  and  was  one  of  the  most  efficient  and  influential  members  of  that  body  at  the  recent 
session.  Mr.  Martin  was  one  of  the  incorporators  of  the  Concord  Building  and  Loan  Asso- 
ciation and  treasurer  from  its  incorporation.  He  has  also  been  extensively  engaged  in  lum- 
bering operations  in  association  with  others,  and  owns,  aside  from  the  old  home  farm,  many 
acres  of  timber  land.  He  has  always  been  a  lover  of  fine  horses  and  dogs,  and  of  the  former 
has  owned  many  high-class  specimens.  He  is  a  member  of  Concord  Lodge,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  and 
Canton  Wildey,  Patriarch,  Militant.  March  27,  1902,  he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Mrs. 
Jennie  P.  (Burnham)  Lawrence,  who  died  a  few  years  since. 


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law  makers.  Not  a  home  maker  nor  a  pioneer 
settler  is  found  in  that  list  of  names  and  the 
reason  is  apparent.  The  Bow  charter  was  as 
bread  cast  upon  the  waters  of  chance  and 
speculation.  It  was  an  official  anchor  to 
hold  against  the  future  when  the  boundary 
between  Massachusetts  and  New  Hampshire 
should  be  finally  established. 

The  oligarchy  was  a  wise  and  patient  body, 
the  prototype  of  the  later  day  "Ring." 
Jethro  Bass  existed  long  before  Coniston. 
How  effective  and  dangerous  the  Bow  charter 
might  become  in  the  hands  of  designing  men 
may  by  seen  by  tracing  its  boundaries  which, 
in  fact,  enclosed  practically  the  entire  tract 
already  granted  to  Pennycook. 

But  Bow  attracted  no  settlers,  or  very  few, 
while  the  Pennycook  people  went  to  work 
in  good  faith  so  that  in  1733  there  were  eighty 
families  with  meeting-house  and  school  and 
completed  roadways.  In  the  meanwhile 
a  complacent  condition  of  mind  pre  vailed  in 
Portsmouth. 

Benning  Went  worth  in  1750  had  been 
governor  ten  years  and  was  in  the  fullness  of 
his  power  surrounded  by  willing  associates 
and   influential   friends   when   the   so-called 


Bow  selectmen  appeared  to  oppose  the  peti- 
tion of  Rumford. 

The  procedure  had  been  carefully  planned 
by  the  claimants. 

To  grant  the  petition  would  be  to  recognize 
and  affirm  the  corporate  entity  of  Rumford 
and  that  would  be  fatal  to  the  scheme  of 
self  enrichment  so  dear  to  the  governor  and 
his  official  family.  The  Bow  claimants  never 
had  actual  seizin  other  than  the  illusory 
averment  that  they  had  constructive  posses- 
sion of  which  they  had  been  disseized  by  the 
Rumford  settlers  for  a  period  of  twenty-three 
years.  Audacity  and  effrontery  under  the 
guise  of  law  were  enjoying  a  field  day  at  the 
provincial  capital. 

To  weary  you  with  reciting  the  many  suits 
brought  against  the  Rumford  farmers  is  not 
my  purpose.  Litigation  never  ceased  until 
King  George  the  Third  at  the  end  of  thirteen 
years  interposed  his  royal  decree  bringing 
relief  to  the  harassed  defendants.  Suit  fol- 
lowed suit,  appeal  followed  appeal,  costs 
begot  costs,  the  result  was  always  the  same 
for  the  superior  judges  agreed  with  the  infe- 
rior judges  on  all  disputed  questions.  The 
figure  of  Justice  gracing  the  court  rooms  of 


Hon.  James  O.  Lyford,  chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Legislative  Reunion,  to  whose 
strong  and  active  interest  the  assured  success  of  that  branch  of  the  Anniversary  Celebration  is 
largely  due,  is  a  native  of  Boston,  Mass.,  born  June  28,  1853,  but  removed  to  Canterbury  in  this 
state  in  early  life,  where  his  childhood  and  youth  were  passed.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  and  at  Tilton  Seminary,  studied  law  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  but  entered  journalism 
and  political  life,  in  which  he  has  been  active  and  conspicuous.  His  work  as  a  newspaper 
editor  and  correspondent  has  been  extensive  and  varied,  but  never  attracting  wider  attention 
than  during  his  recent  service  as  political  editor  of  the  Nashua  Telegraph.  He  was  a  delegate 
from  the  town  of  Canterbury  in  the  Constitutional  Convention  of  1876,  but  since  that  time  has 
been  a  resident  of  Concord  and  has  represented  Ward  Four  in  the  legislatures  of  1893,  1895  and 
1S97,  as  well  as  in  that  of  1915,  and  in  the  Constitutional  Conventions  of  1902  and  1912.  In 
the  legislature  he  has  always  been  an  industrious  and  influential  member  of  the  Judiciary  Com- 
mittee and  a  Republican  leader  in  debate  and  in  parliamentary  management,  for  which  he  has 
marked  aptitude.  He  was  chairman  of  the  New  Hampshire  Board  of  Bank  Commissioners 
from  1887  to  1895,  and  to  his  efficient  service  in  that  capacity  he  owes  his  appointment  by 
Governor  Spaukling  to  a  similar  position  at  the  head  of  the  present  reorganized  commission. 
His  interest  in  savings  bank  affairs  has  been  deep  and  strong  and.  more  than  any  other  man, 
has  he  influenced  legislation  to  promote  the  advantage  of  depositors.  He  was  auditor  of  the 
city  of  Concord  from  1896  to  1898,  and  United  States  Naval  Officer  of  Customs  at  the  port  of 
Boston  from  1898  till  1913.  For  the  last  two  years  he  has  been  secretary  of  the  Concord 
Board  of  Trade.  He  has  been  prominent  in  the  direction  of  Republican  party  management  for 
many  years,  and  was  particularly  active  in  the  last  campaign.  He  has  spoken  extensively  on 
the  stump  for  his  party  for  many  years,  and  has  given  many  lectures  and  addresses  before 
various  organizations,  and  as  a  writer  has  done  superior  work  aside  from  that  in  the  news- 
paper field,  as  evidenced  by  work  on  the  "Concord  City  History,"  the  "Life  and  Times  of 
Edward  H.  Rollins,"  and  the  "History  of  Canterbury."  In  social  life  he  is  always  an  attrac- 
tion. He  holds  membership  in  the  Wonolancet  Club  of  Concord,  the  Algonquin  and  City 
clubs  of  Boston  and  the  Derryfield  Club  of  Manchester,  as  also  in  Capital  Grange  and  the 
Concord  Board  of  Trade.  He  united  in  marriage  May  2,  1882,  with  Susan  Ayer,  daughter  of 
the  late  William  P.  Hill,  and  granddaughter  of  Governor  Isaac  Hill,  for  whose  wife  she  was 
named.  They  have  had  three  children,  two  daughters  and  a  son,  of  whom  only  the  son, 
Richard,  survives.  He  fitted  for  college  at  Tilton  Seminary  and  the  celebrated  Stone  School 
in  Boston,  and  is  now  a  member  of  the  freshman  class  at  Harvard. 


HENRY   HARRISON    METCALF 
Chairman  Genera!  Committee  and  Anniversary  Exercises 


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that  era,  if  any  there  were,  had  dropped  her 
scales  and  her  eyes  needed  no  bandage. 

Even  the  historian  of  Bow  remarks: 
"Impartial  trials  were  impossible  in  New 
Hampshire  courts,  as  judges,  juries,  council- 
lors, and  all  were  in  the  interests  of  the  pro- 
prietors of  Bow."  But  the  iron  courage  of  the 
men  who  had  made  the  wilderness  a  place  of 
contended  homes,  who  had  scouted  the  woods 
and  fought  savages,  weakened  not  a  drop  of 
blood;  they  took  prompt  and  resolute  action. 
All  unconsciously  what  they  did  then  was 
the  prelude  to  what  they  did  not  many  years 
later  when  they  heard  the  tidings  of  Concord 
and  Lexington. 

That  their  adversary  was  in  fact  the  Royal 
Government;  at  Portsmouth  made  no  differ- 
ence, they  understood  who  the  real  plaintiffs 
were.  They  realized,  also,  that  the  contest 
was  one  of  inherent  right  against  official 
speculation  and  sordid  self  seeking.  Firm 
of  purpose,  scorning  compromise,  they  deter- 
mined to  defend  their  titles  and  their  firesides; 
consequently  they  assembled  as  free  men  in 
their  meeting-house  and  unanimously  voted 
that  they  would  pay  the  cost  of  the  suit  then 
pending,  and,  further,  that  they  would  meet 
the  charges  of  supporting  the  just  right  and 


claim  of  any  of  the  grantees  against  any  per- 
son or  persons  that  should  trespass  upon  any 
of  the  said  lands  or  that  shall  bring  a  writ 
for  the  recovery  of  the  aforesaid  lands.  And 
they  added  this  wise  proviso :  that  the  person 
so  sued  shall  pursue  and  defend  his  rights 
agreeable  to  the  orders  of  the  people  of  Runt- 
ford.  Thus  they  made  the  whole  subject  a 
matter  of  public  concern .  They  raised  money 
by  selling  the  common  land  and  by  pledging 
their  individual  credit,  yet  suit  and  review 
suit  and  appeal  went  uniformly  against  them. 

Owing  to  the  limited  damages  claimed  in 
each  suit  an  appeal  to  London  was  prevented. 
That  the  king  and  council  would  ignore  pro- 
vincial technicalities  and  rules  of  court  and 
open  the  whole  question  to  argument  was 
confidently  believed,  but  in  what  manner 
could  the  matter  be  sent  across  the  Atlantic? 

How  might  the  king  be  invoked?  Happily 
some  Rumford  man,  possibly  Parson  Walker, 
suggested  that  the  right  of  a  British  subject 
to  petition  the  sovereign  for  redress  of  griev- 
ances was  a  fundamental  principle  of  the 
English  Constitution,  which  had  been  exer- 
cised from  very  early  times,  and  that  it 
seemed  to  meet  the  obstacle  imposed  by  a 
denial  of  legal  appeal.     The  broad-minded 


Henry  Harrison  Metcalf,  chairman  of  the  General  Committee,  and  of  the  Committee  on 
Anniversary  Exercises,  was  born  in  Newport,  N.  H.,  April  7,  1841,  and  reared  to  farm  life;  edu- 
cated in  public  and  private  schools,  Mt.  Caesar  Seminary,  Swanzey,  and  the  Law  Department 
of  the  University  of  Michigan,  graduating  LL.  B.,  in  1865.  He  continued  the  study  of  law  with 
Hon.  Edmund  Burke  of  Newport,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  August,  1866.  He  entered 
journalism  the  next  year  and  continued  therein,  editing  the  White  Mountain  Republic  at  Little- 
ton three  years,  the  Concord  People  four  years;  State  Press  at  Dover  five  years,  Manchester  Daily 
Union  two  years,  upon  its  establishment  as  a  morning  paper,  and  People  and  Patriot  eleven 
years.  He  was  for  twelve  years  editorial  writer  for  the  Portsmouth  Times,  and  five  years  for 
the  Cheshire  Republican,  at  Keene,  and  was  long  New  Hampshire  correspondent  of  the  Boston 
Post  and  the  New  York  World,  Herald  and  Times.  In  1877  he  establihsd  the  Granite 
Monthly,  in  Dover,  and  is  now  its  editor  and  proprietor.  Politically  he  is  and  always  has  been 
a  Democrat.  He  was  secretary  of  the  Democratic  State  Conmittee  in  1869-70;  a  delegate  to 
the  Democratic  National  Convention  in  St.  Louis  in  1876;  several  times  chairman  of  the 
Concord  Democratic  City  Committee,  and  president  of  the  State  Convention  in  May,  1900. 
He  has  been  his  party's  candidate  for  mayor,  state  senator,  secretary  of  state  and  member  of 
congress,  and  was  appointed  editor  of  Early  Province  and  State  Papers  (State  Historian)  by 
Governor  Felker,  upon  the  death  of  Hon.  A.  S.  Batchellor  of  Littleton,  in  1913.  Always  a 
friend  of  agriculture,  he  was  a  charter  member  of  Capital  Grange  of  Concord,  of  which  he  is  a 
past  master  and  lecturer,  a  charter  member  of  Merrimack  County  Pomona  Grange  and  eleven 
times  its  lecturer,  and  was  lecturer  of  the  New  Hampshire  State  Grange  from  1897  to  1903. 
He  is  a  charter  member  of  Granite  State  Council,  R.  A.,  and  is  a  past  regent,  past  deputy 
supreme  regent,  and  Chairman  of  the  Grand  Council's  Committee  on  Laws.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  New  Hampshire  Historical  Society  and  of  the  New  Hampshire  Society,  Sons  of  the  American 
Revolution,  serving  as  historian,  and  member  of  the  board  of  managers.  He  was  for  fifteen 
years  secretary  of  the  Concord  Board  of  Trade,  and  is  now,  and  has  been  for  seven  years 
secretary  of  the  New  Hampshire  Board  of  Trade,  and  is,  also,  president  of  the  New  Hampshire 
Old  Home  Week  Association.  In  religion  he  is  a  Universalist  and  vice-president  and  member 
of  the  executive  board  of  the  Universalist  State  Convention.  He  received  the  honorary  degree 
of  A.  M.,  from  Dartmouth  College  in  1913.  December  18,  1869,  he  married  Mary  Jane  Jackson 
of  Littleton.  They  have  two  sons,  Harry  Bingham  and  Edmund  Burke,  and  a  daughter, 
Laura  Prucia,  wife  of  Harlan  C.  Pearson  of  Concord. 


COL.   LYSANDER   H.   CARROLL 
Postmaster  of  Concord,  1880-1885 


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minister,  the  man  of  affairs,  shrewd,  tena- 
cious and  withal  concilitory,  had  found  the 
way  and  was  willing  and  ready  to  lead.  The 
inhabitants  to  a  man  were  as  one;  no  dis- 
senting or  uncertain  voice  was  heard.  No 
event  in  all  our  annals  compares  with  that 
singular  mission  to  the  British  court.  As  we 
view  that  act  of  the  inhabitants  we  are  over- 
come with  mingled  wonder  and  admiration. 
That  a  little  community  on  the  frontier  of 
war-ridden  New  Hampshire  should  pause  in 
the  midst  of  alarms  and  assemble  in  town- 
meeting  and  vote  to  ask  the  king  to  listen 
to  their  sad  story  and  to  give  them  relief 
seems  incredible! 

Money  was  scarce,  yet  somehow  money 
was  forthcoming;  courage,  perhaps,  was  a 
coinage  acceptable  at  London  and  estimated 
at  its  full  value.  Be  that  as  it  may,  Mr. 
Walker  assisted  by  Colonel  Rolfe,  Rumford's 
first  citizen,  sat  down  to  prepare  the  royal 
petition  upon  which  depended  interests  so 
momentous.  Bringing  to  his  task  a  liberal 
education,  a  cogency  of  reasoning  and  clear- 
ness of  mind,  Parson  Walker  composed  a 
document  remarkable  for  strength  and  per- 
suasion and  worthy  in  all  respects  to  be  pre- 
served among  the  state's  most  precious  ar- 
chives. 

Briefly  was  set  forth  the  beginning  of  the 
settlement  and  its  development,  the  Indian 
troubles,  the  loss  of  lives,  the  exacting  cost, 
the  toil  and  law-abiding  traits  of  the  popula- 


tion, which  at  that  time  occupied  about  eighty 
dwellings  with  many  cleared  and  cultivated 
farms.  Following  came  an  accurate  account 
of  the  boundary  disputes  arising  from  the  Bow 
and  the  Penacook  charters,  and  the  unfortu- 
nate litigation  connected  with  them  which 
the  minister  described  in  no  uncertain  terms. 

Pointing  out  that  the  Bow  charter  was 
posterior  to  that  of  Penacook  and  that  during 
the  last  twenty  years  but  few  families  had 
settled  there,  the  proprietors  instead  of  im- 
proving the  land  preferred  the  easier  method 
of  forcing  the  Rumford  men  out  of  their 
hard-won  possessions  and  thereby  gain  wealth 
at  another's  expense.  This  put  into  vigorous 
phrase  would  certainly  merit  royal  attention 
and  it  did,  undoubtedly,  exert  an  influence. 
"But  your  petitioners'  greatest  misfortune  is 
that  they  cannot  have  a  fair,  impartial  trial, 
for  that  the  governor  and  most  of  the  council 
are  proprietors  of  Bow,  and  by  them  not  only 
the  judges  are  appointed,  but  also  the  officers 
that  empanel  the  jury."  The  taking  from 
Rumford  of  her  town  privileges,  the  denial 
of  representation  and  the  levying  of  province 
taxes  were  touched  upon,  and  the  petition 
closed  with  an  appeal  to  His  Majesty,  the 
common  Father  of  His  subjects,  that  he 
should  hear  and  determine  the  cause  by 
ordering  a  fair  trial  and  cutting  off  the  ever 
multiplying  expenses  incident  to  so  many 
vexatious  suits  at  law. 

Armed    in    a    righteous    cause,    Timothy 


Col.  Lysander  H.  Carroll  was  born  in  Croydon,  N.  H.,  October  8,  1835,  receiving  his 
education  at  the  district  schools  of  Cornish.  At  the  age  of  seventeen  he  engaged  with  Frank 
Robbins  of  Sutton,  as  driver  and  salesman  on  a  stove  team,  traversing  the  surrounding  country. 
When  he  attained  his  majority  he  purchased  Mr.  Robbins'  business  and  carried  it  on  success- 
fully until  1865,  when  he  removed  to  Concord  where  he  engaged  in  the  stove  and  hardware 
business  under  the  firm  name  of  Carroll  &  Stone.  For  six  years  he  handled  a  very  successful 
business  and  then  purchased  and  conducted  for  a  dozen  of  years  the  famous  dining  room  of 
Piper  &  Haskins,  whose  cuisine  was  famous  throughout  the  state.  In  1875-76  he  was  colonel 
on  the  staff  of  Governor  Cheney,  which  represented  New  Hampshire  at  the  centennial  celebra- 
tion at  Philadelphia  on  the  opening  and  New  Hampshire  days.  The  colonel  was  chosen  to  bear 
the  vote  of  the  New  Hampshire  presidential  electors  to  Washington  at  the  time  of  the  election 
of  President  Hayes,  and  in  1877  and  1878  he  was  engaged  in  the  United  States  Mail  Service 
as  the  transfer  agent  at  the  Concord  depot.  In  1879  President  Hayes  appointed  Colonel  Car- 
roll postmaster  of  Concord  and  President  Arthur  favored  him  with  a  reappointment.  During 
his  second  administration  he  inaugurated  Concord's  present  free  delivery  system  and  Sunday 
mail.  He  was  next  associated  with  the  banking  house  of  E.  H.  Rollins  &  Sons  Company  as 
salesman,  stockholder  and  director  until  1895,  when  the  financial  panic  and  ill  health  compelled 
him  to  desist  from  road  work.  He  represented  Ward  Six,  Concord,  in  the  general  court  in 
1895-96  and  from  1899  to  1911  was  labor  commissioner  for  this  state.  Colonel  Carroll  has 
always  been  interested  in  charitable  work  and  has  probably  raised  more  m^ncy  for  this  purpose 
than  any  other  person  in  the  city.  He  was  prominently  connected  with  the  movement  to 
establish  Concord  s  first  shoe  factory  and  with  Oscar  Pitman  raised  sufficient  money  to  in- 
sure its  location  here.  Another  instance  of  his  benevolence  was  the  raising  of  $39,000  from  a 
$10,000  donation  for  the  erection  of  the  Concord  Y.  M.  C.  A.  He  is  a  Mason  and  a  Knight 
Templar,  and  in  politics  a  Republican,  having  been  prominent  in  that  party  since  1856,  and  a 
member  of  the  State  Committee  for  over  thirty  years. 


THE  "OLD  NORTH"— FIRST  CONGREGATIONAL  CHURCH 

Erected  1751.     Improved  1783-4.     Enlarged  1803 

Abandoned  November  23,  1842.        The  Seat  of  the  Methodist  General  Biblical 

Institute,  1847-1867.        Burned  November  28,   1870 

(Site  now  occupied  by  the  Walker  School  House) 


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169 


Walker,  the  minister  in  a  double  sense,  sailed 
for  London  late  in  1753.  The  six  weeks'  voyage 
was  tedious,  no  doubt,  and  he  gladly  welcomed 
the  old  country  and  its  capitol,  where,  present- 
ing his  letters  of  introduction,  he  consulted 
with  friends  and  began  his  mission. 

The  shrewd  Yankee  minister,  recognizing 
the  fact  that  a  good  cause  needed  a  good  advo- 
cate,   retained    Sir   William    Murray   as   his 


ance  ripened  into  close  and  lasting  friendship. 
A  remarkable  and  interesting  coincidence  of 
dates  marked  the  lives  of  the  two  men.  Both 
were  born  in  1705,  and  Sir  William  was  called 
to  the  bar  the  same  year,  the  same  month  and 
almost  the  same  day  that  the  minister  had 
been  ordained  in  the  log  meeting-house  thou- 
sands of  miles  away.  Such  men  could  not 
have  failed  to  have  many  traits  in  common 


St.  Paul's  Episcopal  Church 


Pleasant  Street  Baptist  Church 


counsel.  Fortunate,  indeed,  was  that  choice. 
Sir  William  was,  in  1753,  solicitor-general  and 
a  year  later  he  became  attorney-general.  A 
leader  of  the  bar,  preeminent  in  his  profes- 
sion, and  in  the  House  of  Commons  an  orator 
second  only  to  William  Pitt. 

By  what  channel  of  intercourse  Mr.  Walker 
met  the  great  lawyer,  we  do  not  know,  but 
we  do  know  how  that  professional  acquaint- 


and  many  subjects  of  mutual  conversation. 
In  the  meanwhile  the  Portsmouth  proprietors 
of  Bow  had  not  been  idle  or  indifferent;  they 
had  engaged  counsel  and  supplied  them  with 
arguments  against  allowing  the  Rumford 
appeal  to  the  king. 

But  all  to  no  result  for  Sir  William  per- 
suaded the  committee  of  the  king's  council  to 
hear  the  case  in  October,  1754. 


The  "Old  North  Church,"  or  meeting-house  of  the  First  Congregational  Church,  in 
Concord,  has  been  the  scene  of  many  occurrences  of  great  historic  interest.  Here,  in  1778,  a 
convention  was  held  "To  form  a  permanent  plan  of  government  for  the  State  of  New  Hamp- 
shire." In  1782,  the  first  time  the  legislature  met  in  Concord,  it  assembled  in  this  house,  on 
March  13,  followed  by  the  meeting  of  fifteen  sessions  of  the  general  court.  Here,  in  1784, 
the  new  State  Constitution  was  formed  and  adopted.  In  June,  1788,  the  Federal  Constitution 
was  here  ratified,  New  Hampshire  being,  by  this  action,  the  ninth  state — the  number  required 
to  make  the  union  possible.  In  1791-92,  a  convention  met  to  revise  the  State  Constitution. 
From  1784  to  1831,  thirty-nine  times,  the  legislature  marched  in  formal  procession  to  this 
church  to  hear  the  annual  election  sermon.  From  1765  to  1790,  twenty-five  years,  all  Concord 
town  meetings  were  held  here.  On  July  20,  1817,  James  Munroe,  president  of  the  United  States, 
attended  Sabbath  service  in  this  church.  Thursday,  June  5,  1845,  here  was  held  the  great 
debate  between  Hon.  John  P.  Hale  and  Gen.  Franklin  Pierce  on  the  subject  of  slavery. 


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Parson  Walker  sailed  for  home,  remaining 
until  the  late  summer  of  that  year  when  he 
journeyed  again  to  London  prepared  for  the 
hearing.  But  the  usual  procrastination  and 
delay  incident  to  English  legal  procedure  of 


in  the  new  world  to  the  victorious  Briton. 
Portsmouth  law  suits  slumbered  for  a  while 
but  no  sooner  was  peace  in  sight  than  a  new 
action  was  begun.  Again  we  follow  its  pre- 
destined course  in  the  provincial  courts  end- 


New  Hampshire  State  Library 


the  period  postponed  the  case  until  June, 
1755,  when  the  king  and  council  made  their 
decision  to  the  effect  that  the  judgment  of 
the  superior  court  in  favor  of  the  proprietors 
of  Bow  be  reversed.  Like  the  imperial 
ambassadors    of    our    own    time,     Minister 


ing  with  the  inevitable  judgment  for  Bow,. 
but  the  amount  then  in  controversy  permitted 
an  appeal  to  the  king  in  council,  so  we  behold 
the  resolute  parson,  armed  with  the  mandate 
of  his  people,  setting  out  on  his  third  journey 
to  England. 


Railroad  Station 


Walker  might  have  exclaimed,  as  he  met  his 
townsmen,  "I  have  returned  'with  peace  and 
honor.'  '  Now  broke  over  New  England  the 
French  and  Indian  War  destined  to  rage  until 
the  day  when  France  surrendered  her  empire 


On  reaching  London  he  found  that  his  good 
friend,  Murray,  has  been  appointed  chief 
justice  of  the  King's  Bench  with  the  title  of 
Baron  Mansfield,  or  Lord  Mansfield  as  the 
world  knows  him. 


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173 


But  this  high  office,  while  ending  the  former 
relations  of  client  and  attorney,  did  not  pre- 
vent the  chief  justice  from  rendering  further 
aid  to  the  cause  of  Rumford,  for  by  a  provi- 
sion of  law,  or  of  time  honored  custom,  the 


Chief  Justice  of  the  Common  Pleas  with  the 
title  of  Lord  Walsingham.  We  shall  never 
cease  to  regret  that  Mr.  Walker  kept  no 
diary  during  those  years,  for  if  he  did  keep 
one  no  traces  of  it  can  be  discovered,  but  he 


Residence  of  Dr.  George  M.  Kimball 

One  of  Concord's  Substantial  Modern  Residences 


chief  justice  became  a  member  of  the  privy 
council  before  which  American  appeals  were 
heard.  Accordingly  we  find  Lord  Mansfield 
taking  a  very  prominent  part  in  the  cause 


did  write  a  few  letters  to  his  friends  and 
among  them  one  to  his  townsman,  Col.  Ben- 
jamin Rolfe,  describing  the  hearing  before  the 
council.     It   appeared   that  Lord  Mansfield 


Residence  of  Dr.  Orlando  B.  Douglas 

A  Typical  Modern  Home,  Auburn  Street 


Parson  Walker  had  so  much  at  heart.  It  is 
interesting  to  note  that  fortune  had  again 
served  Mr.  Walker  well  in  the  choice  of  his 
new  counsel  who  was  William  De  Grey,  a 
leader    of   the   bar    and    subsequently    Lord 


checked  irrelevance  and  discursiveness  with 
a  heavy  hand  and  narrowed  the  issues  mate- 
rially, finally  saying  that  there  were  but  two 
points  worth  insisting  upon;  one,  the  false 
laying  out  of  Bow;  the  other,  the  decree  of 


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The  Granite  Monthly 


King  George  the  Second  respecting  private 
rights.  These  points  he  discussed  with  clear- 
ness and  cogency  declaring  that  a  man's 
possession  should  be  his  title  and  that  private 
property  should  be  protected;  that  it  is  not 
the  same  as  private  possession,  but  meant 
more  considering  the  circumstances  of  the 
particular  case.  Other  views  were,  no  doubt, 
expressed  with  arguments  for  and  against 
the  appellants  for  the  hearing  was  exhaustive 
and  prolonged.  However,  on  December  17, 
1762,  the  Right  Honorable,  the  Lords  of  the 
Committee  of  Council,  for  hearing  appeals 
from  the  plantations  rendered  their  report 
to  the  king  in  council  confirming  the  conten- 


nssociates,  having  tested  the  mettle  of  Parson 
Walker  and  his  flock,  no  longer  invoked  their 
judges  to  assist  in  robbing  the  sturdy  inhab- 
itants on  the  Merrimack. 

The  people  of  Rumford  had  won  the  long 
and  costly  contest  in  the  final  court  of  law, 
but  they  were  left  without  town  rights  and 
local  government,  victims- of  the  malevolent 
disposition  of  their  opponents.  Fortunately 
a  people  who  had  gone  through  unexampled 
perils  and  had  experienced  such  vicissitudes 
had  learned  the  lesson  of  restraint  and  pa- 
tience as  few  among  New  England  communi- 
ties had  ever  learned  it.  There  were  giants 
in  the  earth  in  those  days  and  they  grew 


United  States  Government  Building 


tion  of  Rumford  by  reversing  the  judgments 
of  the  New  Hampshire  courts.  A  few  days 
later  the  king  with  the  advice  of  his  council 
formally  approved  and  confirmed  the  report 
and  ordered  that  "the  appellants  be  restored 
to  what  they  may  have  lost  by  means  of  the 
said  judgments,  whereof  the  Governor  or 
Commander-in-Chief  of  his  Majesty's  Prov- 
ince of  New  Hampshire,  for  the  time  being, 
and  all  others  whom  it  may  concern,  are  to 
take  notice  and  govern  themselves  accord- 
ingly." The  Portsmouth  oligarchy,  humbled 
beyond  repair  in  the  court  of  last  resort,  was 
not  without  power  to  vex  and  worry  the 
people  of  Rumford  with  taxes  and  claims 
during  the  years  following  the  decree  of  1762. 
But  Governor  Wentworth  and  his  speculative 


strong  by  touching  the  mother  earth.  De- 
voutly believing  in  the  righteousness  of  their 
cause,  firm  in  faith,  unshakened  in  courage,  the 
founders  of  the  town  bided  their  time.  Their 
prayers  for  redress,  however  repugnant  to  the 
governor  and  council,  could  not  be  denied  in- 
definitely, accordingly  a  change  came  over  the 
stubborn  spirits  in  Portsmouth.  Stubborn  is 
the  word  to  explain  the  official  mind  in  its  treat- 
ment of  Rumford,  and  the  ministry  at  London, 
not  insensible  to  the  anomalous  condition  in 
New  Hampshire,  were  considering  the  desira- 
bility of  removing  Benning  Wentworth  from 
office.  After  fifteen  years  of  injustice  and 
oppression,  Parson  Walker,  in  April,  1764, 
presented  the  last  of  the  long  series  of  similar 
petitions  to  the  governor  and  council. 


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Despairing  of  fair  and  equitable  treatment, 
the  petitioners  prayed  that  His  Excellency 
would  even  renew  the  District  Act,  although 
they  unanimously  preferred  a  town  charter 
with  definite  privileges  and  liberties.  Any- 
thing other  than  the  existing  uncertainty 
would  satisfy  them.  A  month  later  the  house 
of  representatives  passed  a  spiteful  act  of 
incorporation. 

That  was  the  Parthian  shot  discharged  by 
the  revengeful  government.  Beaten  in  the 
contest  before  the  king  there  remained  one 
more  weapon  in  the  armory  of  the  oligarchy, 
the  arrow  poisoned  with  humiliation. 

The  governor  and  council  saw  their  oppor- 
tunity and  made  the  most  of  it.  They 
avenged  themselves  and  wounded  Rumford, 
as  they  thought,  and  were  happy.  Listen  to 
the  method  whereby  the  province  sought  to 
punish  the  free  and  well-ordered  people  who 
had  dared  to  resist  oppression  and  demand 
fair  treatment.  The  house  answered.  Mr. 
Walker's  prayer  with  this  insolent  enactment, 
to  wit,  "An  Act  for  the  setting  off  of  a  part 
of  the  Town  of  Bow,  together  with  some  lands 
adjoining  thereto,  with  the  inhabitants 
thereon,  and  making  them  a  Parish  by  the 
name  of  Concord,  investing  them  with  such 
privileges  and  immunities  as  Towns  in  this 
Province  have  and  do  enjoy." 

This  act  of  incorporation  was  agreed  to  by 
the  council  and  consented  to  by  the  governor, 
June  7,  1765,  one  hundred  and  fifty  years  ago 
this  very  day.  In  the  eye  of  law,  Concord 
was  merely  a  parish  in  Bow,  but  that  fiction 


soon  disappeared;  yet  not  until  after  the  war 
of  the  Revolution  was  the  wrong  made  right 
by  the  state  legislature  of  1784. 

Since  the  beginning  we  have  had  three 
names,  Penacook  of  Indian  meaning,  Rum- 
ford  purely  English,  and  Concord  derived 
from  the  Latin.  Whence  came  the  name 
Concord  is  not  wholly  determined,  but  its 
appropriateness  seems  to  us  peculiarly  feli- 
citous. Tradition  suggests  that  the  name 
was  designed  to  signify  the  unanimity  of 
purpose  and  faith  in  the  right  which  had 
always  characterized  the  settlers  and  which 
has  been  a  marked  trait  among  their  des- 
cendants. 

Perhaps  we  may  attribute  our  proud  name 
to  the  words  spoken  by  the  Rev.  John  Barn- 
ard of  Andover,  who,  at  the  ordination  of  the 
Rev.  Timothy  Walker  thirty-five  years  before, 
solemnly  charged  the  people  "always  to  live 
in  Love  and  Peace — to  rejoice  and  strengthen 
the  hands  of  their  Minister  by  their  Concord." 
I  have  now  traced  the  incidents  and  events 
from  the  wilderness  beginning  to  the  birth  of 
the  town,  a  period  of  less  than  half  a  century 
of  years  but  withal,  a  period  rich  in  history 
and  infinitely  richer  in  the  moulding  of  civic 
virtues.  We  are  fortunate,  indeed,  to  inherit 
the  traditions  and  beliefs  of  our  ancestors  and 
conserve  them  for  the  Concord  of  our  day. 
We  are  stronger  through  their  sublime  faith 
and  splendid  courage  and  our  duty  is  impera- 
tive and  clear.  Enriched  by  their  example 
let  us  emulate  them  in  civic  ideals  and  civic 
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THE  PROFESSIONAL  LIFE  OF  CONCORD 


By  Joseph  M.  Lucier 


The  growth  of  Concord  during  the 
past  century  and  a  half,  though  it  has 
not  been  what  one  might  term  rapid, 
has  been  steady  and  substantial.  The 
efforts  of  the  men  who  have  been  at 
the' head  of  the  municipal  affairs  have 
always  been  highly  appreciated,  but 
no  one  group  of  men  has  played  a 
more  important  part  in  building  Con- 
cord than  the  professional  men. 

The  lawyer  of  the  early  days  was  a 
prominent  factor  in  public  life,  the 
physician  a  necessity,  and  as  time 
passed  on  the  dentist  came  into  more 
prominence,  his  work  today  being 
recognized,  not  as  a  luxury  as  hereto- 
fore, but  as  a  necessity  to  the  pre- 
servation of  good  health. 

For  the  first  time  in  the  history  of 
Concord,  biographies  and  portraits  of 
the  most  prominent  people  of  these 
three  professions  have  been  grouped 
in  the  volume  that  will  preserve' to 
posterity  the  Capital  City  and  the 
people  who  are  making  its  history  in 
the  present  day. 

THE   LEGAL   PROFESSION 

The  early  history  of  Concord's 
bench  and  bar  has  been  handed  down 
to  the  present  generation  by  the  few 
remaining  traditions  and  even  after 
the  eighteenth  century  there  can  be 
found  only  meager  annals,  anecdotes 
and  official  records  on  this  important 
subject.  Concord  took  a  small  part 
in  the  doings  of  the  professional  world 
and  not  many  men  were  interested  in 
the  study  of  law.  Court  at  that  time 
was  held  in  Rockingham  County 
either  Portsmouth  or  Exeter,  and  the 
methods  of  travel  were  so  slow  that 
it  certainly  was  no  inducement  to  the 
energetic  youth  to  practice  under 
such  circumstances.  The  first  judge 
in  this  section  was  Timothy  Walker, 
Jr.,  son  of  Rev.  Timothy  Walker, 
Concord's  first  minister,  and  the  first 
lawyer  was  Peter  Green. 

Concord  did  not  prove  a  very  at- 
tractive field  for  the  legal  profession, 


but,  nevertheless,  several  students 
came  to  the  village  and  the  records 
show  that  in  later  years  they  were 
among  the  most  distinguished  pro- 
fessional men,  including  Nathaniel, 
Gardner  and  Samuel  Green  and  Ed- 
ward and  Arthur  St.  Loe,  the  two 
latter  having  later  been  appointed  to 
the  bench. 

The  laws  of  this  period  were  loosely 
administered  and  the  people  regarded 
litigation  as  an  expensive  and  shame- 
fully prolonged  process  of  justifica- 
tion. The  judges  were  not  necessarily 
men  well  versed  in  law,  and  very  often 
a  farmer  or  a  merchant  was  appointed 
to  the  bench.  The  condition  of  the 
courts  was,  indeed,  bad.  Three  courts 
were  in  existence,  the  county  court, 
composed  of  all  the  justices  in  the 
county  and  meeting  four  times  a  year; 
the  inferior  court  of  common  pleas, 
consisting  of  a  justice  and  four  asso- 
ciates, which  settled  civil  actions 
when  the  damages  did  not  exceed 
twenty  pounds  and,  lastly,  the  supe- 
rior court  of  judicature  which  con- 
sisted of  a  chief  justice  and  four 
associates,  whose  salaries  were  respec- 
tively $1,500  and  $1,200.  Political 
upheavals  in  1813  and  in  1816  partly 
succeeded  in  establishing  a  new  sys- 
tem, the  legislature  taking  a  hand 
this  time  and  it  finally  resulted  in  the 
establishment  of  the  judiciary,  which 
really  begins  the  history  of  the  bench 
and  bar  in  Concord. 

In  1816  Concord  had  seven  attor- 
neys, Samuel  Green,  Charles  Walker, 
Moody  Kent,  Samuel  A.  Kimball, 
William  Pickering,  Samuel  Fletcher 
and  Thomas  W.  Thompson.  The 
growth  of  the  town,  with  such  men  at 
the  head  of  affairs,  was  steady  and  in 
1821  a  bill  was  introduced  in  the  legis- 
lature forming  a  new  county,  but  the 
measure  was  killed.  At  the  following 
session,  in  1823,  the  county  bill  was 
again  introduced  and  this  time  passed 
with  substantial  majorities  in  both 
the  house  and  senate,  Merrimack 
County  being  the  name  adopted  by 


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the  new  county.  An  incident  which 
has  since  amused  the  people  of  this 
city  is  that  Concord's  rival  for  the 
county  capital  was  Hopkinton,  which 
at  that  time  had  a  population  of  only 
a  few  hundred  less  than  this  city. 
The  county  jail,  however,  was  not 
removed  to  this  city  until  1852. 

The  first  trial  that  attracted  county- 
wide  attention  was  the  Roger  E. 
Perkins'  will  case.  It  arose  from  an 
appeal  from  the  probate  court  and 
some  of  the  most  prominent  lawyers 
of  that  day  came  to  Concord  to  take 
part  in  the  proceedings.  Many  people 
from  the  neighboring  towns  came  to 
attend  the  court  but  the  accommoda- 


1840  Concord  had  over  fifteen  attor- 
neys and  in  1855  occurred  the  crea- 
tion of  a  new  court  called  the  supreme 
judicial  court,  consisting  of  a  chief 
and  four  justices,  and  at  one  time 
Concord  had  three  judges  in  that 
court. 

The  cornerstone  of  a  new  court 
house  was  laid  May  25,  1855,  and  the 
building  lasted  to  the  present  gener- 
ation, having  been  replaced  by  the 
present  county  building  within  a  com- 
paratively few  years. 

As  time  went  on  Concord  became 
more  conspicuous  in  legal  circles  and 
the  number  of  men  engaged  in  the 
practice  of  law  became  more  numer- 


Merrimack  County  Building 


tions  were  so  limited  that  the  majority 
were  forced  to  remain  on  the  outside 
and  hear  only  the  reports.  The  trial 
had  been  so  fully  discussed  by  the 
people  that  when  the  day  of  the  pro- 
ceedings came,  in  January,  1826,  the 
throng  of  people  on  the  streets  re- 
minded one  of  a  holiday.  Jeremiah 
Mason  and  Ezekial  Webster  were  the 
attorneys  for  the  executors  and  were 
opposed  by  George  Sullivan,  attorney- 
general,  Moody  Kent  and  Richard 
Bartlett.  The  case  resulted  in  the 
disagreement  of  the  jury. 

The  first  murder  trial  held  in  Con- 
cord was  held  in  June,  1833,  and  was 
one  very  similar  to  that  of  LaPage 
which  occurred  forty  years  later.     In 


ous.  The  present  judiciary  system 
of  the  state  was  established  in  1876 
and  underwent  a  radical  remodeling 
by  the  legislature  in  1901.  This  city 
was  again  honored  in  the  meantime 
by  the  appointment  of  William  M. 
Chase  and  Reuben  E.  Walker  to  the 
supreme  bench. 

Court  proceedings,  which  have 
taken  place  in  this  city  from  time  to 
time,  have  been  the  center  of  interest 
throughout  the  country  and  have  had 
a  great  influence  in  the  building  up  of 
the  law  profession  so  that  today  Con- 
cord stands  in  the  foremost  ranks, 
and  the  law  firms  of  this  city  are  rec- 
ognized as  being  among  the  most 
prominent  in  the  country. 


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Hon.  Frank  Sherwin  Streeter.  removed,    with    his   parents,    to    St. 

Many  Concord  lawyers  have  Johnsbury,  where  the  elder  Streeter 
achieved  high  success  in  life.  Their  engaged  in  business, 
ranks  have  included  congressmen,  The  early  education  of  the  young 
senators,  judges  and  one  was  ele-  man  was  received  in  the  public 
vated  to  the  highest  office  within  the  schools  of  Charleston  and  St.  Johns- 
gift  of  the  people  of  these  United  bury.  At  the  latter  place  he  at- 
States— the  presidency.  Therefore,  tended  the  academy,  from  which 
from  a  comparative  standpoint,  the  institution  he  graduated.  Having 
phrase  "eminently  successful"  must  fitted  himself  for  college,  he  entered 
stand  for  something  more  substantial  Bates  College  at  Lewiston,  Me.,  in 
than  usual  when  it  is  drawn  from  the  1870,  and  remained  one  year,  trans- 
storehouse  of  time-worn,  common-  f erring  to  Dartmouth  in  1871,  from 
place  and  trite  expressions,  to  preface  which  college  he  graduated  in  1874. 
the  name  of  a  Concord  member  of  It  is  evident  that  young  Streeter 
the  New  Hampshire  bar.  The  career  had  not  set  his  mind  on  following  the 
of  Gen.  Frank  Sherwin  Streeter,  has,  legal  profession  during  his  college 
in  truth,  been  eminently  successful,  days,  for  right  after  graduation  he 
No  lawyer  of  today  has  made  for  went  West  and  accepted  the  principal- 
himself  a  more  lasting  or  more  credit-  ship  of  a  high  school  at  Ottumwa, 
able  impression  in  the  minds  of  New  Iowa.  However,  teaching  did  not 
Hampshire  citizenry  than  he;  no  appeal  to  him  and  he  returned  East 
lawyer  has  done  more  to  further  the  and  entered  upon  the  study  of  law 
upbuild  of  municipality  and  state.  in  the  office  of  that  brilliant  attorney 

Mr.    Streeter   traces    his    ancestry  and  able  jurist,  Alonzo  P.  Carpenter 

back   to    Stephen    Streeter,    a   shoe-  of  Bath.     His  choice  was  a  wise  one, 

maker  of  Kent  County,  England,  who  for    Judge    Carpenter    was    a    man 

came   to   this    country   nearly   three  exceptionally  well  qualified  to  guide 

hundred    years    ago    and    settled    in  the  initial  steps  of  a  law  student,  and 

Gloucester,  Mass.,  from  which  place  the  town,  long  the  home  of  a  keen 

he    later   removed    to    Charlestown.  coterie   of  able  lawyers,    was    fairly 

The  first  Streeter  to  settle  in  New  redolent  with  a  legal  atmosphere,  his 

Hampshire  was  Zebulon,  five  genera-  share  of  which  the  young  man  could 

tions     removed    from     the     original  not    help    but    absorb.     Under   such 

settler,  Stephen,  and  he  removed  from  favorable  circumstances  did  he  read 

Douglas,  Mass.,  where  he  was  born  law  for  a  period  of  nearly  two  years, 

in  1739,  to  Winchester,  N.  H.,  in  1770,  when  he  was  admitted  to  the  Grafton 

and  finally  settled  in  Surry  in  1777,  County  bar  at  Haverhill,  in  March, 

where   he   died   in    1808.     Benjamin  1877. 

Streeter,   a   son   of    Zebulon,   moved  He  immediately  began  the  practice 

from  Surry  to  Concord,  Vt.,  in  1782  of  law,  which  he  has  followed   con- 

and  his  son,   Daniel,   born  July  24,  stantly  for   thirty-eight   years,    with 

1799,  married  Mary  Jackson,  a  native  steadily  increasing  success.     It  was  in 

of  Canterbury,  N.  H.     Of  this  wed-  the  town  of  Orford  that  he  first  hung 

lock   eight   children   were   born,    the  out     the     "shingle"     denoting     his 

fourth  child,  Daniel,  being  born  on  "trade,"  for  thus  does  he  define  his 

March  1,  1829.     Daniel  married  Julia  life  work.     "No,  I  didn't  immediately 

Wheeler,    and,    leaving   his   paternal  engage  in  the  duties  of  my  profession, 

home   in    Concord,    Vt.,    engaged   in  as  you  would  have  said,   but   I  got 

farming   in    East   Charleston   of   the  busy    at    my    trade — that's    what    I 

same  state.     Here,  on  August  5,  1853,  call  it — trade,"  laughed  Mr.  Streeter 

Frank    Sherwin    Streeter    was    born,  one  morning  when   speaking  of  the 

His  early  boyhood  was  spent  in  East  time  when  he  concluded  his  work  as 

Charleston  and  at  the  age  of  twelve  he  a  member  of  the  International  Joint 


HON.   FRANK    SHERWIN   STREETER 


The  Professional  Life  of  Concord  181 

Commission,  and  this  is  but  a  slight  attention  to  corporation  work,  repre- 

indication    of    the    democratic    ten-  senting  many  of  the  large  interests  of 

dencies  of  the  man.     His  partner  in  the   state,    including    the    Boston   & 

Orford  was  Charles  W.  Pierce,  Esq.,  Maine  Railroad.     For  eleven  years, 

and   the   firm   of   Pierce   &    Streeter  from  June,  1895,  to  October  29,  1906, 

existed  for  a  period  of  some  seven  or  he    served    the     latter     corporation, 

eight  months,  or  until  Mr.  Streeter  withdrawing  from  its  services  of  his 

could  no  longer  bear  the  monotony  own  volition  only  after  wide    differ- 

of  life  in  the  law  office  of  a  small  ences  of  opinion  began  to  exist  be- 

country  town.     He  then  removed  to  tween  himself  and  the  management 

Concord  and  engaged  in  a  partnership  of  the  railroad  in  regard  to  the  policy 

with  John  H.  Albin,  which  continued  of  the  corporation  towards  state  and 

until  September,  1879,  at  which  time  party  matters,  in  which  the  road  had 

Mr.   Streeter   effected   a  partnership  no   intimate   concern.     He   felt   that 

with  William  M.  Chase.     For  nearly  while    he    was    under    obligation    to 

twelve    years    the    partnership    con-  serve  all  legitimate  interests  of  the 

tinued,  until   the  senior    member    of  road  as  its  counsel,  yet  at  the  same 

the  firm  withdrew  to  accept  a  com-  time  he  had  the  right  to  exercise  his 

mission   as    associate   justice    of   the  own  judgment   upon  all  matters   of 

supreme  court,  in  the  spring  of  1891.  public,   party  or  private  concern  in 

When  Judge  Chase  withdrew,  Reu-  which  the  railroad  had  no  material 

ben  E.  Walker  and  Arthur  H.  Chase  interest. 

associated  themselves  with  Mr.  Street-  Mr.  Streeter  has  not  found  himself 
er,  and  for  three  years,  or  until  1894,  too  busy  with  the  affairs  of  his 
this  firm  continued  under  the  name  "trade"  to  entirely  neglect  the  wel- 
of  Streeter,  Walker  &  Chase.  At  fare  of  the  Republican  party,  with 
that  time  Mr.  Chase  received  the  which  he  has  always  been  identified 
appointment  as  state  librarian  and  as  a  loyal  and  interested  member.  For 
Allen  Hollis  was  admitted  to  the  years  he  has  served  on  the  Republican 
firm  in  his  stead.  Seven  years  later  State  Committee  and  also  on  the 
Mr.  Walker  accepted  an  appointment  Executive  Committee  of  that  body  as 
to  the  supreme  bench  and,  in  1901,  the  Merrimack  County  member.  In 
the  firm  name  became  Streeter  &  Hoi-  1896  he  was  president  of  the  Repub- 
lis.  Fred  C.  Demond  and  Edward  K.  lican  State  Convention  and  in  1902, 
Woodworth  were  admitted  to  the  as  chairman  for  the  Convention 
firm  in  the  same  }rear,  and  in  1910  the  Committee  on  Resolutions,  prepared 
firm  was  named  Streeter,  Hollis,  the  platform  in  which  the  Republican 
Demond  &  Woodworth.  When  Mr.  party  of  this  state  broke  away  from 
Hollis  withdrew  to  conduct  a  business  unconditional  prohibition  and  de- 
of  his  own,  the  firm  was  known  as  clared  for  a  local  option  license  law. 
Streeter,  Demond  &  Woodworth.  By  reason  of  his  stalwart  defense  of 
On  July  1,  1911,  Frank  J.  Sulloway  the  platform  it  was  adopted  and  later 
was  admitted  as  the  junior  member  the  local  option  law  was  passed  by  the 
and  the  firm  name  was  once  more  legislature.  In  1896  he  was  dele- 
changed,  this  time  to  Streeter,  De-  gate-at-large  from  this  state  to  the 
mond,  Woodworth  &  Sulloway.  National  Republican  Convention  at 

During  the  entire  period  these  Chicago  and  was  selected  as  the  New 
law  firms,  headed  by  Mr.  Streeter,  Hampshire  member  of  the  Republican 
have  attracted  attention  in  legal  National  Committee  in  1904,  which 
circles  throughout  New  Hampshire,  position  he  held  for  four  years.  In 
because  of  their  connection  with  the  1885  Mr.  Streeter  served  a  term  in 
important  litigation  of  the  state,  the  legislature  as  representative  from 
During  these  years  Mr.  Streeter  has  Ward  Four,  and  was  an  active  mem- 
devoted  a  greater  part  of  his  personal  ber  of  the  Judiciary  Committee.     He 


182  The  Granite  Monthly 

was  elected  to  preside  over  the  Con-  United  States  member  of  the  com- 

stitutional  Convention  of  1902,  per-  mittee    to    investigate   the    pollution 

forming  the  duties  of  the  responsible  of  the  boundary  waters  between  the 

position  with  the  greatest  acumen  and  United   States  and   Canada,   and   to 

tact.     He  served  as  judge  advocate-  recommend     a     remedy.     For    nine 

general  on  the  staff  of  Gov.  Charles  months  he  was  engaged  in  the  work, 

A.  Busiel,  there  acquiring  his  military  especially  with  reference  to  the  pollu- 

title.  tion   of   the   waters   of  the   Niagara 

Since  his  graduation  from  Dart-  River.  An  extensive  report  was  made 
mouth  in  1874,  Mr.  Streeter  has  on  this  subject,  which  was  adopted  in 
always  evinced  the  deepest  interest  full  by  the  commission  and  reported 
in  his  alma  mater,  being  one  of  the  to  Congress.  In  August,  1913,  at  the 
first  to  promulgate  the  need  of  an  request  of  Secretary  of  State  Bryan, 
alumni  representative  on  the  govern-  Mr.  Streeter  resigned  to  enable  a 
ing  board  of  the  college.  Probably  it  Democrat  to  be  appointed  in  his 
was  for  this  reason  that  he  was  stead.  Since  his  retirement  from 
elected  a  trustee  of  the  institution  in  the  commission,  Mr.  Streeter  has  been 
1892,  and,  soon  after  reelection  in  actively  engaged  in  his  "trade." 
1897,  was  made  a  life  member  of  the  In  both  physical  and  mental  make- 
board  at  the  request  of  former  Presi-  up,  Frank  Streeter  is  a  big  man.  "  In 
dent  Tucker.  Mr.  Streeter  has  served  his  work  he  is  aggressive  and  resolute, 
for  years  as  chairman  of  the  Trustees  yet,  as  has  often  been  said,  he  fights 
Committee  on  Buildings  and  Im-  in  the  open  and  on  the  level.  His 
provements,  thus  coming  in  direct  long  experience  in  dealing  with  men 
contact  with  the  tremendous  growth  has  enabled  him  to  size  up  human 
of  the  physical  equipment  of  the  nature  at  almost  a  glance,  a  faculty 
college  at  Hanover.  that    but   few    men    possess.     He   is 

Probably  one  of  the  most  famous  energetic  and  tireless,  and  has  a  keen 
litigations  with  which  Mr.  Streeter  sense  of  humor  and  is  democratic  in 
was  connected  grew  out  of  the  cele-  spirit  to  a  degree  that  is  as  refreshing 
brated  suit  in  equity  instituted  by  as  it  is  uncommon  among  men  of  his 
those  who  alleged  themselves  to  be  profession.  Mr.  Streeter  is  a  master 
her  "next  friends''  for  the  purpose  of  of  the  English  language  and  his  pub- 
determining  the  capacity  of  Mary  lished  sketches  of  the  lives  and  char- 
Baker  G.  Eddy,  discoverer  and  founder  acter  of  Bismarck,  Cecil  Rhodes  and 
of  Christian  Science,  to  manage  her  John  Paul  Jones  are  the  products  of 
own  affairs.  As  personal  counsel  for  none  but  a  finished  scholar.  Perhaps 
Mrs.  Eddy  and  later,  following  her  one  of  the  most  distinguishing  char- 
death,  as  counsel  for  the  estate,  Mr.  acteristics  of  the  man  is  his  unfailing 
Streeter  lived  up  in  every  way  to  the  pleasant  disposition  which  has  gained 
excellent  reputation  he  had  already  for  him  the  honorable  title  of  "good 
achieved  as  an  astute  and  brilliant  fellow."  He  is  affable  and  kind, 
attorney,  gaining  additional  laurels  making  and  keeping  a  host  of  friends, 
because  of  the  competent  manner  in  Mr.  Streeter  has  for  the  past 
which  he  handled  the  several  com-  twelve  years  been  president  of  the 
plicated  phases  of  that  legal  struggle  Wonolancet  Club;  is  a  member  of  the 
on  which  the  eyes  of  nearly  all  the  Snowshoe  Club,  the  Union  and  Algon- 
«ivilized  world  were  focused.  quin  clubs  of  Boston,  the  Derryfield 

In  1911  President  William  H.  Taft  Club  of  Manchester  and  the  Metropol- 

appointed  Mr.  Streeter  a  member  of  itan,  Cosmos,  University  and  Chevy 

the   International  Joint   Commission.  Chase  Clubs  of  Washington.     He  is 

He  was  active  in  his  duties  as  com-  a  member   of  the  White   Mountain 

missioner,    but    the    most    extensive  Lodge,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  and  of  Eureka 

work    which    he    performed    was    as  Lodge,  A.  F.  A.  M.     He  holds  mem- 


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183 


bership  in  chapter,  council  and  com- 
mandery  and  is  a  Scottish  Rite  Mason 
of  the  32d  degree,  as  well  as  a  member 
of  Bektash  Temple,  Nobles  of  the 
Mystic  Shrine.  He  attends  the  Uni- 
tarian Church. 

Mr.  Streeter  married  Lilian  Car- 
penter, daughter  of  Hon.  Alonzo  P. 
and  Julia  (Goodall)  Carpenter  of 
Bath,  on  November  14,  1877,  and 
they  have  two  children,  Julia,  born 
September  8,  1878,  and  Thomas  W., 


19,  1873.  His  early  education  was 
received  in  the  grammar  and  high 
schools  of  Concord.  After  graduating 
from  Dartmouth  in  1896  he  attended 
the  Harvard  Law  School  for  two 
years  and,  returning  to  this  city,  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  June,  1899. 
In  1900,  Mr.  Couch  was  admitted  to 
the  firm  of  Leach  &  Stevens  as  a 
junior  partner.  Mr.  Leach  has  since 
withdrawn  from  the  firm  and  Mr. 
William    L.    Stevens    has    been    ad- 


Benjamin  W.  Couch 


born  July  20,  1883.  The  Streeter 
home  on  Main  Street  is  an  extensive 
estate  with  a  large  dwelling  house  of 
Colonial  design;  another  building 
which  will  go  down  in  history  as 
"The  Barn,"  where  Mr.  Streeter  has 
fitted  up  a  beautiful  library  and  den, 
a  garage,  and  well-kept  lawns  and 
beautiful  gardens. — J.  W.  T. 

Benjamin  W.  Couch 

Benjamin  W.  Couch,  one  of  the 
ablest  of  Concord's  younger  attor- 
neys, was  born  in  this  city  on  August 


mitted,    the    firm    name    now    being 
Stevens,  Couch  &  Stevens. 

Mr.  Couch,  despite  an  extensive 
law  practice,  has  found  opportunity 
to  serve  both  the  city  and  state  in 
several  important  capacities.  He  has 
been  a  member  of  the  Concord  Police 
Commission,  associate  justice  of  the 
local  Police  Court,  a  trustee  of  the 
New  Hampshire  State  Hospital  and 
president  of  the  City  Council  under 
the  old  charter.  Since  1911  the 
Republican  voters  of  Ward  Five  have 
returned  him  to  the  legislature  and 


JUDGE  JAMES  WALDRON  REMICK 


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185 


at  each  session  he  has  held  the  impor- 
tant post  of  chairman  of  the  Judiciary 
Committee.  Gov.  Samuel  D.  Felker 
appointed  him  minority  party  member 
of  the  State  Board  of  Control  in  1913. 
A  brilliant  speaker  and  clear  thinker, 
Mr.  Couch  is  well  termed  a  "legisla- 
tive leader." 

In  1900  Mr.  Couch  married  Ger- 
trude A.  Underhill.  He  is  affiliated 
with  the  Wonolancet,  Passaconaway, 
Beaver  Meadow  and  Bow  Brook 
clubs,  is  a  Mason  and  member  of  the 
Unitarian  Church.  At  the  present 
time  he  holds  several  important 
business  positions,  being  treasurer  of 
the  Concord  Gas  Light  Company, 
trustee  of  the  Merrimack  County 
Savings  Bank  and  auditor  of  the 
Manufacturers  and  Merchants  Fire 
Insurance  Company. 

Judge  James  Waldron  Remick 

Among  the  able  members  of  the 
legal  profession  in  this  city,  Judge 
James  W.  Remick  is  one  of  the  most 
prominent.  He  is  the  son  of  Samuel 
K.  and  Sophia  (Cushman)  Remick, 
born  October  30,  1860,  and  was  edu- 
cated in  the  common  schools  of  St. 
Johnsbury,  Vt.,  and  Colebrook,  N.  H. 
He  began  the  study  of  law  with  James 
I.  Parsons  -of  Colebrook,  later  asso- 
ciating with  B.  F.  Chapman  of  Clock- 
ville,  N.  Y.,  and  Bingham  &  Aldrich 
of  Littleton,  this  state.  In  1880  he 
entered  the  law  department  of  the 
University  of  Michigan  at  Ann  Arbor, 
graduating  in  1882,  and  was  admitted 
to  the  New  Hampshire  bar  in  the 
same  year.  He  opened  an  office  in 
Colebrook  and  practised  there  for 
two  years,  in  1885  forming  a  partner- 
ship with  Ossian  Ray  of  Lancaster 
and  in  1889  he  became  associated  with 
his  brother,  Daniel  C.  Remich  in 
Littleton.  At  the  age  of  twenty- 
eight  Judge  Remick  was  appointed 
district  attorney  for  New  Hampshire, 
being  the  youngest  man  ever  to  hold 
such  an  important  position.  In  Lit- 
tleton he  was  held  in  high  esteem  by 
all,  having  been  a  member  of  the 
board  of  health  in   1887-88-89,   the 


board  of  education  from  1889  to 
1901,  serving  the  board  as  its  presi- 
dent during  the  last  six  years.  He 
was  appointed  a  justice  on  the  Su- 
preme Bench  in  1901  and  since  then 
has  made  his  residence  in  Concord. 
In  1904  he  resigned  from  the  bench 
and  resumed  his  practice  of  law  in 
the  firm  of  Sargent,  Remick  &  Niles, 
later  forming  a  partnership  with  Henry 
F.  Hollis,  which  was  dissolved  in  1911, 
in  which  year  he  became  associated 
with  Robert  Jackson  in  the  present 
firm  of  Remick  &  Jackson,  one  of  the 
most  prominent  law  firms  of  the  state. 

George  Moore  Fletcher 

The  Capital  City  of  New  Hamp- 
shire has  been  very  fortunate  to 
count  among  her  citizenry,  Judge 
George  M.  Fletcher,  the  son  of  George 
W.  and  Hannah  R.  (Avery)  Fletcher, 
who  was  born  at  Rumney,  December 
19,  1852.  He  was  educated  in  the 
common  schools  of  that  place  and  the 
New  London  Literary  and  Scientific 
Institution.  At  the  age  of  twenty- 
one  he  formed  a  partnership  with  his 
father  in  the  manufacture  of  gloves, 
which  continued  five  years,  then 
entering  the  office  of  Hon.  Evarts  W. 
Farr  of  Littleton,  who  that  year  was 
elected  to  Congress,  and  there  Mr. 
Fletcher  began  his  study  of  law. 
After  spending  a  year  in  that  office 
he  went  to  Ann  Arbor,  and  entered 
the  law  department  of  the  University 
of  Michigan,  where  he  spent  two  years 
graduating  in  March,  1881,  with  the 
degree  of  LL.B.  The  six  months 
following  were  spent  in  the  office  of 
Frederick  Hooker  of  Minneapolis, 
Minn.,  after  which  he  devoted  some 
few  weeks  visiting  in  North  Dakota. 
Returning  to  Concord,  Mr.  Fletcher 
entered  the  office  of  the  late  Judge 
Mitchell,  who  was  then  a  member  of 
the  firm  of  Bingham  &  Mitchell,  and 
in  March,  1883,  he  was  admitted  to 
the  New  Hampshire  bar,  having  since 
been  in  practice  in  this  city.  In 
politics  the  judge  is  a  Republican  and 
represented  Ward  Four  in  the  General 
Court  in  1889-91;  was  county  solici- 


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tor,  1897-1901 ;  judge  of  the  Concord 
Police  Court,  1902-13;  and  is  at 
present  clerk  of  the  Superior  Court. 
Judge  Fletcher  is  a  member  of  the 
Unitarian  Church  and  his  fraternal 
affiliations  include  the  Blazing  Star 
Lodge,  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons. 

On  January  19,  1875,  he  married 
Addie  C.  Spaulding,  daughter  of 
George  C.  and  Annette  J.  Spaulding. 

Hon.  Henry  Webster  Stevens 

A  prominent  lawyer  and  business 
man  of  the  Capital  City  is  the  Hon. 
Henry  Webster  Stevens,  son  of  the 
late  ex-Mayor  Lyman  D.  Stevens  and 
Achsah  Pollard  (French)  Stevens,  the 
latter  born  in  Concord,  September 
26,  1822.  Mr.  Stevens  was  born  in 
Concord  March  5,  1853,  and  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of 
Concord,  at  Phillips  Andover  Acad- 
emy and  at  Dartmouth  College, 
graduating  from  the  latter  institution 
in  1875.  He  at  once  began  the  study 
of  law  in  his  father's  office  and,  later, 
entered  the  Boston  LTniversity  Law 
School,  from  which  institution  he 
received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  He  was 
admitted  to  the  New  Hampshire  bar 
in  January,  1878,  and  immediately 
formed  a  law  partnership  with  his 
father.  In  June,  1879,  Mr.  Stevens 
formed  a  partnership  with  Edward 
G.  Leach  of  Franklin  which  was  con- 
tinued until  1900,  when  Benjamin  W. 
Couch  was  admitted  to  the  firm.  Mr. 
Leach  retired  from  the  firm  a  few 
years  later,  and  in  January,  1915, 
Mr.  Stevens'  brother,  William  L. 
Stevens,  became  the  junior  member 
of  the  present  firm  of  Stevens,  Couch 
&  Stevens.  It  is  interesting  to  note 
at  this  particular  time  that  the  office 
now  occupied  by  the  above-named 
firm  has  been  used  continuously  since 
1847  by  Lyman  D.  Stevens  and  the 
succeeding  law  firms. 

In  politics  Mr.  Stevens  has  always 
been  a  faithful  and  earnest  Republi- 
can. In  1885-86  he  was  chosen  city 
solicitor  (a  position  previouslv  held  by 
his  father  in  1855-56).     In~1887  he 


was  elected  from  W^ard  Five  as  a  repre- 
sentative to  the  General  Court  and 
in  1894  served  as  alderman  from  the 
same  ward.  In  1901  he  represented 
District  No.  10  in  the  State  Senate, 
serving  as  chairman  of  the  Committee 
on  Banks  and  as  a  member  of  the 
Judiciary  and  Revision  of  Laws  com- 
mittees. He  has  been  a  trustee  of 
the  public  library  and  served  as 
trustee  and  president  of  the  Margaret 
Pillsbury  General  Hospital.  At  pres- 
ent Mr.  Stevens  is  vice-president  of 
the  Mechanicks  National  Bank,  the 
Merrimack  County  Savings  Bank  of 
Concord,  a  director  of  the  Board  of 
Trade  Building  Company  and  of  the 
Concord  Light  &  Power  Company. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Wonolancet 
Club  of  Concord  and  the  University 
clubs  of  Boston  and  New  York. 

On  October  27,  1881,  he  was  mar- 
ried to  Ellen  Tuck  Nelson,  second 
daughter  of  William  R.  Nelson  and 
Abbv  Elizabeth  Tuck,  of  Peekskill, 
N.  Y. 

Allen  Hollis 

Allen  Hollis,  a  leading  member  of 
the  New  Hampshire  bar,  and  widely 
known  as  an  authority  in  public 
utility  matters,  was  born  in  West 
Concord,  N.  H.,  December  20,  1871, 
the  son  of  Major  Abijah  and  the  late 
Harriett  Van  Mater  (French)  Hollis. 
His  education  was  gained  in  the 
public  schools  of  Concord,  graduating 
from  the  high  school  in  the  class  of 
1889;  in  the  law  office  of  Chase  & 
Streeter  (Judge  William  M.  Chase 
and  General  Frank  S.  Streeter);  and 
at  the  Harvard  Law  School.  In  1906 
Dartmouth  College  conferred  upon 
him  the  honorary  degree  of  Master 
of  Arts. 

Mr.  Hollis  was  admitted  to  the 
New  Hampshire  bar  in  1893  and  since 
that  date  has  been  engaged  constantly 
in  the  general  practice  of  law  in  this 
city,  with  offices  in  State  Block.  He 
served  as  special  counsel  for  the  state 
of  New  Hampshire  in  the  railroad 
rate  investigation  before  the  Public 
Service  Commission  in  1911-12,  and 


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as  counsel  for  the  special  rate  com-  a  director  of  the  Connecticut  Valley 

mittee  of  the  New  Hampshire  legis-  Waterways  Association;  secretary  and 

lature  of   1913;   and  was   associated  treasurer  of  the  Squam  Lake  Improve- 

with  the  attorney-general  of  the  state  ment   Association;    vice-president   of 

in   the    Grand    Trunk    Railroad    tax  the  New  Hampshire  Fish  and  Game 

appeal  case  before  the  Supreme  Court  League    and    of    the    Lake    Sunapee 

in  1912.  Fishing  Association. 

Mr.  Hollis  is  extensively  interested  His  clubs  are  the  Wonolancet,  Snow- 
in  public  utilities— gas,  electric,  tele-  shoe,  Canoe  and  Beaver  Meadow 
phone  and  street  railway  companies.  Golf,  of  Concord,  the  Harvard  and 
In  1901  he  reorganized  the  properties  Exchange,  of  Boston.  He  is  a  Mason, 
now  owned  by  the  Concord  Electric  of  Eureka  Lodge  and  Royal  Arch 
Company,  of  which  corporation  he  Chapter  of  Concord,  and  attends  the 
has  been  the  president  since  1904.  South  Congregational  Church  in  this 
He  is  president,  also,  of  the  Exeter,  city. 

Hampton  &  Amesbury  Street  Rail-  Mr.  Hollis  married,  November  10, 
way,  of  the  Exeter  &  Hampton  Elec-  1897,  Amoret  Nichoson  of  Dubuque, 
trie  Company  and  of  the  White  Iowa,  and  their  children  are  Allen,  Jr. 
Mountain  Telephone  &  Telegraph  born  February  1,  1900,  and  Franklin, 
Company;  vice-president  of  the  La-  born  March  26,  1904. 
conia  Gas  &  Electric  Company  and  n  ^ 
of  the  Exeter  Railway  &  Lighting  Joseph  S.  Matthews 
Company;  a  director  of  Charles  H.  In  the  legal  circles  of  this  state  a 
Tenney  &  Company  (public  utility  prominent  position  has  been  attained 
operating  engineers),  in  the  Concord  by  Joseph  S.  Matthews,  assistant 
Shoe  Factory  and  in  other  business  attorney-general.  He  is  a  native  of 
corporations;  secretary  and  director  of  Franklin,  where  he  was  born  Decem- 
the  United  Life  and  Accident  Insur-  ber  21,  1861,  the  son  of  George  B. 
ance  Company;  trustee  of  the  North  and  Emily  (Howard)  Matthews.  He 
Boston  Lighting  Properties,  etc.  For  was  educated  in  the  Franklin  High 
fifteen  years  clerk  of  the  Union  Trust  School,  from  which  he  graduated  in 
Company,  Concord,  he  resigned  that  1879,  and  at  Dartmouth  College, 
position  to  accept  the  appointment  as  where  he  received  the  degree  of  A.  B. 
director  (Class  C)  in  the  Federal  with  the  class  of  1884.  He  was  ad- 
Reserve  Bank  of  Boston.  mitted  to  the  bar  in  1891,  began  the 

Mr.  Hollis  was  a  member  of  the  practice  at  law  in  this  city  and  early 

House  of  Representatives  in  the  New  in  his  career  had  built  up  a  large  and 

Hampshire    legislature    of    1907    and  successful  practice. 

1909  from  Ward  Four,  Concord,  serv-  He   married,    December    10,    1890, 

ing  with  distinction  upon  the  impor-  Clara    Helen    Webster,    daughter    of 

tant    Judiciary    Committee    at    each  John  F.  and  Mary  (Cutting)  Webster, 

session.     In    1908    he    was    assistant  of  Concord.     They  have  two  children, 

secretary  of  the  Republican  National  Emily  Webster,  born  August  27,  1892, 

Convention;    and    he    has   been   the  and  Jane  Webster,  May  23,  1896. 

moderator  of  his  ward  since  1910.  Aside  from  his  law  practice.   Mr. 

Fond  of  out-of-door  life  and  sports,  Matthews  has  found  time  to  devote 

Mr.  Hollis  has  been  active  in  forestry  to  the  affairs  of  the  city  and  state. 

and  conservation  movements  and  has  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics  and  has 

done  valuable  public  service  on  those  been  twice  elected  to  the  board  of 

lines.     He  has  been  secretary  of  the  aldermen.      In    1907    he   represented 

New    Hampshire    Forestry    Society  Ward  Four  of  this  city  in  the  general 

since  1907  and  is  a  member  of  the  court,  and  his  work  as  chairman  of 

American   Forestry   Association   and  the  Ways  and  Means  Committee  will 

National    Conservation    Association;  long  be  remembered.    In  that  capacity 


JOSEPH   S.   MATTHEWS 


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he  was  confronted  with  many  difficult 
problems,  but  his  knowledge  of  the 
subject  of  taxation,  acquired  from 
special  study,  proved  invaluable  in 
both  committee  work  and  on  the  floor 
of  the  house.  One  of  the  bills  reported 
by  this  committee  was  the  act  pro- 
viding for  the  appointment  of  a  com- 
mission to  investigate  the  entire  sys- 
tem of  taxation  in  this  state  and 
report  recommendations  to  the  legis- 
lature of  1909. 


Bank,  treasurer  of  the  trustees  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  New 
Hampshire,  a  member  of  St.  Paul's 
Church  and  of  the  Wonolancet  Club. 

Edward  C.  Niles 
Since  its  organization  in  1911,  the 
New  Hampshire  Public  Service  Com- 
mission which  succeeded  the  Railroad 
Commission,  has  been  very  fortunate 
to  retain  as  its  chairman,  Edward  C. 
Niles,   who,  though  not  of   Concord 


Edward  C.  Niles 


From  1906  until  1913  he  was  special 
attorney  for  the  state  in  all  litigation 
growing  out  of  the  inheritance  tax, 
and  assisted  the  state  treasurer  in  its 
collection.  He  then  returned  for  a 
time  to  the  general  practice  of  law 
and  was  appointed  assistant  attorney- 
general  in  April  of  this  year  and  as- 
sumed his  duties  on  the  first  of  May. 

Mr.  Matthews  was  a  non-com- 
missioned officer  of  the  staff  of  Col. 
True  Sanborn  in  the  New  Hampshire 
National  Guard,  and  is  now  a  trustee 
of   the    Merrimack    County    Savings 


birth,  has  been  a  resident  of  the  Capital 
City  for  many  years.  He  was  born 
at  Hartford,  Conn.,  and  is  the  son 
of  the  late  Rt.  Rev.  W.  W.  Niles,  second 
bishop  of  the  Episcopal  Diocese  of  New 
Hampshire,  and  Bertha  (Olmstead) 
Niles.  From  1879  to  1883  he  attended 
St.  Paul's  School,  later  entering 
Trinity  College,  Hartford,  where  he 
graduated  with  the  degree  of  A.  B., 
1887.  He  was  classical  master  at 
the  Holderness  School,  Plymouth, 
from  1887  until  1889,  at  which  time 
he  became  interested  in  the  study  of 


HON.  A.  CHESTER  CLARK 
Judge,  Concord  Municipal  Court 


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law  and  entered  the  Harvard  Law 
School,  graduating  with  the  degree  of 
LL.  B.  in  1892.  As  the  junior  partner 
in  the  firm  of  Daley,  Goss  &  Niles 
at  Berlin,  Mr.  Niles  began  his  career 
as  an  attorney,  and,  two  years  later, 
in  1894,  he  opened  an  office  in  the 
same  city,  practising  alone  until  1896. 

Removing  to  Concord  during  that 
year  he  became  associated  with  the 
late  Harry  Sargent  and  Henry  F. 
Hollis  in  the  firm  of  Sargent,  Hollis 
&  Niles.  During  the  next  few  years 
Mr.  Niles  was  a  member  of  several  of 
the  most  prominent  law  firms  of  the 
city  and,  in  1908,  he  became  associated 
with  Robert  W.  Upton  in  the  firm  of 
Niles  &  Upton,  the  latter  firm  having 
been  dissolved  January  1,  1914. 

In  politics  Mr.  Niles  is  a  Republican 
and  has  served  both  the  city  and  state 
at  various  times.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  constitutional  convention  of 
1902,  has  been  a  member  of  the  com- 
mon council,  board  of  aldermen,  and 
was  also  a  member  of  the  committee 
appointed  to  revise  the  City  Charter 
in  1908.  In  the  same  year  he  was 
counsel  on  the  constitutional  and 
federal  questions  of  the  State  Tax 
Revision  Commission.  When  the 
Public  Service  Commission  was  organ- 
ized by  the  Bass  administration  to 
replace  the  old  Railroad  Commission 
in  1911,  he  was  appointed  chairman  of 
that  organization  and  has  since  been 
continued.  He  is  prominently  identi- 
fied in  educational  circles,  and  is  presi- 
dent of  the  Board  of  Education. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  standing 
committee  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church,  diocese  of  New  Hampshire, 
of  the  Diocesan  Convention  and  was 
a  member  of  the  General  Convention 
of  that  church  from  1904  to  1913. 
He  is  a  Mason  and  his  other  fra- 
ternal affiliations  include  the  Wono- 
lancet  and  Passaconoway  clubs,  New 
Hampshire  Bar  Association,  Phi  Beta 
Kappa,  Psi  Upsilon  and  Phi  Delta  Phi 
fraternities.  July  12,  1893,  Mr.  Niles 
married  Ethel  Abbe,  of  Newport  News, 
Va.,  who  died  October  10,  1910.  He 
has  three  children. 


A.  Chester  Clark 

Judge  Allan  Chester  Clark,  of  the 
Concord  Municipal  Court,  was  born 
on  the  Clark  homestead  at  Center 
Harbor  on  July  4,  1877.  During  his 
early  youth  he  attended  the  country 
schools  of  his  home  town,  and,  unable 
to  gratify  his  desire  for  a  higher  edu- 
cation in  Center  Harbor,  he  went  to 
Meredith,  where  he  entered  the  high 
school,  doing  odd  jobs  of  work  in  the 
stores  of  the  town  and  in  the  printing 
office  in  order  to  make  money  enough 
to  support  himself.  He  graduated 
from  this  school  and  later  from 
the  New  Hampton  Literary  Institu- 
tion. In  1901,  there  came  a  break  in 
his  schooling,  for  Clarence  E.  Burleigh, 
managing  editor  of  the  Daily  Kenne- 
bec Journal,  offered  him  a  position  on 
the  city  staff  of  the  publication,  which 
he  accepted.  He  remained  at  Augusta 
until  the  fall  of  1902,  when  he  entered 
Dartmouth  College,  from  which  insti- 
tution he  was  obliged  to  withdraw  in 
his  sophomore  year  for  financial  rea- 
sons. 

From  that  time  until  he  came  to 
Concord,  in  the  winter  of  1905,  he 
conducted  a  real  estate  business  in 
Meredith,  and  as  a  side  issue,  studied 
law  with  Bertram  Blaisdell.  The 
business  venture  did  not  prove  profit- 
able, so  Mr.  Clark  turned  his  hand  to 
the  newspaper  field  in  Concord,  at  the 
same  time  continuing  his  study  of  the 
law  in  the  offices  of  Gen.  John  H. 
Albin  and  Joseph  A.  Donigan.  On 
June  27,  1913,  he  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  and  six  weeks  after  that  time  was 
appointed  by  Gov.  Samuel  D.  Felker 
to  be  justice  of  the  Concord  District 
Court.  At  the  time  of  his  appoint- 
ment he  was  serving  as  clerk  of  the 
District  Court,  under  Associate  Jus- 
tice Willis  G.  Buxton.  Since  his 
admission  to  the  bar,  Judge  Clark  has 
been  devoting  his  energies  exclusively 
to  his  duties  on  the  bench,  and  the 
practice  of  his  profession  in  the  State 
and  Federal  courts. 

The  highly  successful  manner  in 
which  Judge  Clark  administered  the 
affairs  of  the  District  Court  during  the 


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Felker  administration  led  to  his  reap- 
pointment by  Gov.RollandH.  Spauld- 
ing,  when  the  latter  official  announced 
the  justices  after  the  reorganization 
of  the  police  court  system. 
>,He  was  a  member  of  the  Constitu- 
tional Convention  of  1902  while  a 
student  at  Dartmouth  and  in  1912 
was  secretary  of  the  same  body  and  the 
only  Democrat  in  th°  organization. 


city.  In  fraternal  circles  he  belongs 
to  Chocorua  Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of 
Meredith;  to  Concord  Lodge,  Knights 
of  Pythias;  Augusta  Young  Temple, 
Pythian  Sisterhood,  and  Capital 
Grange.  In  the  Knights  of  Pythias 
he  is  a  past  chancellor  of  Concord 
Lodge  and  a  past  deputy  grand  chan- 
cellor of  the  Grand  Lodge.  He  is  also 
a  member  of  the  Sons  of  the  American 


David  F.  Dudley 


Judge  Clark  is  a  member  of  the 
American  Institute  of  Criminal  Law 
and  Criminology  and  of  the  New 
Hampshire  Bar  Association,  among 
those  identified  with  his  profession. 
He  still  retains  his  association  with  his 
former  fellow-craftsman  in  the  jour- 
nalistic field  by  membership  in  the 
New  Hampshire  Press  Association, 
and  is  a  member  of  the  Wonolancet, 
the  Temple,  the  Unitarian  and  Beaver 
Meadow  Golf,  social  clubs  in  his  home 


Revolution  and  the  New  Hampshire 
Historical  Society,  and  a  director  in 
the  Concord  Board  of  Trade. 

David  F.  Dudley 
In  the  legal  circles  of  the  Capital 
City,  few  are  better  known  than 
David  F.  Dudley,  fourth  and  only 
surviving  son  of  Matthew  F.  and 
Patience  A.  (Hutchins)  Dudley,  who 
was  born  October  17,  1857,  in  China, 
Me.,  and  -was  educated  in  the  public 


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schools  and  in  Pembroke  Academy. 
Before  entering  the  academy  he 
taught  school  for  one  year  at  Epsom 
(this  state)  and  after  graduation,  in 
1879,  he  taught  in  Deerfield.  Mr. 
Dudley  then  took  up  the  study  of 
law  in  the  office  of  Leach  &  Stevens 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1883, 
since  when  he  has  been  in  continuous 
practice  in  Concord. 

In  politics  he  is  a  Republican  and 
has  been  elected  to  various  offices  on 
the  party  ticket,  having  been  a  mem- 
ber of  the  common  council  and  the 
board  of  aldermen,  was  county  solici- 
tor in  1900-04  and  a  delegate  to  the 
Constitutional  Convention  in  1903. 
He  is  a  Mason,  an  Odd  Fellow  and  a 
member  of  the  Grange.  Mr.  Dudley 
was  married  in  1879  to  Blanche  L. 
Fowler. 

William  A.  Foster 

William  A.  Foster,  son  of  George 
A.  and  Georgia  (Ladd)  Foster,  was 
born  in  Concord,  February  3,   1872. 


William  A.  Foster 


His  education  was  received  in  the 
public  schools  of  this  city,  Dartmouth 
College,  from  which  he  graduated  in 


1895,  and  the  Harvard  Law  School, 
where  he  received  his  degree  in  1898. 
He  at  once  entered  the  office  of  the 
late  Judge  Mitchell,  and  later  became 
the  junior  partner  in  the  firm  of 
Mitchell  &  Foster,  and  since  the 
appointment  of  Judge  Mitchell  to 
the  bench  in  1910,  Mr.  Foster  has 
continued  practice  with  Harry  F. 
Lake,  under  the  firm  name  of  Foster 
&  Lake. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Wonolancet 
Club,  Bow  Brook  Club,  and  the  Bea- 
ver Meadow  Golf  Club. 

Fred  Clarence  Demond 

New  Hampshire's  Capital  City  has 
proven  attractive  to  many  a  young 
man  from  the  surrounding  towns,  or 
even  states,  one  of  whom  is  Fred 
Clarence  Demond,  who  came  to  Con- 
cord in  1895  and  has  since  been  con- 
nected with  the  office  of  Streeter, 
Walker  &  Hollis,  and  succeeding 
firms,  at  the  present  time  being  prom- 
inently connected  with  the  firm  of 
Streeter,  Demond,  Woodworth  & 
Sulloway. 

Mr.  Demond  was  born  in  Freeport, 
Me.,  November  13,  1875,  the  son  of 
George  Nelson  and  Mary  Emeline 
(Field)  Demond.  He  was  educated 
in  the  common  schools  and  is  also  a 
graduate  of  the  high  school  of  Free- 
port,  Me.  After  living  at  Gorham  a 
few  years,  Mr.  Demond  came  to  this 
city  in  1895  to  study  law.  In  1899 
he  was  admitted  to  the  New  Hamp- 
shire bar  and  has  been  practising 
law  in  this  city  since.  Mr.  Demond, 
despite  the  activities  of  his  profession, 
has  found  opportunity  to  be  of  serv- 
ice to  the  city,  being  a  member  of 
the  Common  Council  in  1903-04  and 
a  member  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen 
in  1905-06.  He  also  served  on  the 
committee  to  revise  the  city  charter 
in  1908. 

Mr.  Demond  was  married  January 
16,  1906,  to  Mary  Peabody  Adams  of 
Gorham,  this  state.  He  resides  at 
112  School  Street, 

He  is  a  Republican  in  politics  and 
is   a   member   of   the   American   Bar 


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Association,  New  Hampshire  His-  entering  the  office  of  Lincoln  &  Badger 
torical  Society,  Wonolancet  Club,  and  of  the  same  city.  In  1901  Mr.  Wood- 
has  been  a  member  of  the  New  Hamp-  worth  returned  to  Concord  and  be- 
came associated  with  the  firm  of 
Streeter  &  Hollis,  which  later  became 
Streeter,  Hollis,  Demond  &  Wood- 
worth.  Upon  the  retirement  of  Mr. 
Hollis  from  the  firm  in  1911,  Frank  J. 
Sulloway  became  the  junior  member 
of  the  present  firm  of  Streeter, 
Demond,  Woodworth  &  Sulloway. 

In  politics  Mr.  Woodworth  is  a 
Republican  and  represented  Ward 
Five  in  the  city  council  from  1907  to 
1911,  the  last  two  years  serving  as 
president  of  that  body.  He  is  also 
well  known  in  business  circles,  being 
president  of  the  wholesale  house  of 
Woodworth  &  Company,  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  Parker- Young  Company 
of  Lisbon  and  the  Woodstock  Lumber 
Company.  He  is  a  trustee  of  the 
Margaret  Pillsbury  General  Hospital 
and  also  of  St.  Mary's  School,  and  is 
president  of  the  Concord  Oratorio 
Society. 

Fred  C.  Demond 

shire  Board  of  Bar  Examiners  since 
1913. 

Edward  Knowlton  Woodworth 

Although  many  Concord  men  have 
devoted  themselves  to  the  profession 
of  law,  few  have  been  more  successful 
than  Edward  K.  Woodworth,  a  part- 
ner in  the  firm  of  Streeter,  Demond, 
Woodworth  &  Sulloway.  Mr.  Wood- 
worth  is  the  son  of  Albert  Bingham 
and  Mary  A.  (Parker)  Woodworth 
and  was  born  in  this  city  August  25, 
1875.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Concord,  graduating  from 
Concord  High  School  with  the  class 
of  1893.  In  the  fall  of  the  same  year 
he  entered  Dartmouth  College,  grad- 
uating in  1897  with  the  degree  of 
Litt.B.  His  study  of  law  was  con- 
tinued at  the  Harvard  Law  School, 
where,  in  June,  1900,  he  received  the 
degree  of  LL.B.  (cum  laude).    He  was 

admitted  to  the  Massachusetts  bar  He  is  a  member  of  the  Knights 
in  the  same  year  and  began  his  prac-  Templar,  Mystic  Shrine,  Wonolancet 
tice  of  law  in  the  office  of  Matthews  Club,  Bow  Brook  Club,  Intervale 
&   Thompson    of   Boston,    still   later     Country  Club  of  Manchester  and  the 


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Beaver  Meadow  Golf  Club,  having 
served  the  latter  club  as  president  for 
six  years,  1909  to  1915.  Mr.  Wood- 
worth  is  an  Episcopalian,  a  vestry- 
man of  St.  Paul's  Church,  and  is 
secretary  of  the  standing  committee 
of  the  diocese  of  New  Hampshire. 

Mr.  Woodworth  was  married  on 
June  25,  1903,  to  Clara  Farwell  Holt 
and  has  three  children,  Constance, 
Elizabeth  and  Margaret. 

Frank  Jones  Sulloway 
The  junior  member  of  the  firm  of 
Streeter,     Demond,     Woodworth     & 


Frank  J.  Sulloway 

Sulloway  is  Frank  J.  Sulloway,  son  of 
Hon.  Alvah  W.  and  Susan  K.  (Daniell) 
Sulloway,  born  in  Franklin,  December 
11,  1883.  He  was  educated  in  the 
Franklin  public  schools,  St.  Paul's 
School  of  Concord,  and  graduated 
from  Harvard  College  in  1905  with 
the  degree  of  A.B.,  and  Harvard  Law 
School  in  1907  with  the  degree 
of  LL.B.  Admitted  to  the  Massa- 
chusetts bar  in  1906,  he  prac- 
tised law  with  the  firm  of  Hill,  Barlow 
&  Homans  in  Boston  until  1911,  when 
he  was  admitted  to  the  New  Hamp- 


shire bar  and  became  a  member  of  the 
firm  on  which  he  still  continues. 

Mr.  Sulloway  was  married  Septem- 
ber 24,  1913,  to  Margaret  Thayer, 
and  has  one  child,  Gretchen,  born 
October  10,  1914.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Bow  Brook  Club,  Wonolancet 
Club,  Beaver  Meadow  Golf  Club, 
Intervale  Country  Club  of  Manches- 
ter, Harvard  Club  of  Boston,  Bos- 
ton Athletic  Association,  Longwood 
Cricket  Club  of  Brookline,  and  the 
Portsmouth  County  Club  of  Ports- 
mouth. He  is  a  Unitarian,  in  politics 
a  Republican  and  is  also  a  member  of 
the  Ballot  Law  Commission.  He  is  a 
direct  descendant,  and  his  daughter, 
Gretchen,  the  youngest  living  descend- 
ant, of  Ebenezer  Eastman,  first  settler 
of  Concord. 

Robert  Upton 

A  well  known  member  of  the  New 

Hampshire  bar  is  Robert  W.  Upton, 

born  Feb.  3,  1884.     He  was  educated 

at  the  Boston  University  Law  School, 


Robert  Upton 


graduating  in  1907  with  the  degree  of 
LL.B.  (magna  cum  laude),  and  was 
admitted  to  the   Massachusetts  bar 


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on*  February  15  and  the  New  Hamp- 
shire bar  in  July  of  the  same  year. 
Mr.  Upton  has  been  a  member  of  the 
firms  of  Sargent,  Niles  &  Upton  and 
Niles  &  Upton,  the  latter  firm  having 
been  dissolved  January  1,  1914.  He 
represented  Bow  in  the  State  Legis- 
lature of  1911  and  served  on  the  Ways 
and  Means  and  the  Judiciary  com- 
mittees. 

He  is  a  member  of  White  Mountain 
Lodge,  I.  O.  O.  F.;  Bow  Grange,  P.  of 
H.;  and  the  Wonolancet  Club.  Mr. 
Upton  married  Martha  G.  Burroughs 
September  18,  1912,  and  has  one  child, 
Richard  F. 

Robert  C.  Murchie 
Though  still  young  in  point  of  age 
and  practice,   Robert  C.   Murchie  is 


Robert  C.  Murchie 

today  one  of  Concord's  foremost 
lawyers.  He  is  the  son  of  William 
and  Agnes  J.  (Kellie)  Murchie  and 
was  born  January  22,  1885,  in  Scot- 
land. His  parents  came  to  Concord 
in  1888  and  Mr.  Murchie  attended  the 
public  schools  of  this  city,  being  a 
graduate  of  the  Concord  High  School. 
In  1909  he  received  the  degree  of  LL.B. 


from  the  law  department  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Michigan  at  Ann  Arbor.  Re- 
turning to  Concord  he  was  admitted  to 
the  New  Hampshire  bar  and  immedi- 
ately entered  the  office  of  Senator 
Henry  F.  Hollis,  later,  in  1911,  being 
made  a  partner  in  the  firm  of  Remick 
&  Hollis.  Upon  the  dissolution  of 
that  firm  in  1912,  Mr.  Murchie  became 
a  member  of  the  firm  of  Hollis  & 
Murchie.  In  1912  he  was  elected 
county  solicitor  and  was  reelected  in 
1914. 

While  at  Ann  Arbor  he  was  elected 
a  member  of  the  Barristers  Club  and  he 
is  also  a  member  of  the  Concord  Elks, 
Red  Men,  Beaver  Meadow  Golf  Club 
and  the  Concord  Canoe  Club. 

Alexander  Murchie 

Well  known  to  Concord  people  is 
Alexander  Murchie,  son  of  William 
and  Agnes  J.  (Kellie)  Murchie,  born 
in  Scotland  March  1,  1887.  He  came 
to  this  country  with  his  parents  in 
1888,  and  received  his  early  education 
in    the    public    schools     of    Concord, 


Alexander  Murchie 


graduating  from  Concord  High  School 
ia  the  class  of    1906.     Mr.    Murchie 


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then  studied  at  the  University  of 
Michigan  Law  School  for  the  years 
of  1906-07  and  1907-08.  He  'com- 
pleted his  studies  in  the  office  of 
Henry  F.  Hollis  and  was  admitted 
to  the  New  Hampshire  bar  in  June, 
1909.  Two  years  later,  July  20,  1911, 
Mr.  Murchie  was  elected  city  solicitor 
of  Concord,  and  still  serves  the  city 
in  that  capacity  to  the  complete  satis- 
faction of  all  its  citizens.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  Hollis  & 
Murchie,  with  offices  at  the  corner  of 
Capital  and  State  streets. 

Harry  F.  Lake 

Mr.  Lake  was  born  in  Pembroke, 
N.  H.,  November  28,  1876,  the  son  of 
Moses  R.  and  Mary  J.  (Batchelder) 
Lake.  He  was  educated  in  the  dis- 
trict schools  of  Pembroke  and  Pem- 
broke Academy,  graduating  in  the 
class  of  1894.  He  then  taught  school 
one  year.  Entering  Middlebury  (Vt.) 
College,  he  graduated  with  the  class 
of  1899,  taught  school  two  years  and 
then  took   up   the   study  of  law   in 


admitted  to  the  bar  in  1904  and  be- 
came immediately  associated  with 
Mitchell  &  Foster,  attorneys.  In 
1906  Mr.  Lake  became  a  partner, 
under  the  firm  name  of  Mitchell, 
Foster  &  Lake,  continuing  until  1910, 
when  Mr.  Mitchell  withdrew  from  the 
firm  to  become  associate  justice  of 
the  Superior  Court;  since  when  he 
has  been  in  the  general  practice  of 
the  law,  with  William  A.  Foster, 
under  the  firm  name  of  Foster  & 
Lake. 

George  V.  Hill 
George  V.  Hill,  Esq.,  came  to  Con- 
cord thirteen  years  ago  to  serve  as 


Harry  F.  Lake 

the  office  of  Hon.  John  M.  Mitchell, 
and  at  Boston  University.     He  was 


George  V.  Hill 

city  editor  of  the  Concord  Monitor 
during  the  constitutional  convention 
and  session  of  the  legislature  of  1902- 
03.  Four  years  later  he  was  admitted 
to  the  New  Hampshire  bar,  and  has 
since  been  in  active  practice  of  law 
in  the  State  Capital  Bank  Building. 
Mr.  Hill  was  born  in  Deerfield  in 
this  state,  November  3,  1875,  and 
was  educated  at  the  Haverhill  (Mass.) 
High  School,  Phillips  Andover  Acad- 
emy, and  Dartmouth  College,  not 
graduating     from     the     latter.     His 


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activities  since  leaving  college,  to 
enlist  as  a  private  in  the  Eighth 
Massachusetts  Volunteers,  the  day 
war  was  declared  against  Spain  in 
1898,  have  covered  a  broad  field  of 
endeavor.  He  represented  the  Bos- 
ton Globe  while  serving  as  an  enlisted 
man  in  the  army  of  occupation  in 
Cuba,  and,  after  the  war,  was  with 
the  Globe  in  Boston.  Later  he  was 
on  the  staff  of  the  Haverhill  (Mass.) 
Gazette,  and  for  nine  years,  with  the 
exception  of  six  months  with  the 
Concord  Monitor,  was  connected  with 
the  Manchester  Union  in  some  capac- 
ity. Mr.  Hill  continued  to  manage 
the  Concord  bureau  of  the  Union 
two  years  after  he  began  the  practice 
of  law,  and  still  exercises  an  active 
membership  in  the  New  Hampshire 
Press  Association.  He  organized  the 
present  Publishing  Company  of  the 
New  Hampshire  Patriot  in  1910  and 
retains  an  interest  in  that  concern. 

In  social  and  fraternal  circles  Mr. 
Hill  has  a  wide  affiliation.  The 
United  Spanish  War  Veterans  re- 
ceive his  first  attention,  and  he  is 
also  a  member  of  the  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution,  and  of  the 
Colonial  Wars,  is  a  Mason,  an  Elk, 
a  member  of  the  Grange,  and  other 
fraternal  organizations,  the  Wono- 
lancet  Club  and  several  athletic  and 
country  clubs. 

In  politics  Mr.  Hill  has  always  been 
a  Republican  without  any  of  the 
popular  frills.  He  is  married  and  has 
two  children. 

William  Lyman  Stevens 
A  Concord  man  well  known  in  law 
circles  is  William  L.  Stevens,  youngest 
son  of  the  late  Hon.  Lyman  D. 
Stevens.  He  was  born  in  this  city 
April  5,  1880,  and  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools,  Phillips  Andover 
Academy  and  Dartmouth  College, 
graduating  from  the  latter  institution 
in  1903  with  the  degree  of  A.B.  To 
further  his  study  of  law  Mr.  Stevens 
then  entered  the  Harvard  Law  School 
and,  in  1906,  the  degree  of  LL.B.  was 
conferred     upon  him.     In  December 


of  the  same  year  he  was  admitted  to* 
the  New  Hampshire  bar  and,  on 
January  1,  1907,  entered  the  office  of 
Leach,  Stevens  &  Couch.  A  few 
years  later  Mr.  Leach  retired  from  the 
firm  and  January  1,  1915,  Mr.  Stevens 
became  the  junior  member  of  the- 
firm  of  Stevens,  Couch  &  Stevens. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Psi  Upsilon 
Fraternity,  Casque  and  Gauntlet 
Society,  Wonolancet  Club  and  the 
Beaver  Meadow  Golf  Club.  October 
2,1    1914,   Mr.   Stevens  was  married 


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to  Miss  Marion  Barrows  Adams  of 
Dorchester,  Mass.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Republican. 

Robert  Jackson 
Among  Concord's  younger  attor- 
neys who  have  made  a  creditable  rec- 
ord for  themselves  in  professional  and 
other  lines,  is  Robert  Jackson,  the  jun- 
ior member  of  the  firm  of  Remick  & 
Jackson,  who  was  born  in  Dover, 
May  21,  1880,  son  of  James  R.  and 
Lydia  (Drew)  Jackson.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  Little- 
ton and  Dartmouth  College,  grad- 
uating in    1900.     Mr.   Jackson   then 


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"became  associated  with  Judge  Aldrich 
of  the  United  States  District  and 
•Circuit  courts  as  secretary,  with  head- 


Robert  Jackson 

quarters  in  Boston,  still  pursuing  his 
studies  in  law.  He  was  admitted  to 
the  New  Hampshire  bar  in  1907  and 
since  has  been  associated  in  the  prac- 
tice of  his  profession  with  Judge  James 
W.  Remick. 

He  married  Dorothy,  daughter  of 
Hon.  Oliver  E.  Branch  of  Manchester, 
and  has  two  children,  Sarah  and  Hope. 
Mr.  Jackson  is  a  member  of  the  Beta 
Theta  Pi  Fraternity  and  while  in 
Boston  was  a  member  of  the  First 
Corps  of  Cadets,  M.  V.  M. 

Robert  M.  Wright 

Robert  M.  Wright,  associated  in 
the  practice  of  law  with  Allen  Hollis, 
is  one  of  the  most  substantial  of 
Concord's  younger  lawyers.  A  de- 
scendant of  old  New  England  parent- 
age, Mr.  Wright  has  always  made 
his  home  on  the  farm  in  Sanborn- 
ton  which  has  been  owned  by  his 
family  for  a  century  and  a  quarter. 
He  thus  retains  his  rural  environ- 
ments,  yet    comes    in    daily    contact 


with  city  life  while  practising  his  pro- 
fession. 

After  attending  the  public  schools 
in  Sanbornton,  Mr.  Wright  grad- 
uated from  Franklin  High  School  and 
entered  New  Hampshire  College,  from 
which  institution  he  was  graduated  in 
1900. 

Following  graduation  he  taught 
school  in  Hill  and  Belmont,  N.  H.,  be- 
ing principal  of  the  grammar  school 
in  the  latter  town.  After  a  period 
as  instructor  at  the  Stearns  School 
for  Boys  at  Hartford,  Conn.,  he 
engaged  in  business  in  Hill  for  a 
period  of  four  years.  After  a  short 
period  of  business  life  he  took  up  the 
study  of  law  in  the  office  of  Streeter 
&  Hollis  at  Concord  and  attended 
Boston  University  Law  School  in 
1910.  When  Mr.  Allen  Hollis  with- 
drew from  the  firm,  Mr.  Wright  con- 
tinued his  studies  with  him,  being  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar,  in  1912.  He  has 
since  continued  with  Mr.  Hollis.  Mr. 
AVright  was  a  member  of  the  Consti- 


Robert  M.  Wright 


tutioi;al  convention  of  1912  and  Re- 
publican member  of  the  last  legisla- 
ture from  Sanbornton. 


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Frank  G.  Driscoll 
Among  the  most  popular   of   Con- 
cord's young  attorneys  is  Frank  G. 
Driscoll,  son  of  David  J.  and  Kath- 


J.  Joseph  Doherty. 

J.  Joseph  Doherty,  one  of  Concord's 
most  popular  young  men  and  one  of 
three  successful  candidates  at  the 
December,  1914,  bar  examination  is 
the  youngest  member  of  the  New 
Hampshire  bar  in  practice  in  Concord. 
Mr.  Doherty  was  born  in  Concord, 
July  18,  1890,  and  is  the  son  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Cornelius  Doherty.  He 
was  educated  in  the  Parochial  and 
Concord  High  Schools,  graduating 
in  1909,  and,'  later  studied  law  with 
Martin,  Howe  &  Donigan,  and  at 
Boston  University  Law  School. 

Mr.  Doherty  is  state  advocate  of 
the    Knights    of    Columbus,    and    a 


Frank  G.  Driscoll 

erine  (McLaughlin)  Driscoll,  born  in 
Penacook,  August  7,  1892.  He  re- 
ceived his  early  education  in  the 
schools  of  Penacook  and  later  entered 
the  University  of  Maine  where  he 
graduated  with  the  degree  of  LL.B. 
in  1914.  Mr.  Driscoll  was  one  of  the 
few  successful  candidates  who  applied 
for  admission  to  the  New  Hampshire 
bar  in  June,  1914.  It  was  in  Septem- 
ber of  the  same  year  that  he  opened 
his  office  at  65  North  Main  Street 
and  has  enjoyed  an  extensive  prac- 
tice, having  made  a  large  number  of 
friends  in  this  city.     Mr.  Driscoll  is 

at    the    present    time    the    youngest     gaged  in  the  general  practice  of  law 
member  of  the  state  bar.  at  3  Depot  Street. 


J.  Joseph  Doherty 

member    of    the    Ancient    Order    of 
Hibernians.     At    present    he    is    en- 


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THE  MEDICAL  PROFESSION 

When  the  site,  upon  which  stands 
the  present  Capital  City  of  New 
Hampshire  was  first  settled,  very 
little  thought  was  directed  towards 
the  physical  welfare  of  the  people. 
In  those  days  disease  was  considered 
a  menace,  but  as  far  as  can  be  learned 
nothing  but  advice  was  obtainable, 
and  that  from  the  nearest  farmer.  Of 
course  the  Indian  remedies  were  in 
existence,  but  very  few  people  had 
faith  in  the  Redskins  whom  they 
considered  their  deadly  enemies. 
Sickness  was  attended  to  by  some 
kind  neighbor,  the  settlers  giving 
freely  to  one  another.  The  colony 
is  said  to  have  been  without  a  medical 


inently  connected  with  the  affairs  of 
the  town  and  frequently  served  as 
moderator,  town  clerk  and  selectman, 
also  holding  the  office  of  the  justice 
of  the  peace.  He  practised  medicine 
in  this  vicinity  twenty-seven  years, 
and  died  September  17,  1767.  It 
cannot  be  ascertained  whether  Doctor 
Carter  had  any  contemporaries,  but  a 
Doctor  Emery  is  mentioned  as  a 
short-time  resident. 

Doctor  Carter's  real  successor  was 
Dr.  Philip  Carrigain,  or  McCarrigan, 
who  came  to  Concord  in  1768.  He 
was  distinguished  as  a  surgecn,  but 
in  those  days  the  science  was  far 
different  from  the  present  time,  it 
being  stated  that  a  carpenter's  saw 


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adviser  for  at  least  fourteen  years, 
when  Dr.  Henry  Rolfe  came,  and, 
having  spent  the  winter  here,  and 
suffering  from  cold  and  the  want 
of  suitable  provisions,  it  is  sup- 
posed that  he  returned  to  Massachu- 
setts. 

The  first  physician  to  settle  in 
Concord  was  Dr.  Ezra  Carter,  known 
as  the  Elder.  He  was  a  young  man 
and  came  from  Salisbury,  Mass., 
having  studied  medicine  with  Doctor 
Ordway  in  that  town.  At  that  time 
Concord  had  a  population  of  about 
250  and  they  were  scattered  from  Bow 
to  Canterbury,  it  being  quite  likely 
that  his  practice  extended  to  these 
towns.     Doctor    Carter    was    prom- 


and  a  sharp  knife  were  quite  a  com- 
plement of  tools  for  amputation. 

As  time  went  on  more  men  became 
interested  in  the  study  of  medicine. 
A  medical  college  was  opened  in  the 
state  and  later  the  New  Hampshire 
Medical  Society  was  formed.  The 
early  history  of  the  society  shows 
that  its  object  was  understood  by 
neither  the  public  nor  the  members, 
and  it  is  to  the  valiant  few  who  held 
together  in  spite  of  discouraging  cir- 
cumstances that  the  medical  pro- 
fession of  today  owes  more  than  it 
can  tell. 

In  1834,  on  the  grounds  now  occu- 
pied by  the  residence  of  the  Hon. 
Benjamin    A.    Kimball,    was    estab- 


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lished  Concord's  first  hospital,  the 
Thompsonian  Infirmary,  which  existed 
but  a  few  years.  This  institution  was 
followed  by  the  Concord  Botanic 
Infirmary,  the  Water  Cure  Estab- 
lishment and  the  Improved  Move- 
ment Cure  Institute  of  New  York,  all 
of  which  lasted  but  a  few  years  each. 
In  1830  the  condition  of  the  insane 
in  New  Hampshire  awakened  much 
interest  but  each  year  the  legislature 
failed  to  pass  measures  to  remedy  the 
situation.  It  was  not  until  1842  that 
the  institution  was  established  and  Dr. 
George  Chandler  was  given  the  super- 


Dr.  Granville  P.  Conn 

intendency.  He  was  succeeded  by 
Dr.  Andrew  McFarland  and  Dr.  John 
E.  Tyler,  the  latter  being  succeeded 
by  Dr.  Jesse  P.  Bancroft  who  seived 
the  state  from  1857  to  1883,  when 
his  son,  Dr.  Charles  P.  Bancroft,  the 
present  superintendent,  took  charge 
of  the  institution. 

Dr.  Edward  H.  Parker  of  Concord, 
a  scholarly  physician,  was  the  first 
editor  and  publisher  of  a  monthly 
medical  journal,  the  New  Hamp- 
shire Journal  of  Medicine.     The  first 


issue  appeared  in  March,  1850,  and 
it  was  published  by  Doctor  Parker 
until  October,  1853,  when  he  accepted 
a  professorhsip  in  the  New  York 
Medical  College.  The  publication 
passed  in  several  hands  in  the  next 
few  years  and  in  1858  went  out  of 
existence. 

In  1843  the  practice  of  homeopathy 
was  introduced  by  Dr.  Augustus 
Frank,  a  German.  His  stay  in  Con- 
cord was  brief  but  others  entered  the 
field,  among  whom  was  Dr.  Ferd 
Gustav  Oehme  who  later  had  printed 
a  book  called  "The  Domestic  Phy- 
sician," which  was  published  by  the 
late  Edson  C.  Eastman. 

The  physicians  of  the  town  adopted 
their  first  table  of  fees  on  January  1, 
1867,  and  among  the  nineteen  signers 
were  Drs.  Granville  P.  Conn  and 
Jacob  H.  Gallinger. 

In  1884  the  Margaret  Pillsbury 
General  Hospital  was  established, 
it  being  the  first  general  hospital  in 
the  state.  Much  credit  for  the  estab- 
lishment of  this  institution  is  due  Dr. 
Shadrach  C.  Morrill,  who  went  among 
his  friends  and  secured  pledges  of 
money  before  active  steps  were  taken 
to  organize  the  hospital  association. 
The  institution  has  grown  contin- 
uously since  it  was  opened  and  today 
Concord  is  proud  of  its  fine  showing. 

The  constant  and  successful  en- 
deavors of  the  men  who  at  one  time 
made  up  the  medical  fraternity  of 
Concord  paved  the  way  for  the  pres- 
ent generation,  who,  keeping  abreast 
of  the  times,  have  placed  this  city  in 
the  foremost  ranks  in  the  medical 
world. 

Dr.  Granville  P.  Conn. 
The  dean  of  the  medical  profession, 
though  not.  at  the  present  time  a 
resident  of  this  city,  is  Dr.  Granville 
P.  Conn.  He  was  born  in  Hills- 
borough, January  25,  1832,  of  mingled 
Scotch,  Irish  and  English  ancestry. 
He  was  educated  in  the  common 
schools,  Francestown  and  Pembroke 
academies,  and  had  completed  two 
years  of  study  in  the  civil  engineering 


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course  at  Norwich  Military  Academy 
when  ill  health  compelled  him  to 
withdraw  from  the  academy.  He 
began  his  study  of  medicine  with  Dr. 
H.  B.  Brown  of  Hartford,  Vt.,  at- 
tended two  courses  of  medical  lectures 
at  Woodstock,  Vt.,  and  received  his 
degree  of  M.  D.  from  the  Dartmouth 
Medical  School  in  1856,  when  he 
began  his  practice  in  East  Randolph, 


years  went  on,  his  usefulness  con- 
stantly increased.  He  was  a  member 
of  several  medical  and  fraternal  or- 
ganizations and  has  held  a  prominent 
place  in  the  work  accomplished  by 
them.  Doctor  Conn  retired  from 
active  life  a  short  time  ago  and  in 
August,  1914,  left  this  city  for  Haver- 
ford,  Pa.,  where  he  has  since  made 
his  home  with  his  son. 


Dr.  Irving  A.  Watson 


Vt.,  continuing  it  at  Richmond,  in 
the  same  state,  until  August  19,  1862, 
when  he  was  commissioned  assistant- 
surgeon  in  the  Twelfth  Vermont  Vol- 
unteers; serving  with  this  regiment  in 
the  field,  he  was  mustered  out  of  the 
United  States  service  in  1863.  He 
came  to  Concord  the  same  year. 

Doctor  Conn  immediately,  upon 
his  coming  to  Concord,  became  promi- 
nent in  medical  affairs  and,   as  the 


Dr.  Irving  Allison  Watson 
Since  its  organization,  in  1881,  the 
affairs  of  the  State  Board  of  Health 
have  been  conducted  in  a  most 
efficient  manner  by  Dr.  Irving  Allison 
Watson.  He  was  born  in  Salisbury, 
N.  H.,  September  6,  1849,  and  is  the 
son  of  Porter  Baldwin,  born  at 
Corinth,  Vt.,  July  13,  1825,  and  Luvia 
E.  (Ladd)  Watson;  grandson  of  Itha- 
mar    Watson,    born   at    Weare,    and 


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great-grandson  of  Caleb  Watson,  born 
at  Hampstead,  this  state,  and  who 
served  in  the  Revolutionary  War. 
The  doctor  received  his  preliminary 
education  in  the  common  schools  of 
New  Hampshire,  and  at  the  Newbury 
(Vt.)  Seminary  and  Collegiate  In- 
stitute, later  attending  lectures  at 
the  Dartmouth  Medical  College  and 
at  the  medical  department  of  the 
University  of  Vermont,  graduating 
M.  D.  from  the  latter  institution  in 
1871  and  receiving  the  degree  of  A.M. 
from  Dartmouth  in  1885. 

As  a  physician,  Doctor  Watson 
began  his  practice  at  Groveton  (North- 
umberland), N.  H.,  and  remained 
there  ten  years,  during  which  time  he 
was  several  years  superintendent  of 
schools;  was  twice,  1879-81,  repre- 
sentative in  the  general  court,  and 
was  also  surgeon  to  the  Grand  Trunk 
Railway.  He  was  largely  instru- 
mental in  securing  the  passage  of  the 
act  creating  the  state  board  of  health; 
was  appointed  one  of  its  members, 
and  at  its  organization  in  September, 
1881,  was  elected  secretary  and  execu- 
tive officer  of  the  board,  in  which 
capacity  he  since  been  continued. 

He  is  registrar  of  the  vital  statistics 
of  the  state;  has  five  times  been 
elected  secretary  of  the  American 
Public  Health  Association;  has  been 
president  of  the  International  Con- 
ference of  State  and  Provincial  Boards 
of  Health;  is  a  permanent  member  of 
the  American  Medical  Association, 
honorary  member  of  the  Academia 
Nacional  de  Medicina  de  Mexico,  was 
assistant  secretary-general  of  the  First 
Pan-American  Medical  Congress, 
member  of  the  Societe  Franchise 
d'Hygiene  of  Paris,  of  the  New 
Hampshire  Medical  Society,  the  New 
Hampshire  Historical  Society;  is  a 
Mason,  a  Knight  Templar,  and  is  a 
member  of  many  other  organizations. 

Dr.  Ferdinand  A.  Stillings 

Since  1874  Concord  has  been  very 
proud  to  claim  as  one  of  her  residents 
Dr.  Ferdinand  A.  Stillings,  one  of  the 
leading  physicians  as  well  as  surgeons 


of  the  state.  He  is  the  son  of  Anson 
and  Phoebe  De  Forest  (Kenison)  Still- 
ings, and  was  born  at  Jefferson,  March 
30,  1849.  The  doctor  was  educated  in 
the  schools  of  Jefferson,  Lancaster 
Academy  and  Dartmouth  Medical 
School,  where  he  received  his  degree  in 
1870.  In  the  same  year  he  was  ap- 
pointed assistant  physician  at  the  Mc- 
Lean Asylum  in  Somerville,  Mass.,  and 
three  years  later  he  pursued  his 
studies  in  the  hospitals  of  London, 
Paris  and  Dublin.  Returning  to 
America  in  1874,  he  settled  in  Con- 
cord where  he  has  built  up  a  large 
practice  and  has  been  frequently 
called  to  other  points  as  a  surgeon 
and  consultant.  Doctor  Stillings  is  at 
present  advisory  surgeon  of  the  Mar- 
garet Pillsbury  Hospital,  of  the  New 
Hampshire  Memorial  Hospital  for 
AVomen  and  Children  and  is  also 
surgeon  of  the  Boston  &  Maine  Rail- 
road. He  served  as  surgeon-general 
on  the  staff  of  Gov.  Hiram  A.  Tuttle 
and  of  Gov.  Frank  W.  Rollins.  While 
in  this  capacity  he  reorganized  the 
hospital  corps  of  the  National  Guard 
and  instituted  regular  drills,  which 
accounted  for  the  competency  of  the 
corps  that  accompanied  the  First  New 
Hampshire  Regiment  when  the  call 
came  for  the  Spanish  War.  In  1899 
Dr.  Stillings  was  chosen  to  represent 
Ward  Five  in  the  General  Court  and 
was  returned  in  1901,  being  instru- 
mental at  both  sessions  for  the  passing 
of  measures  relating  to  public  health 
and  hospital  improvements.  He  also 
caused  to  be  passed  a  resolution 
creating  a  commission  to  investigate 
as  to  the  advisability  of  establishing 
a  sanatorium  for  consumptives,  which 
reported  favorably  at  the  next  session, 
when  the  doctor  represented  the 
tenth  senatorial  district. 

He  is  an  active  and  prominent 
member  in  the  American  Medical 
Association,  New  Hampshire  Medical 
Society,  the  New  Hampshire  Surgical 
Club,  Merrimack  County  and  Centre 
District  Medical  Society,  Interna- 
tional Association  of  Railway  Sur- 
geons, New  York  and  New  England 


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Association  of  Railway  Surgeons  and 
the  American  College  of  Surgeons. 
Doctor  Stillings  is  medical  director  of 
the  United  Life  and  Accident  Insur- 
ance Company,  a  director  of  the 
Mechanicks  National  Bank,  and  a 
number  of  other  corporations. 

Dr.  George  Cook 
One  of  the  best-known  physicians 
of  Concord  is  Dr.  George  Cook  of  16 
Centre  Street,  who  has  practiced 
medicine  in  this  city  for  the  past 
forty   years.      The   scope   of    Doctor 


Dr.  George  Cook 

Cook's  life  has  by  no  means  been 
limited,  however,  to  the  study  and 
practice  of  medicine,  for  he  has  been 
a  close  student  of  men  and  affairs 
both  at  home  and  abroad.  Like  other 
New  Hampshire  men  of  his  profes- 
sion, Doctor  Cook  has  found  time 
to  assist  in  caring  for  the  needs  of 
the  body  politic,  and,  as  a  staunch 
Republican,  has  served  the  state  in 
numerous  capacities.  A  country- 
wide acquaintance  among  students 
of  his  profession,  gained  through  ex- 
tensive travel  in  the  United  States, 
has  given  him  a  broad,  liberal  mind 


and  an  unfailing  understanding  of 
human  nature.  Doctor  Cook  has 
given  freely  of  his  time  and  talent  to 
further  the  upbuilding  of  Concord 
and  his  kindly  advice  to  numerous 
young  men,  whom  he  has  assisted 
in  one  way  and  another  to  obtain  a 
higher  education,  has  had  a  direct 
beneficial  influence  on  its  citizenship. 

Dr.  George  Cook  was  born  in  the 
historic  town  of  Dover,  N.  H.,  on 
November  16,  1848,  the  son  of  Solo- 
mon and  Susan  Ann  (Hayes)  Cook. 
He  was  educated  at  Franklin  Acad- 
emy and  Concord  High  School,  com- 
ing to  this  city  at  the  age  of  fifteen 
years.  He  read  medicine  with  Dr. 
Charles  P.  Gage  and  Dr.  Granville  P. 
Conn,  afterwards  entering  the  Univer- 
sity of  Vermont  College  of  Medicine. 
He  graduated  from  the  Dartmouth 
Medical  College  in  1869  and  im- 
mediately began  practice  at  Henniker, 
where  he  remained  until  1870  when 
he  went  to  Hillsborough,  where  he 
was  in  practice  until  he  came  to  Con- 
cord in  May,  1875,  as  a  practitioner. 
In  1874  he  was  superintendent  of 
schools  in  Hillsborough. 

From  that  time  on  honors  in  the 
medical  field  came  to  Doctor  Cook 
with  great  regularity.  He  was  made 
assistant  surgeon  of  the  New  Hamp- 
shire National  Guard  in  1879;  sur- 
geon in  1882,  medical  director  in  1884 
and  in  1893  and  1894  was  Surgeon- 
General  on  the  staff  of  former  Gov. 
John  B.  Smith.  From  1878  to  1884 
Doctor  Cook  was  city  physician  and, 
during  the  administration  of  Presi- 
dent Harrison,  from  1889  to  1893, 
he  was  pension  examining  surgeon. 
At  the  time  of  the  Spanish  American 
War,  Doctor  Cook  was  major  and 
chief  surgeon  of  the  First  Division, 
Second  Army  Corps,  U.  S.  V.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire 
House  of  Representatives  in  1883 
and  1884.  Since  1885  Doctor  Cook 
has  been  an  inspector  of  the  State 
Board  of  Health  and  has  been  a  mem- 
ber of  the  staff  of  the  Margaret  Pills- 
bury  Hospital  since  the  institution  was 
opened  on  October  20,  1884.     He  has 


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been  president  of  the  New  Hampshire 
Medical  Examining  and  Registration 
Board  since  the  law  went  into  effect 
in  1897. 

Doctor  Cook  is  a  member  of  the 
New  Hampshire  Medical  Society, 
Center  District  Medical  Society,  As- 
sociation of  Military  Surgeons  of  the 
United  States,  American  Medical 
Society  and,  from  1898  to  1908,  was 
Grand  President  of  the  Alpha  Kappa 
Kappa  Medical  Fraternity  of  which 
he  is  now  Grand  Primarius  and  visit- 
ing officer  among  the  different  chap- 
ters in  the  United  States  and  Canada. 
In  this  capacity  he  visits  the  Pacific 
Coast  once  every  two  years,  and  all 
chapters  east  of  the  Mississippi  once 
a  year. 

Doctor  Cook  is  a  Mason  and  an 
Odd  Fellow,  member  of  the  Sons  of 
Veterans,  New  Hampshire  Historical 
Society,  and  has  been  a  vestry-man  at 
St.  Paul's  Episcopal  Church  for  the 
past  twenty-five  years. 

Dr.  Chance y  Adams 

In  the  medical  fraternity  in  this 
city,  probably  there  is  no  man  better 
or  more  favorably  known  than 
Chancey  Adams,'  A.M.,  M.D.,  the  son 
of  Benjamin  and  Eliza  Briton  (Sawyer) 
Adams,  who  was  born  in  North  New 
Portland,  Me.,  March  15,  1861.  He 
belongs  to  a  branch  of  the  famous  old 
Massachusetts  family  of  the  same 
name.  Doctor  Adams  was  educated 
in  the  district  schools  of  North  Anson, 
Me.,  and  graduated  from  Anson 
Acadenty  in  1880.  He  next  attended 
the  Waterville  Classical  Institute 
(now  Cob  urn  Classical  Institute), 
Waterville,  Me.,  graduating  in  1881, 
when  he  became  a  student  in  Colby 
University  at  Waterville,  completing 
his  studies  there  in  1885.  After 
teaching  in  the  district  schools  of 
Embden,  Waldoboro,  and  in  the 
Phillips  High  School,  he  entered  the 
Portland  Medical  School  and  later 
the  Maine  Medical  School,  graduat- 
ing from  the  latter  institution  in  1891. 
In    the    same   year    he    entered    the 


United  States  Marine  Hospital  at 
Staten  Island.  Thence  he  went  to 
Taunton,  Mass.,  as  assistant  physi- 
cian in  the  Insane  Hospital.  It  was 
after  he  had  taken  a  three  months' 
course  in  the  Post-Graduate  Medical 
School  and  College  of  New  York 
City  in  1893  that  he  opened  an  office 
in  Concord. 

The  doctor  is  a  member  of  the 
Merrimack  County  and  Centre  Dis- 
trict Medical  Society,  New  Hamp- 
shire Medical  Society,  American  Med- 
ical Association  and  New  Hampshire 
Surgical  Club. 


Dr.  Chancey  Adams 


In  1893  Dr.  Adams  married  Laur- 
inda  Clara  Coombs  of  Gloucester, 
Mass.  He  has  two  children,  Ed- 
mund C.  and  Elizabeth  B.  Adams. 
The  doctor  is  a  Mason,  Knight  of 
Pythias,  Shriner,  a  Son  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution;  was  city  physician 
in  1897-98;  is  a  member  of  the 
United  States  Pension  Board  of 
Examiners  and  also  medical  referee 
for  Merrimack  County. 


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Dr.  Charles  Rumford  Walker 

Interested  in  public  affairs  and  con- 
stantly working  for  the  betterment  of 
the  people  of  Concord  is  Dr.  Charles 
Rumford  Walker,  descendant  in  the 
fourth  generation  from  the  Rev. 
Timothy  Walker,  the  first  minister  of 
Concord.  He  was  born  in  this  city 
February  13,  1852,  and  was  fitted  for 
college  at  Phillips  Exeter  Academy 
where  he  graduated  in  1870.  After 
receiving  his  degree  from  Yale  four 
years  later,  he  entered  upon  the  study 
of  medicine  at  the  Harvard  Medical 
School,  graduating  in  1878,  in  the 
same  year  being  appointed  a  member 
of  the  house  staff  of  the  Boston  City 
Hospital,  where  he  served  as  surgical 
intern  until  January,  1879.  In  Feb- 
ruary of  the  same  year  he  went 
abroad,  in  further  pursuit  of  his  pro- 
fessional studies,  and  was  matriculated 
in  the  foremost  institutions  of  Dublin, 
London,  Vienna  and  Strassburg,  his 
European  studies  occupying  more 
than  two  years.  Returning  to  Con- 
cord in  March,  1881,  the  doctor  estab- 
lished a  practice  which  has  grown  to 
be  one  of  the  largest  in  this  city. 

Since  the  Margaret  Pillsbury  Hos- 
pital was  established,  Doctor  Walker 
has  been  a  member  of  its  staff  and  is 
at  present  on  the  consulting  staff  of 
that  institution.  He  has  been  physi- 
cian at  St.  Paul's  School  and  has  served 
a  term  as  surgeon  in  the  National 
Guard.  He  is  a  member  of  several 
medical  societies  including  the  New 
Hampshire  Medical  Society,  of  which 
he  has  been  president;  and  the  Amer- 
ican Medical  Association,  and  has 
also  been  a  member  of  the -National 
Board  of  Health. 

Doctor  Walker  is  a  trustee  of  the 
New  Hampshire  Savings  Bank,  Rolfe 
and  Rumford  Asylum,  trustee  and 
treasurer  of  the  Timothy  and  Abigail 
B.  Walker  Free  Lecture  Fund.  In 
1892  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the 
board  of  aldermen  and  in  1894  he  was 
chosen  to  represent  Ward  Five  in  the 
General  Court. 

He  was  married  January  18,  1888, 
to    Frances    Sheafe   of  Boston,    and 


has  two  children,  Sheafe  Walker  and 
Charles  R.  Walker,  Jr. 

Dr.  Marion  L.  Bugbee 
A  person  of  marked  ability  in  the 
professional  circles  of  Concord  is  Dr. 
Marion  L.  Bugbee.  She  is  the  daugh- 
ter of  Jonathan  and  Ellen  (Lewis) 
Bugbee  born  in  Hartford,  Vt.,  and 
was  educated  at  the  Tilden  Seminary 
of  West  Lebanon,  and  in  1897  gradu- 
ated from  the  Woman's  Medical 
College  of  the  New  York  Infirmary. 


Dr.  Marion  L.  Bugbee 

Doctor  Bugbee  was  an  intern  at  the 
Memorial  Hospital  of  Worcester  in 
1898,  later  going  to  her  native  home 
in  Hartford,  Vt.,  where  she  remained 
until  1907  when  she  took  a  post- 
graduate course  in  the  Post-Graduate 
Hospital  of  New  York  City.  It  was 
in  the  same  year  that  the  doctor  took 
charge  of  the  Memorial  Hospital  of 
this  city,  in  which  position  she  still 
continues. 

She  is  a  member  of  the  Merrimack 
County  and  Centre  District  Medical 
societies,  American  Medical  Associa- 
tion, chairman  of  the  Public  Health 


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Committee  for  the  Federated  Clubs 
of  New  Hampshire  and  secretary  of 
the  Public  Health  Educational  Com- 
mittee of  the  American  Medical  As- 
sociation for  New  Hampshire.  Doc- 
tor Bugbee  is  also  a  member  of  the 
Concord  Woman's  Club,  Friendly 
Club  and  the  Daughters  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution. 

Dr.  Charles  Parker  Bancroft 

New  Hampshire  is,  indeed,  fortu- 
nate to  have  at  the  head  of  one  of  its 
largest  institutions  Dr.  Charles  Parker 
Bancroft,  known  country-wide  as 
one  of  the  foremost  alienists  of  the 
present    day.     He   is    superintendent 


Boston  and  in  1882  he  was  called  by 
the  trustees  of  that  State  Hospital  to 
become  superintendent  and  treasurer 
of  that  institution.  At  that  time 
there  were  260  patients  whereas  now 
the  number  of  people  receiving  treat- 
ment at  this  institution  exceeds  1,150. 
Doctor  Bancroft  has  been  identified 
with  all  of  the  progressive  movements 
for  the  care  of  the  insane. 

From  1890  he  has  been  interested 
in  the  general  movement  taking  place 
throughout  the  country  for  the  state 
care  of  the  insane.  This  movement 
contemplated  their  removal  from  the 
county  poorfarms  and  placing  them 
under    the    care    of   the    state,  where 


The  New  Hospital  Building 


of  the  State  Hospital,  having  suc- 
ceeded his  father  in  1882.  Doctor 
Bancroft  was  born  at  St.  Johnsbury, 
Vt.,  January  11,  1852,  the  son  of 
Jesse  P.  Bancroft  and  Elizabeth 
(Speare)  Bancroft.  His  early  educa- 
tion was  received  in  the  common 
schools  of  Concord,  Phillips  Andover 
Academy,  Harvard  College,  receiving 
the  degree  of  A.B.  in  1874;  and  the 
Harvard  Medical  School,  from  which 
he  graduated  in  June,  1878.  He  was 
house  officer  at  the  Boston  City 
Hospital  for  eighteen  months  and  was 
an  assistant  in  the  New  Hampshire 
State  Hospital  nine  months. 

In  the  spring  of   1879  the  doctor 
began    his    practice    of    medicine    in 


better  provisions  are  possible  for 
better  classification  and  scientific 
study.  This  movement  necessitated 
additional  buildings  and  these  com- 
prised the  following:  in  1900,  the 
Twitchell  House,  a  building  for  con- 
valescent patients;  1903,  North  and 
South  pavilions;  1905,  a  hospital 
building  for  the  accommodation  of 
165  patients,  modeled  after  general 
hospitals;  1907,  the  Kent  and  Peaslee 
buildings  for  175  patients;  1909,  a 
new  heat  and  power  plant;  and  1911, 
a  building  for  industrial  patients,, 
accommodating  225. 

Doctor  Bancroft  became  interested 
in  the  better  training  of  nurses  and 
attendants  and  in  1888  established  a. 


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training  school  for  nurses,  modeled 
on  the  lines  of  the  general  hospital 
training  schools.  This  training  school 
has  a  three-year  course  and  it  is  af- 
filiated with  the  best  training  schools 
in  New  York  City  and  graduates  fif- 
teen or  more  nurses  each  year,  who 
are  qualified  to  assume  head  positions 
in  the  State  Hospital,  or  similar  posi- 
tions in  other  institutions,  or  to  enter 
into  private  nursing. 

The  Doctor  became  interested  early 
in  the  field  of  industrial  training  and 
vocational  employment  for  insane. 
He  established  a  shop  many  years 
ago  for  the  employment  of  men 
patients  in  which  many  industries 
are  taught,  such  as  broom  and  brush 
making,  cobbling  and  shoe  making, 
printing,  weaving  and  making  hosiery. 
Women  are  similarly  taught  in  various 
kinds  of  needlework,  basketry,  rug 
making  and  the  like.  Two  industrial 
teachers  are  employed  and  an  annual 
fair  has  been  instituted  in  which  the 
products  of  these  various  industries 
are  sold  to  the  public. 

Under  Doctor  Bancroft,  a  patho- 
logical laboratory  and  a  modern, 
up-to-date  hydro-therapeutic  room 
has  been  established  in  the  hospital 
building  for  scientific  study  and  the 
better  treatment  of  the  patients. 

For  many  years  he  has  been  very 
interested  in  the  colony  care  for  the 
insane,  and  at  his  suggestion  the  state 
purchased  about  three  hundred  acres 
of  farm  land  four  miles  distant  from 
the  hospital  on  whioh  several  patients 
are  employed  throughout  the  year, 
raising  farm  products  for  the  main 
hospital.  This  is  intended  to  be  the 
nucleus  of  a  larger  and  permanent 
farm  colony. 

Doctor  Bancroft  is  a  member  of 
the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society, 
Boston  Society  for  Psychiatry,  and 
Neurology,  of  the  American  Medico- 
Psychological  Association,  of  the  New 
England  Society  of  Psychiatry,  and 
has  been  president  of  the  three  latter, 
as  well  as  the  Boston  City  Hospital 
Alumni  Association. 

He  has  been  a  frequent  contributor 


to  these  societies  at  their  meetings 
and  is  author  of  the  following  reprints 
and  other  publications:  Wood's  "Ref- 
erence Handbook  of  the  Medical 
Sciences,"  articles  on  the  "Opium 
Habit,"  the  "Physical  Expression  of 
Insanity,"  and  a  monograph  on  the 
"General  Symptomatology  of  In- 
sanity." Doctor  Bancroft  has  pub- 
lished many  other  articles  and  has 
been  called  upon  quite  frequently 
to  deliver  addresses,  among  the  most 
noteworthy  are:  "Inquiry  into  the 
Causes  of  Insanity,  with  Especial 
Reference  to  Prevention  and  Treat- 
ment," 1884;  "Physical  Basis  of 
Sin,"  1894;  "Automatic  Muscular 
Movements  Among  Insane,"  1881; 
"  Sub-Conscious  Homicide  and  Suicide, 
Their  Physiological  Psychology,"  1898; 
"Legal  and  Medical  Insanity,"  1900; 
"Paresis,"  1904;  "Reconciliation  of 
the  Disparity  Between  Hospital  and 
Asylum  Trained  Nurses,"  1904;  "Re- 
ception Hospitals  and  Psychopathic 
Wards  in  State  Hospitals  for  the  In- 
sane," 1907;  presidential  address, 
"Hopeful  and  Discouraging  Aspects  of 
the  Psychiatric  Outlook,"  1908; 
"Women  Nurses  on  Male  Wards  in 
Hospitals  for  the  Insane,"  1908;  "Is 
there  an  Increase  Among  the  Dement- 
ing Psychoses?"  1913;  "Some  Perils 
Confronting  the  State  Care  of  the  In- 
sane." 

Through  the  efforts  of  Doctor 
Bancroft,  the  New  Hampshire  State 
Hospital  today  is  recognized  as  one 
of  the  foremost  institutions  in  the 
country  for  care  of  the  insane.  His 
progressive  methods  have  ofttimes 
been  cited  as  models  and  adopted  by 
various  institutions. 

Orlando  B.  Douglas,  M.D. 

In  September,  1901,  Concord  wel- 
comed to  her  confines  Orlando  B. 
Douglas,  M.D.,  of  New  York  City. 
He  is  the  son  of  Amos  and  Almira 
(Balcom)  Douglas,  born  in  Cornwall, 
Vt.,  September  12,  1836.  His  edu- 
cation was  obtained  in  the  common 
schools  of  his  native  state  and  Bran- 
don    Seminary.     Later     he     taught 


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school  three  winters  and  in  summers 
assisted  his  father  in  the  lumber 
business  and  farming.  In  1858  he 
went  to  Brunswick,  Mo.,  and  began 
the  study  of  his  profession.  He  was 
a  participant  in  the  terrifying  turmoil 
in  Missouri  at  the  beginning  of  the 
Civil  War,  in  1861.  In  September  he 
enlisted  in  the  Eighteenth  Regiment, 
Missouri  Infantry,  and  saw  some  hard 
service;  was  twice  wounded,  once  at 
the  battle  of  Shiloh  in  1862,  being  sent 
to  friends  in  New  England  when  he 
recovered.  In  Jul}  he  reported  to  the 
Washington  Park  Hospital,  Cincin- 
nati, O.;  was  assigned  to  Provost 
Marshal  duty  till  November,  when  he 
returned  to  his  regiment  at  Corinth, 
Miss.,  where  he  was  appointed  Adju- 
tant of  his  regiment.  Later,  by  spe- 
cial order  of  Gen.  Grant,  he  was 
assigned  to  Gen.  Bayne's  Brigade  as 
A.  A.  A.  G. 

In  1876  Doctor  Douglas  removed 
to  New  York  City,  where  for  twenty- 
five  years  he  was  active  in  professional 
and  medical  circles.  A  certificate 
presented  to  Doctor  Douglas  in  1891, 
on  the  occasion  of  his  trip  to  the  north 
of  Europe,  states  over  the  signatures 
of  officers  of  different  organizations, 
that  he  was  at  that  time  holding  the 
following  positions:  that  he  was  a 
graduate  of  the  University  Medical 
College  of  New  York;  treasurer  of  the 
New  York  Academy  of  Medicine; 
professor  in  the  Post-Graduate  Medi- 
cal School  and  Hospital;  surgeon  to 
the  Manhattan  Eye,  Ear  and  Throat 
Hospital;  was  a  member  of  the  board 
of  directors  of  the  New  York  Physi- 
cians' Mutual  Aid  Association,  and 
member  of  the  Medical  Society  of 
the  State  of  New  York,  and  of  its 
Committee  on  Publications. 

Doctor  Douglas  is  a  member  of 
the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society, 
of  the  American  Medical  Association, 
honorary  member  of  the  Vermont 
Medical  Society,  and  of  numerous 
other  kindred  associations.  He  is 
author  of  various  medical  papers, 
largely  on  subjects  connected  with 
his  specialty,  diseases  of  the  ear,  nose 


and  throat.  He  was  surgeon  of 
Reno  Post  in  New  York  City  for 
twenty-five  years,  and  member  of  the 
G.  A.  R.  since  August  25,  1868;  is  a 
Companion  of  the  First  Class,  Loyal 
Legion  of  America.  He  is  past  com- 
mander, Department  of  New  Hamp- 
shire, G.  A.  R.;  is  a  32d  degree  Mason 
and  of  the  A.  A.  O.  N.  M.  S.;  is  a 
Baptist;  a  Republican  in  politics;  has 
been  a  member  of  the  State  Executive 
Committee  of  the  N.  H.  Y.  M.  C.  A. 
since  1903,  and  president  of  the  New 


Orlando  B.  Douglas,  M.D. 

Hampshire  Orphans'  Home,  in  Frank- 
lin, ten  years. 

In  September,  1875,  he  married 
Maria  Manson  Tiddy,  who  won  fame 
as  an  army  nurse  in  the  Civil  War. 
Mrs.  Douglas  was  a  very  able  woman 
and  at  the  time  of  her  death,  on  Jan. 
11,  1913,  was  president  of  the  National 
Association  of  Army  Nurses  of  the 
Civil  War,  past  chaplain  of  the  Wo- 
man's Relief  Corps  and  chaplain  of  the 
New  Hampshire  Department,  Wo- 
man's Relief  Corps. 

On  May  3  of  this  year  Dr.  Douglas 
was  appointed  Medical  Director  of 
the  National  Association,  Survivors  of 
the  Battle  of  Shiloh. 


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Loren  A.  Sanders,  M.D. 

Loren  Addison,  only  child  of  George 
S.  and  Prudence  S.  (Parker)  Sanders, 
was  born  July  5,  1874,  in  Grafton, 
where  he  began  his  education.  He 
later  attended  the  public  schools  of 
Wilmot  and  New  London.  At  the 
age  of  eighteen  he  came  to  Concord 
and  entered  the  employ  of  the  Abbott- 
Downing  Company.  Doctor  Sanders 
had  been  in  this  city  but  one  year  and 
six  months  when  he  decided  to  take 
up  the  study  of  medicine,  and,  to 
prepare  himself  for  his  chosen  profes- 
sion, he  entered  Tilton  Seminary  in 
1893.  After  graduating  from  this 
institution,  the  doctor  went  to  New 
York  City  where  he  continued  his 
studies  in  the  Bellevue  Medical  Col- 
lege, which  about  this  time  became 
merged  with  the  medical  department 
of  New  York  University.  On  May 
16,  1899,  he  graduated  from  that 
institution,  following  which  he  came 
to  Concord  and  at  once  became 
associated  in  practice  with  one  of  the 
most  eminent  physicians  and  sur- 
geons of  the  state,  Dr.  Granville  P. 
Conn.  Doctor  Sanders  from  the  first 
gave  special  attention  to  surgery,  in 
which  department  he  has  been  very 
successful,  and  is  today  an  attending 
surgeon  on  the  staff  of  the  Margaret 
Pillsbury  General  Hospital,  and  sur- 
geon to  the  New  Hampshire  Memorial 
Hospital  for  Women  and  Children. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  New  Hamp- 
shire Medical  Society,  Merrimack 
County  and  Centre  District  Medical 
Society,  New  Hampshire  Surgical 
Club,  New  York  and  New  England 
Association  of  Railway  Surgeons,  and 
is  a  fellow  in  the  American  College  of 
Surgeons,  and  is  Medical  Examiner 
for  the  United  Life,  Columbian  Life, 
John  Hancock,  Penn  Mutual,  and 
other  life  insurance  companies.  He 
is  a  Mason,  a  Baptist,  and  in  politics 
a  Republican.  He  has  been  a  mem- 
ber of  the  board  of  health,  has  served 
four  years  in  the  city  common 
council,  two  years  as  alderman,  and 
was  a  member  of  the  General  Court, 
1911-12. 


On  September  29,  1898,  Doctor 
Sanders  married  Margaret  A.  Clough 
of  Warner,  N.  H.,  daughter  of  Reuben 
and  Mary  Elizabeth  (Clark)  Clough. 

Dr.  Elizabeth  Hoyt-Stevens 

The  first  woman  of  Concord  birth 
to  establish  herself  as  a  physician  in 
this  city  was  Dr.  Jane  Elizabeth 
Hoyt-Stevens.  She  was  a  student  at 
Wellesley  Medical  College  in  1879- 
83,  and  a  graduate  of  the  Woman's 
Medical  College  of  the  New  York 
Infirmary  (Blacknell  College)  in  New 
York  City,  class  of  1890. 


Dr.  J.  Elizabeth  Hoyt-Stevens 

The  doctor  visited  hospitals  in 
England  and  Scotland  during  the 
summer  of  1890  and  was  a  resident 
physician  at  Lassell  Seminary  in 
1890-91  and  in  1892-93,  Doctor  Hoyt 
worked  at  the  University  of  Vienna 
under  Professor  Schauter,  Hertzfeld, 
Kaposi  and  Lukasieweiz. 

Returning  to  Concord  she  opened 
an  office  at  her  ancestral  home  on 
North  State  Street  in  June,  1893,  and 
was  appointed  consulting  physician 
on  the  medical  staff  of  the  Margaret 
Pillsbury  Hospital  in  1896.  She  re- 
signed the  position  in  1899  for  the 
purpose  of  spending  an  unlimited 
time    in    Europe,    remaining    abroad 


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nearly  three  years.  About  one  half 
of  this  period  was  given  to  lectures 
and  laboratory  work  in  the  University 
of  Leipsic  under  Professors  Chun, 
Wundt  and  Schmarsow,  while  nine 
months  were  devoted  to  travel  in 
North  Africa,  Tunis,  Algiers,  and  the 
Sahara  desert. 

Doctor  Hoyt  returned  to  America 
and  to  Concord  where  she  unexpect- 
edly resumed  the  practice  of  her  pro- 
fession in  June,  1902.  In  April,  1906, 
she  went  as  delegate  from  the  New 
Hampshire  State  Medical  Society 
to  the  International  Medical  Con- 
gress, then  meeting  in  Lisbon,  Portu- 
gal. After  the  Congress,  which  con- 
tinued one  week,  she  traveled  three 
months  through  Spain,  and  went  again 
into  North  Africa  to  Morocco  and 
Algiers. 

On  June  26,  1907,  the  doctor  mar- 
ried George  W.  Stevens  of  Clare- 
mont,  since  which  time  she  has  con- 
tinued with  office  practice  only. 

Dr.  Russell  Wilkins 

Doctor  Wilkins,  a  son  of  the  late 
Chaplain  E.  R.  Wilkins,  was  born 
in  Amesbury,  Mass.,  April  23,  1873, 
and  upon  removal  to  Concord  be- 
came a  pupil  in  the  public  schools, 
graduating  from  the  high  school  in 
1891.  Choosing  the  profession  of 
medicine  and  surgery  as  a  life  work, 
he  entered  Dartmouth  Medical  Col- 
lege, and  graduated  from  that  insti- 
tution in  the  class  of  November,  1895. 
He  became  the  house  officer  of  Cam- 
bridge Hospital  in  the  following  year, 
and  in  1897  began  the  practice  of 
medicine  in  Concord,  in  which  he  still 
continues. 

He  early  manifested  an  interest  in 
military  affairs,  and  in  1898  was  com- 
missioned first  lieutenant  and  assistant 
surgeon  in  the  First  New  Hampshire 
Volunteers.  He  now  holds  the  com- 
mission of  major  in  the  medical  de- 
partment of  the  New  Hampshire 
National  Guard,  and  for  three  years 
has  been  acting  surgeon-general. 

Doctor  Wilkins  served  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Concord  Board  of  Health 


for  six  years,  the  last  two  as  president. 
Pie  is  president  of  the  Centre  Dis- 
trict and  Merrimack  County  Medical 
Society,  a  member  of  the  New  Hamp- 
shire Medical  Society  and  the  Ameri- 
can Medical  Association,  and  one  of 
the  staff  of  the  Margaret  Pillsbury 
General  Hospital.  In  1913  he  repre- 
sented his  ward  in  the  state  legisla- 
ture. 


Dr.  Russell  Wilkins 

In  1903  he  married  Grace  M.  Thur- 
ber  of  Penacook,  and  hopes  to  be 
survived  by  his  two  children,  Daniel 
and  Dorothy. 

Dr.  John  McClure  Gove 

Dr.  John  McClure  Gove,  the  pio- 
neer osteopathic  physician  of  New 
Hampshire,  has  been  engaged  in 
practice  since  1900,  in  Concord,  and 
was  the  first  osteopath  to  locate  per- 
manently in  the  state. 

Doctor  Gove  was  born  in  Raymond, 
N.  H.,  in  1872,  the  son  of  Samuel 
and  Mary  (McClure)  Gove.  He  was 
fitted  for  college  at  Sanborn  Seminary, 
Kingston,  N.  H.,  and  entered  Boston 
University  in  1892,  from  which  insti- 
tution he  received  the  degree  of  Bach- 


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elor  of  Arts  in  1896,  and  continued 
in  the  same  institution  for  post-grad- 
uate study  for  another  year.  He  was 
graduated  from  the  Boston  Institute 
of  Osteopathy  in  1900,  and  immedi- 
ately came  to  Concord.  In  1909  he 
took  a  special  course  of  study  in 
Massachusetts  College  of  Osteopathy 
(formerly  the  Boston  Institute  of 
Osteopathy)  and  received  the  degree 
of  Doctor  of  Osteopathy  in  1910. 
Doctor  Gove  was  one  of  the  organ- 


He  graduated  from  Concord  High 
School  in  1891  and  received  the  degree 
of  M.D.,  from  Boston  University  in 
1896.  He  located  in  Attleboro,  Mass., 
immediately  following  graduation  and 
practised  there  until  October,  1905, 
when  he  removed  to  Concord. 

He  was  married  to  Grace  F.  Page 
of  Concord  on  June  29,  1898.  They 
have  two  children,  John  Page  Amsden 
and  Edward  Daggett  Amsden.  Doc- 
tor Amsden  is  a  member  of  the  Center 


Dr.  John  McClure  Gove 

izers  of  the  New  Hampshire  Osteo- 
pathic Society  and  is  at  present  its 
president.  He  is  also  a  member  of 
the  New  England  Osteopathic  Asso- 
ciation and  of  the  American  Osteo- 
pathic Association.  He  took  a  very 
active  part  in  securing  the  passage  of 
the  medical  law  at  the  last  session  of 
the  legislature,  which  provides  a  uni- 
form standard  of  examination  for  all 
doctors  and  which  raises  the  educa- 
tional qualifications  required  of  all 
practitioners  coming  into  the  state. 

Dr.  Henry  H.  Amsden 
Henry  H.  Amsden,  M.D.,  was  born 
in  Penacook,  N.  H.,  July  15,   1872. 


Dr.  Henry  H.  Amsden 

District  Medical  Society,  New  Hamp- 
shire Medical  Society,  New  Hamp- 
shire Surgical  Club,  and  American 
Medical  Association,  and  is  assistant 
visiting  physician  to  the  Margaret' 
Pillsbury  General  Hospital.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  First  Congregational 
Church,  and  a  Mason  and  Odd  Fellow. 

Dr.  Frank  Willard  Grafton 

Prominent  among  the  members  of 
the  medical  fraternity  of  this  city  is 
Dr.  Frank  W.  Grafton,  who  was  born 
in  Gilford,  N.  H.,  the  son  of  James 
and  Mary  Jane  (Collins)  Grafton. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  and  re- 
ceived private  instruction  before  he 


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entered  the  Bryant  &  Stat  ton  Business 
College  in  Manchester,  after  which 
he  taught  school  for  two  years  in  Bow. 
The  doctor  took  a  further  course  of 
instruction  in  the  Concord  High 
School  and  entered  the  medical  de- 
partment of  Dartmouth  College  in 
1893,  graduating  two  years  later.  In 
November,  1896,  he  began  his  prac- 
tice in  Concord,  in  association  with  the 
late  Dr.  E.  H.  Foster,  and  has  been 


the  New  Hampshire  Surgical  Club, 
and  is  also  a  fellow  in  the  American 
College  of  Surgeons.  He  is  also  iden- 
tified with  Bow  Grange,  P.  of  H.; 
Masons,  including  the  Shrine;  Odd 
Fellows;  United  Order  of  Pilgrim 
Fathers  and  Knights  of  the  Ancient 
Essenic  Order. 

Doctor  Grafton  was  married  De- 
cember 19,  1896,  to  Edith  Mathilde 
MacDowell,  of  Champlain,  N.  Y. 


Dr.  Frank  W.  Grafton 


most  successful,  at  present  enjoying 
a  large  practice  and  having  innu- 
merable friends.  Doctor  Grafton  is  at 
present  an  attending  surgeon  on  the 
staff  of  the  Margaret  Pillsbury  Hospi- 
tal. 

In  politics  he  is  a  Republican  and 
has  the  distinction  of  having  been  the 
first  Republican  town  clerk  of  Bow. 
The  doctor  is  a  member  of  the  Merri- 
mack County  Medical  Society,  New 
Hampshire  State  Medical  Society, 
the    American    Medical    Association, 


Dr.  Robert  J.  Graves 
Among  Concord's  most  successful 
physicians  and  surgeons  is  Dr.  Robert 
Graves.  Though  still  a  young  man 
his  accomplishments  in  the  field  of 
medicine  and  surgery  have  attracted 
wide  interests.  The  doctor  was  born 
in  Boscawen,  June  22,  1878,  the  son 
of  Eli  E.  and  Martha  (Williams) 
Graves.  He  received  his  education 
in  the  Concord  High  School  and 
Harvard  College,  graduating  from  the 
latter  institution  with  the  degree  of 


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A.  B.  His  attention  then  turned  to 
the  study  of  medicine,  entering  the 
Harvard  Medical  School,  where  he 
received  the  degree  of  M.  D.  in  1903. 
During  his  last  year  at  the  medical 
school  he  was  the  prosector  of  anat- 
omy. The  doctor's  hospital  experi- 
ence has  been  quite  extended  and  has 
been  in  connection  with  some  of  the 
most  prominent  institutions  of  the 
country,  including  the  Massachusetts 
General  Hospital,  where  he  served  as 


The  doctor  is  a  member  of  the  New 
Hampshire  Medical  Society,  Massa- 
chusetts Medical  Society,  Aescula- 
pian  Club,  New  Hampshire  Surgical 
Club,  and  is  a  fellow  in  the  American 
College  of  Surgeons.  He  is  a  member 
of  several  fraternal  organizations,  in- 
cluding the  Masons  and  Shrine,  Odd 
Fellows,  Elks  and  the  Grange.  He  is 
a  Republican  in  politics  and  is  a 
member  of  the  South  Congregational 
Church. 


Dr.  Robert  J.  Graves 


house  surgeon  for  two  years,  the 
Boston  Lying-in  Hospital  and  the 
Bournewood  Private  Hospital,  having 
been  assistant  in  the  latter  institution. 
On  November  28,  1904,  Dr.  Graves 
came  to  Concord  to  practice  medicine 
and  during  his  stay  here  has  made 
friends  with  everybody  he  has  come 
in  contact  with.  His  clientele  is  one 
of  the  most  extensive  and  includes  all 
classes  and  conditions.  He  is  an 
assistant  on  the  surgical  staff  of  the 
Margaret  Pillsbury  Hospital. 


Doctor  Graves  married  Helen  McG. 
Ayers,  October  10, 1905,  and  has  three 
children,  Katharine,  Jane  Phillips 
and  John  Kimball. 

Dr.  W.  Preston  Beauclerk 
In  the  foremost  ranks  of  the  medical 
profession  in  this  city  is  Dr.  W.  Pres- 
ton Beauclerk,  the  son  of  Sydney  W. 
Beauclerk  and  Elizabeth  (Yates) 
Beauclerk,  who  was  born  in  Troy, 
N.  Y.,  June  9,  1875.  His  early  educa- 
tion   was    received    in    the    Lyndon 


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Institute  of  Lyndon,  Vt.,  following 
which  he  took  a  course  at  Norwich 
University  in  Northfield,  Vt.  Hav- 
ing decided  to  follow  the  medical 
profession,  the  doctor  entered  the 
University  of  Vermont  where  he 
received  his  degree  of  M.D.  in  1896. 
Later  in  the  same  year  he  came  to 
New  Hampshire  to  practice  medicine, 
opening  an  office  in  Contoocook.  For 
seven  years  Doctor  Beauclerk  enjoyed 
an  extensive  practice  in  that  village 


a  member  of  the  surgical  staff 
of  the  Margaret  Pillsbury  General 
Hospital  and  is  prominently  con- 
nected with  the  Merrimack  County 
and  Centre  District  Medical  Soci- 
ety, the  New  Hampshire  State  Med- 
ical Society,  the  American  Medical 
Association  and  the  New  Hampshire 
Surgical  Club. 

He  is  a  Mason,  an  Elk,  a  member 
of  the  Wonolancet  Club,  Loyal  Order 
of  Moose,  and  the  Sons  of  St.  George. 


Dr.  W.  Preston  Beauclerk 


and  made  a  large  circle  of  friends. 
Wishing  to  increase  the  field  of  his 
medical  activities,  he  came  to  Con- 
cord in  1903,  where  he  has  since  been 
located.  Dr.  Beauclerk  has  always 
taken  a  deep  interest  in  the  affairs  of 
Concord  and  has  done  all  in  his  power 
to  promote  movements  that  were  for 
the  benefit  of  the  city  and  the  people 
in  general.  His  practice  is  one  of 
the  largest  and  most  exclusive  in  the 
city. 
At   the  present  time  the  doctor  is 


Dr.  Fred  A.  Sprague 

Among  the  prominent  young  Con- 
cord physicians  is  Dr.  Fred  A.  Sprague, 
who  was  born  in  Pembroke  November 
9,  1873,  the  son  of  Alvah  S.  and  Eliza 
A.  (Snell)  Sprague,  both  families 
being  of  Revolutionary  stock.  He 
received  his  early  education  in  the 
schools  of  Claremont  and  this  city, 
also  by  private  tutoring.  Doctor 
Sprague  entered  the  Baltimore  Medi- 
cal College  in  1902,  where  he  received 
his  degree  of  M.  D.     While  in  college 


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he  was  a  member  of  the  A.  0.  D. 
fraternity.  The  doctor  was  an  intern 
at  the  Maryland  General  Hospital  for 
one  year  and,  after  passing  the  Mary- 
land State  Board  and  the  New  Hamp- 
shire Board  he  began  his  practice  of 
medicine  and  surgery  in  Concord 
October  1,  1906,  and,  during  the  past 
three  years,  has  made  a  specialty  of 
X-ray  work.  He  has  been  a  member 
of  the  board  of  health  for  seven  years 
and  is  also  a  member  of  the  Spanish 
War  Veterans,  and  several  other  medi- 
cal and  fraternal  societies. 


from  Tufts  College  Medical  School 
in  1902,  opening  an  office  in  Boston 
in  the  same  year.  While  in  that  city 
the  doctor  had  clinical  experience  at 
various  hospitals  and  dispensaries 
and  returned  to  his  native  city  in  1905. 
Dr.  Clarke  is  an  assistant  physician 
on  the  medical  staff  of  the  Margaret 
Piflsbury  General  Hospital  and  a  con- 
sulting physician  of  the  Pembroke 
Sanatorium. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Merrimack 
County  and  Centre  District  Medical 
Society,  a  fellow  of  the  New  Hamp- 


Dr.  Fred  A.  Sprague 

On  July  7,  1903,  Doctor  Sprague 
married  Jennie  C.  Brown,  the  daugh- 
ter of  Charles  W.  and  Lecretia  C. 
Brown  of  Concord.  Previous  to  mar- 
riage Mrs.  Sprague  was  a  teacher  in 
Concord  schools  for  seven  years. 

Dr.  George  Haven  Clarke. 

Doctor  Clarke  was  born  in  Concord, 
the  son  of  David  E.  Clarke,  a  long- 
time dry  goods  dealer  of  this  city,  and 
Henrietta  S.  Clarke.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  this 
city,  had  private  tuition  in  Boston 
and    received    his   degree   of    M.D., 


Dr.  George  H.  Clarke 

shire  Medical  Society  and  the  Ameri- 
can Medical  Association,  a  member 
of  the  National  Association  for  the 
Study  and  Prevention  of  Tuberculosis, 
a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire 
Historical  Society,  and  the  Wono- 
lancet  Club. 

Dr.  Oramel  Henry  Stanley 

One  of  the  city's  younger  physi- 
cians is  Oramel  H.  Stanley,  who  was 
born  in  Fryeburg,  Me.,  July  11,  1887, 
the  elder  son  of  Charles  Edward  and 
Grace  (Evans)  Stanley.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  Frye- 


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burg  and  Fryeburg  Academy,  grad- 
uated from  Bowdoin  College  with 
degree  of  A.B.,  and  the  degree  of  M.D. 
was  conferred  upon  him  at  Bowdoin 
Medical  School.  Doctor  Stanley  was 
house  physician  at  the  Maine  General 
Hospital,  studied  at  the  New  York 
Lying-in  Hospital  and  is  at  present 
an  assistant  on  the  surgical  staff  of 
the  Margaret  Pillsbury  General  Hos- 


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pital.     He  came  to  Concord  in 
and  in  politics  is  a  Republican. 

The  Doctor  is  a  member  of  the 
Beta  Theta  Pi  and  Phi  Chi  frater- 
nities, Merrimack  County  and  Centre 
District  Medical  Society,  New  Hamp- 
shire State  Medical  Society,  New 
Hampshire  Surgical  Club,  and  is  a 
Mason. 

Dr.  Charles  H.  Dolloff 
Doctor  Dolloff  was  born  in  Cam- 
bridge, Mass.,  December  29,  1877. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Cambridge  and  Everett  and  at 
Dartmouth  Medical  School,  grad- 
uating in  1903.  The  doctor  has  been 
an  intern  in  the  United  States  Public 
Health  and  Marine  Hospital  Service. 


In  1905  he  came  to  Concord  and  has 
since  been  connected  with  the  New 
Hampshire  State  Hospital.  Doctor 
Dolloff  acted  as  superintendent  of 
that  institution  from  January  1,  1915, 
until  the  reinstatement  of  Doctor 
Bancroft  in  the  middle  of  May. 
He  is  a  Mason  and  a  member  of 


Dr.  Charles  H.  Dolloff 

the   New   Hampshire   State    Medical 
Society. 

The    New    Hampshire    Memorial 
Hospital    for    Women    and 
Children. 
This     beneficent     institution,     the 
only  hospital  in  the  state  managed 
by   and   for   women,    is   now   in   its 
twentieth  year.     It  was  incorporated 
September  12,  1895,  largely  through 
the  efforts  of  Dr.  Julia  Wallace-Russell 
who  began  medical  practice  in  Concord 
in  1878,  the  first  woman  physician  in 
the  capital,  and  one  of  the  very  earl- 
iest in  the  state.     Miss   Mary  Ann 
Downing,  whose  life  was  devoted  to 


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good  works,  helped  Dr.  Wallace- 
Russell  to  realize  her  dream,  and 
became  the  first  president  of  the 
new  undertaking.  The  hospital  was 
opened  to  patients,  October  10,  1896. 
From  that  time  till  August  31,  1914, 
the  date  of  the  last  annual  report, 
2,347  patients  have  been  received, 
and  forty-two  nurses  have  been  grad- 
uated from  the  training-school. 

The  permanent  funds  now  amount 
to  $33,283.34,  including  six  endowed 
free  beds.  As  showing  the  stated-wide 
interest  in  the  hospital,  it  may  be 
mentioned  that  of  the  six  women  pro- 
viding these  free  beds  two  lived 
in  Newport,  and  one  each  in  Man- 
chester, Dover,  Hopkinton  and  Pem- 
broke. The  original  house,  66  South 
Street,  purchased  in  1896  for  $7,000, 
is  still  the  home  of  the  hospital.  It 
has  been  several  times  remodelled  and 
enlarged,  but  it  has  never  lost  its 
homelike  look.  The  number  of  pa- 
tients has  steadily  increased  -till  the 
accommodations  have  been  strained 
almost  to  the  bursting  point.  Last 
year,  1913-14,  258  patients  were 
cared  for,  more  than  double  the 
number,  127,  received  in  1905-06. 
The  latter  number  was  four  times  as 
great  as  during  the  first  year  when 
thirty-one  only  were  enrolled. 

The  hospital  has  been  fortunate 
in  its  location,  facing  on  two  streets 
with  a  large  plot  of  land  to  the  south, 
shaded  by  graceful  elms,  and  an  ample 
garden  in  the  rear.  The  double 
piazzas,  recently  added  by  Mrs. 
Mary  W.  Truesdell,  one  of  the  trus- 
tees, are  most  helpful  in  bringing 
additional  sun  and  air  to  the  patients. 
The  demand  for  accommodations  has 
become  so  great  that  last  summer  four 
nurses  slept  in  a  tent  on  the  lawn  while 
the  superintendent  and  night  nurses 
have  had  to  seek  quarters  outside  the 
building.     It  is  to  relieve  this  pressure 


that  the  Dickerman  propert}7,  a 
comfortable  house  and  land  adjoining 
the  hospital  on  the  north,  has  recently 
been  acquired.  The  great  present 
need  of  the  hospital  is  a  separate 
maternity  department.  There  were 
forty-five  babies  born  in  the  main 
building  last  year;  and  the  Hospital 
Associates  are  hopeful  in  the  near 
future  of  raising  funds  for  a  two-story 
maternity  ward. 

The  charge  at  the  hospital  is  from 
$12.00  to  $18.00  per  week,  which  in- 
cludes board  and  nursing  except  when 
the  case  is  so  critical  that  the  patient 
must  have  a  private  nurse.  Medical 
fees  are  extra,  and  the  patients  may 
employ  any  physician,  male  or  female, 
that  they  choose.  Anyone  comparing 
these  prices  with  the  expense  of  sick- 
ness in  one's  own  house  can  readily 
see  that  it  pays  to  go  to  the  hospital. 
Although  the  institution  receives  no 
state  aid,  depending  upon  its  friends 
for  its  support,  over  26  per  cent,  of 
charity  work  was  done  last  year. 

Dr.  Wallace-Russell,  the  projector 
and  founder  of  the  hospital,  was  phy- 
sician-in-charge  till  her  lamented 
death,  July  1,  1906.  She  was  suc- 
ceeded by  Dr.  Marion  L.  Bugbee, 
the  present  incumbent,  under  whose 
efficient  direction  the  institution  is 
continually  increasing  its  usefulness. 
Miss  Rosanna  O'Donoghue  has  been 
superintendent  for  the  last  nine  years. 
Dr.  Ellen  A.  Wallace  of  Manches- 
ter sister  of  the  founder,  and  the 
only  one  of  the  original  board  of 
officers  now  living,  has  been  president 
since  the  death  of  Miss  Downing  in 
1903. 

The  foregoing  brief  summary  gives 
but  the  faintest  outline  of  the  noble 
work  which  this  institution  is  accom- 
plishing. Visit  the  place  and  see  for 
yourself,  if  possible.  If  not,  send  for 
the  annual  report. 


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THE  DENTAL  PROFESSION 

Though  today  the  practice  of  den- 
tistry is  considered  one  of  the  most 
difficult,  at  one  time  Concord  had  no 
such  person  as  a  dentist  on  its  lists  of 
professional  men,  it  being  considered 
a  side  line  of  a  physician,  who  was 
called  upon  occasionally  to  extract  an 
aching  tooth. 

It  was  not  until .  1823  that  Dr. 
Elijah  Colby,  a  graduate  of  the  medi- 
cal college  at  Hanover,  settled  in  the 
east  village  of  Concord  and  gave 
particular  attention  to  this  profession, 
calling  himself  a  surgeon-dentist.  He 
had  no  contemporaries  until  1834 
when  Doctor  Willard  came  to  this  city. 
Doctor  Willard  was  afterwards  mayor 
and  postmaster  of  Concord. 

As  time  went  on  several  were 
added  to  the  ranks  of  the  dental 
fraternity  but  it  was  not  until  the 
latter  part  of  1859  that  there  was 
practicing  in  Concord,  New  Hamp- 
shire's first  dental  college  graduate, 
Dr.  Eben  G.  Cummings,  who  opened 
an  office  in  Phenix  Block.  Before 
this  time  the  dentists  of  the  state 
studied  in  a  dentist's  office,  observing 
his  practice.  Doctor  Cummings  was 
the  first  dentist  in  Concord  to  use 
adhesive  gold  in  filling"  teeth.  Dr. 
George  A.  Young  became  associated 
with  Doctor  Cummings  and  the 
partnership  was  continued  for  nearly 
twenty  years  when  their  offices  were 
separated. 

The  ranks  of  the  dental  profession 
have  been  added  to  continuously, 
and  today  their  presence  in  the  com- 
munity is  regarded  as  a  necessity,  the 
people  of  the  present  age  realizing 
that  the  care  of  the  teeth  is  one  of  the 
most  essential  factors  of  good  health, 
and  they  are  consulted  as  commonly 
as  the  family  physician. 

Edmund  H.  Albee,  D.D.S. 
Doctor  Albee  traces  his  ancestry 
back  to  Colonial  and  Revolutionary 
times.  He  is  the  son  of  Willard  S. 
and  Harriet  (Marsh)  Albee  and  was 
born  in  Charlestown,  N.  H.  His 
youth  was  passed  on  the  farm  and 


attending  the  public  schools  of  the 
town.  He  then  entered  the  dental 
office  of  his  uncle,  Dr.  William  Albee, 
as  a  student,  and,  later,  he  was  at 
Bellows  Falls,  Vt.  Doctor  Albee  grad- 
uated from  the  Philadelphia  Dental 
College  in  the  class  of  1891,  and  in 
May  of  the  same  year  commenced 
practice  in  Concord,  and  is  still  in 
the  same  office. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  National 
Dental  Society,  the  Northeastern 
Dental  Association,  the  New  Hamp- 


Dr.  Edmund  H.  Albee 

shire  Dental  Society  of  which  he  was 
president  in  1914,  and  the  Concord 
District  Association.  He  is  one  of 
the  consulting  surgeons  of  the  Mar- 
garet Pillsbury  General  Hospital. 
He  attends  the  South  Congregational 
Church.  Doctor  Albee  married  Lois 
Hurd  of  Newport,  N.  H.  They  have 
one  child,  Harriet  Isabella. 

Dr.  John  Henry  Worthen 
Dentistry  of  the  present  day  has 
become  a  science  and  the  barbarities 
which  were  practiced  on  patients  a 
few  years  ago  have  passed  out  of 
existence.  Fully  alive  to  the  require- 
ments   of    the    times,    Dr.    John    H 


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Wort  hen,  located  at  15  North  Main     ciety;  has  been  secretary  of  the  Con- 


Street,  Concord,  N.  H.,  has  made  this 
profession  a  constant  study,  adopting 
every  improvement  of  modern  times. 


cord  District  Dental  Association  since 
its  organization  in  1907,  a  charter 
member  of  the  National  Association 
of  Oral  Hygiene,  and  he  is  also  a 
member  of  the  National  Dental  As- 
sociation, the  Northeastern  Dental 
Association,  the  Dental  Protective 
Association,  the  Anti-Vivisection 
League,  Automobile  Legal  Associa- 
tion, National  Voters'  League,  and 
the  Blue  Lodge  of  Masons.  Doctor 
Worthen  is  also  a  justice  of  the  peace 
and  a  notary  public. 

On  February  4,  1897,  Doctor 
Worthen  was  married  to  Dell  M. 
Moulton,  a  daughter  of  Revolution- 
ary stock,  in  Plymouth,  N.  H.,  and 
has  one  daughter,  Doris  Moulton 
Worthen,  now  a  junior  at  St.  Mary's 
School  in  this  city. 

Dr.  Louis  I.  Moulton 

Dr.  Louis  I.  Moulton  has  an  office 
in  Chase  Block,  Room  3,  located  at 


Dr.  John  H.  Worthen 

Doctor  Worthen  was  born  in  Holder- 
ness,  N.  H.,  April  21,  1868,  and  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  at 
Holderness  until  1885.  He  graduated 
from  the  New  Hampton  (N.  H.)  Com- 
mercial College  and  School  of  Teleg- 
raphy in  1886.  In  1896  he  received 
the  degree  of  D.D.S.  at  the  Pennsyl- 
vania College  of  Dental  Surgery  and 
afterwards  graduated  from  the  Jen- 
kins Post-Graduate  School  in  Porce- 
lain in  1905.  He  has  practiced  in 
Concord  since  1896.  In  that  time  he 
has  endeavored  to  apply  every  modern 
improvement  to  his  profession.  Doctor 
Worthen  attended  lectures  and  private 
classes  on  "Orthodontia"  (the  regula- 
tion of  the  teeth)  in  1907  and  1908  in 
Boston  under  Doctor  Baker,  one  of  the 
most  famous  men  in  the  profession  in 
the  country. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  is  a  15  North  Main  Street  and  has  prac- 
past  president  of  the  New  Hamp-  ticed  in  this  city  several  years.  He  is  a 
shire  State  Dental  Society  and  the  very  prominent  member  in  several 
Contoocook  River  Improvement  So-     of  the  leading  dental  societies. 


Dr.  Louis  I.  Moulton 


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Dr.  William  A.  Young 

Dr.  William  A.  Young  was  born 
in  Concord,  September  25,  1876,  the 
son  of  the  late  Dr.  George  A.  and  Mary 


Dr.  William  A.  Young 


(Cummings)  Young,  who  came  to 
Concord  in  1861,  where  Dr.  Young 
commenced  the  practice  of  dentistry 
in  the  office  where  he  remained  for 
forty-three  years,  and  where  his  son 
is  still  practicing. 

He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Concord,  and  graduated 
from  the  Philadelphia  Dental  Col- 
lege and  Garret  son  Hospital  of  Oral 
Surgery  in  1900.  He  immediately 
entered  his  father's  office,  and  con- 
tinued his  association  with  him  until 
the  latter  was  appointed  postmaster 
of  Concord,  December  13, 1903.  Since 
his  father's  death,  November  11, 
1904,  he  has  practiced  alone. 

He  joined  the  New  Hampshire 
Dental  Society  in  1900  and  served 
on  the  Executive  Committee  for  three 
years;  was  president  in  1904,  and  is 
now  treasurer,  an  office  which  he  has 
held  for  eleven  years.  In  1902  he 
became  a  member  of  the  Northeastern 


held  several  offices,  and  is  now  editor. 
He  is  also  secretary  and  treasurer  of 
Philadelphia  Dental  College  Alumni 
Association  of  New  England.  Doctor 
Young  was  the  first  president  of  the 
Concord  District  Dental  Association, 
is  a  member  of  the  National  Associa- 
tion and  is  one  of  the  consulting  den- 
tal surgeons  of  the  Margaret  Pillsbury 
General  Hospital. 

He  married,  March  4,  1903,  Nellie 
A.  Bailev,  born  in  Belmont,  Mass., 
March  20,  1878,  daughter  of  Milton 
G.  and  the  late  Olive  (Berry)  Bailey. 

Dr.  George  E.  Rowell 

Among  those  most  prominently 
identified  with  the  dental  profession 
in  this  city  is  one  of  Concord's  own 
sons,  Dr.  George  E.  Rowell,  son  of 
Charles  P.  and  Lecretia  (Eastman) 
Rowell,  who  was  born  in  the  house 
where  his  father  has  lived  for  half  a 
century.  The  doctor  received  his 
education  in  the  schools  of  Concord 


Dr.  George  E.  Rowell 


and  then  attended  the  Philadelphia 
Dental   College   where   he  graduated 
in  1900,  at  which  time  he  was  vice- 
Dental  Association,  in  which  he  has     president    of    the    Garretsonian    So- 


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229' 


ciety.  It  was  in  the  same  year  that  he 
opened  his  office  at  40  North  Main  St. 
Dr.  Rowell  is  a  member  of  the  Psi 
Omega  Fraternity,  Eta  Chapter;  was 
president  of  the  New  Hampshire  State 
Dental  Society  in  1913;  has  been  a 
member  of  the  Northeastern  Dental 
Association  since  1906,  and  holds  mem- 
bership in  the  Dental  Protective  As- 
sociation, and  the  Royal  Arcanum. 

Dr.  Charles  L.  True 
Dr.  Charles  L.  True,  son  of  Joseph 
F.  and  Mary  B.  True,  was  born  in 


Dr.  Charles  L.  True 

Holderness  on  the  shores  of  Squam 
Lake,  September.  13,  1860.  He  at- 
tended the  district  school  of  -that 
town,  Beede's  High  School  at  Center 
Sandwich  and  the  New  Hampton  In- 
stitute. After  teaching  several  terms 
at  the  town  school,  he  began  the  study 
of  dentistry  with  the  late  Dr.  G.  N. 
Johnson,  continuing  his  studies  in  the 
Pennsylvania  College  of  Dental  Sur- 
gery, graduating  in  1891.  The  fol- 
lowing fall  he  bought  the  office  and 
practice  of  Dr.  Edwin  White  at  Tilton 
where  he  remained  twenty  years. 
While  in  Tilton  his  residence  was  on 
the  Northfield  side,  where  he  served 


two  years  on  the  board  of  selectmen 
and  was  twice  elected  a  member  of  the 
school  board  of  Union  District.  In 
1899  he  was  elected  president  of  the 
New  Hampshire  Dental  Society. 
Doctor  True  was  married,  in  1894,  to 
Alida  M.  Cogswell  of  Tilton  and  they 
have  three  children.  In  the  spring  of 
1914  he  bought  the  Chadwick  estate, 
at  23  Merrimack  Street,  Penacook, 
where  he  now  resides  and  enjoys  a 
lucrative  practice  with  office  at  his 
residence.  The  doctor  spends  most 
of  his  vacations  raising  vegetables  and 
fruits  at  his  summer  home,  the  Shep- 
ard  farm,  on  a  southern  bluff  of 
Canterbury. 

Dr.  Clarence  J.  Washburn 

Well  known  to  local  people  is  Dr. 
Clarence  J.  Washburn,  located  at  51 
North  Main  Street.  He  was  born  in 
Tunbriclge,  Vt.,  and  at  an  early  age 
his  parents  moved  to  Reading,  Mass., 
where  he  received  his  education. 
Dr.  Washburn  is  a  pupil  of  Dr.  Ma- 
goon  of  Wakefield,  Mass.,  one  of  the 


Dr.  Clarence  J.  Washburn 


Commonwealth      of 
most  noted  dentists. 


Massachusetts' 
In  November, 


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1901,  he  was  registered  in  this  state 
and  in  1903  he  married  Miss  Mary 
H.  Brown  of  Attleboro,  in  the  city 
of  Dover,  N.  H. 

The  doctor  is  a  member  of  the 
Concord  Lodge  of  Elks  the  New 
Hampshire  Dental  Society,  the  North- 
eastern Dental  Association,  and  the 
National  Dental  Association. 

Drs.  Lester  H.  and  Harold  C. 

Plaisted 
Dr.  Harold  C.  Plaisted  is  in  Con- 
cord    on     Monday,      Tuesday      and 


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Dr.  Harold  C.  Plaisted 

Wednesday  of  each  week,  while  Dr. 
Lester  H.  Plaisted  is  in  this  city 
on  Thursday,  Friday  and  Saturday. 
Their  office  is  in  Huntwood  Terrace. 

Dr.  E.  S.  Cummings 
Though  still  a  young  man,  Dr. 
E.  S.  Cummings  is  considered  a 
leader  in  the  dental  fraternity  in  this 
city.  He  is  well  known  here  and 
enjoys  a  large  practice,  his  office 
being  in  the  First  National  Bank 
Building. 


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CAPITAL  CITY  BANKS 

The    first    bank    in    Concord    was  bank    his    way,    Mr.    Kent    and    his 

chartered  over  one  hundred  years  ago,  followers  withdrew  and  participated 

and  its  institution  unfortunately  led  in  no  further  meetings,  but  not  with- 

up   to   a   series  of  business   discords  out  a  variety  of  suits  at  law,  in  which 

which    extended    over    a    period    of  Daniel  Webster  appeared  as  attorney 

twenty  years.     At  the  June  session  for  the  dissatisfied  grantees, 

of  the  legislature,  in  1806,  a  charter  The    Concord    Bank    opened    for 

was    granted    for    the    first    discount  business   in   February,    1807,    in   the 

bank  in  the  city,  or  in  this  part  of  home  of  Samuel  Sparhawk,  the  cashier, 

New    Hampshire    for    that    matter,  with   Timothy   Walker   as  president, 

and  the  following  were  made  grantees  In   1808  the  South  End  representa- 

of     the     Concord     Bank:     Timothy  tives    opened   the    Concord    (Lower) 

Walker,  Robert  Harris,  Richard  Ayer,  Bank  with  Joseph  Towne  as  president 

John  Bradley,  William  A.  Kent  and  and    William    A.    Kent    as    cashier. 

John    Chandler    of    Concord;    Caleb  The    Concord    Bank    then    became 

Stark  and  John  Mills  of  Dunbarton;  known   as   the   "Upper   Bank"   and 

Baruch  Chase  and  Joseph  Towne  of  the    rival    institutions    made    things 

Hopkinton;  Joseph  Clough  of  Canter-  lively  in  Concord  business  for  nearly 

bury;   Joshua   Darling  of   Henniker;  a  quarter  of  a  century.    The  "Upper 

Aquilla  Davis  of  Warner;  Ebenezer  Bank,"    following   the   expiration   of 

Peaslee  and  William  Whittle  of  Salis-  its  first  charter,  in  1826,  was  renamed 

bury.     The  capital  of  the  bank  was  the    Merrimack    County    Bank    and 

made   not   less   than   fifty   thousand  the  grantees  erected  at  that  time  the 

or  more  than  two  hundred  thousand  brick  building  on  North  Main  Street 

dollars,  in  specie,  and  the  charter  was  formerly  used  by  the  New  Hampshire 

for  twenty  years.  Historical    Society    as    a    home.      In 

Timothy  Walker  was  chosen  moder-  1866  the  directors  of  the  old  institu- 

ator  and  William  Kent  clerk,  of  the  tion    closed    their    business    to    avail 

grantees'    organization    at    the    first  themselves  of  the  National  Banking 

meeting   held  on  July   17,    1886,   at  Act.    The  "Lower  Bank"  was  forced 

David    George's    tavern.      Unfortu-  to  close  its  doors  in  1840  when  bank- 

nately  the  selection  of  officers  was  a  ruptcy  overtook  it,  thus  it  was  with 

poor  one,  not  from  a  personal  stand-  the  closing  of  the  old  "Upper  Bank" 

point,  but  by  reason  of  the  fact  that  that  the  early  and  troublous  history 

Mr.   Walker  represented  the   North  of  banking  was  brought  to  a  close. 

End  and  Mr.  Kent  the  South  End.  

There  was  a  strong  factional  feeling 

at  that  time  between  the  two  sections  FlRST  National  Bank 

of  the   city,   for   Concord  had  been  The  First  National  Bank,  No.  318 

divided   topographically   by   the   old  on  the  government  list,  was  organized 

Tan     Yard    Brook,     which    crossed  in   March,    1864,    with   a   capital   of 

Main  Street  near  the  present  junc-  $100,000,    the   same   being  increased 

tion  of  North  Main  and  Montgomery  the  next  year  to  $150,000.     The  in- 

Streets,  and  the  feeling  between  the  corporators  were  Asa  Fowler,   Enos 

residents    of    the    two    sections    was  *  Blake,  William  Walker,  Benning  W. 

extremely  bitter.  Sanborn,    George    A.    Pillsbury    and 

Mr.  Kent,  of  course,  wanted  the  Moses  Humphrey.  The  first  board  of 
bank  located  south  of  the  Tan  Yard  directors  consisted  of  seven  persons 
Brook,  but  Mr.  Walker  would  not  which  included  the  six  incorporators 
hear  to  it,  and  when  it  became  evi-  and  Moses  Humphrey.  Asa  Fowler 
dent  that  Mr.  Walker  controlled  votes  was  elected  president,  and  Wood- 
enough  to  swing  the  location  of  the  bridge  Odlin,  cashier,  the  latter  serv- 


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ing  only  a  short  time,  being  succeeded 
by  William  W.  Storrs.  Its  banking 
rooms  at  that  time  were  located  on 
the  second  floor  of  the  brick  block, 
immediately  north  of  the  Eagle  Hotel, 
which  were  afterwards  occupied  for 
several  years  by  the  New  Hampshire 


This  corner  is  one  of  the  historic  spots- 
of  Concord,  being  in  the  early  days  the 
sight  of  the  Garrison  House  of  James- 
Osgood  and  later  of  the  famous  Wig- 
gin  Tavern.  The  bank  from  its  or- 
ganization to  the  present  time  has 
experienced  an  uninterrupted  period 


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First  National  Bank 


Savings  Bank.  Here  the  First  Na- 
tional remained  until  1868  when  the 
bank  was  moved  to  the  brick  building 
opposite  the  Phenix  Hotel,  this  build- 
ing being  built  by  the  famous  Con- 
cord (Lower  Bank)  in  the  early  part  of 
the  last  century.  In  1892  the  bank 
was  moved  to  what  was  then  known 
as  the  Statesman  Building  at  the  cor- 
ner of  North  Main  and  Depot  Streets. 


of  prosperity.  Its  growth  has  been 
continuous,  its  assets  in  1864  being 
between  $100,000  and  $200,000  and 
in  the  present  year  (1915)  between 
$2,000,000  and  $3,000,000. 

The  executive  officers  of  the  bank, 
since  the  organization,  have  been  as 
follows:  Presidents:  Asa  Fowler, 
George  A.  Pillsbury,  Augustine  C. 
Pierce,  William  M.  Chase,  and  Wil- 


Capital  City  Banks 


233 


liam  F.  Thayer.  Vice-presidents: 
William  M.  Chase,  Frank  S.  Streeter, 
and  William  A.  Stone.  Cashiers: 
Woodbridge  Odlin,  William  W.  Storrs, 
William  F.  Thayer,  Charles  G.  Rem- 
ick,  Charles  W.  Brewster,  and  Ed- 
ward N.  Pearson. 

Assistant    Cashiers:      Charles    G. 


Streeter,  John  H.  Brown,  David  D. 
Taylor,  Edward  N.  Pearson,  John  B. 
Jameson,  David  E.  Murphy,  William 
F.  Thayer. 

The  National  State  Capital  Bank. 

The  State  Capital  Bank  received  its 
charter  from  the  New  Hampshire  leg- 


National  State  Capital  and  Loan  and  Trust  Banks 


Remick,  William  A.  Stone,  and  Carl 
H.  Foster. 

The  present  officers  and  board  of 
directors  are  as  follows:  William  F. 
Thayer,  president;  Frank  S.  Streeter, 
vice-president;  William  A.  Stone, 
vice-president;  Edward  N.  Pearson, 
cashier;  Carl  H.  Foster,  Assistant 
cashier.  Board  of  Directors:  William 
M.  Chase,  Solon  A.  Carter,  Frank  S. 


islature  in  1852,  being  the  fifth  bank 
organized  in  Concord.  The  capital 
stock  at  first  was  $100,000,  which  was 
later  increased  to  $150,000,  and,  still 
later,  to  $200,000. 

The  State  Capital  opened  its  bank- 
ing rooms  on  January  26,  1853,  on  the 
second  floor  of  Rumford  Block.  The 
original  officers  were  Samuel  Butter- 
field,  president;   Edson  Hill,  cashier; 


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Samuel  Butterfield,  Enos  Blake, 
Abraham  Bean,  Hall  Roberts,  Asa 
Fowler,  Robert  N.  Corning  and  Eben- 
ezer  Symmes,  directors. 

In  the  month  of  January,  1865,  the 
State  Capital  was  reorganized  under 
the  national  banking  act,  taking  the 
name  of  the  National  State  Capital 
Bank.  The  original  capital  was 
$100,000,  which  was  increased  in  the 
same  degree  as  was  that  of  the*  State 
Capital,  being,  in  1872,  $200,000. 
The  bank  had  occupied  the  same 
quarters  as  its  predecessor,  but  in 
1864  removed  to  the  new  State  Block, 
occupying  rooms  directly  over  the 
corner  store.  At  this  time  the  officers 
of  the  bank  were  John  V.  Barron, 
president,  and  Preston  S.  Smith, 
cashier.  The  bank  continued  in  this 
location  until  1871  when  the  wooden 
building  at  the  corner  of  North  Main 
and  Warren  streets  was  purchased, 
and  new  quarters  on  the  ground 
floor  fitted  up.  On  April  18,  1879, 
this  building  was  destroyed  by  fire, 
and  the  bank  took  temporary  rooms 
in  Central  Block,  a  short  distance 
south.  During  their  occupancy  of 
this  building,  the  present  National 
State  Capital  Bank  Building  was 
built,  and  the  bank  occupied  its  new 
quarters  in  September,  1880. 

Since  the  bank  was  organized,  the 
following  well-known  men  have  served 
as  its  presidents:  Samuel  Butterfield, 
Hall  Roberts,  J.  V.  Barron,  Lewis 
Downing,  Jr.,  L.  D.  Stevens,  and 
Josiah  E.  Fernald. 

That  it  has  been  prosperous  is 
shown  by  the  statement  which  ap- 
pears on  another  page  of  this  issue. 

The  present  officers  and  directors 
are:  Josiah  E.  Fernald,  president; 
Isaac  Hill,  cashier;  Henry  M.  Bun- 
ker, assistant  cashier;  Benjamin  C. 
White,  Josiah  E.  Fernald,  Willis  D. 
Thompson,  Arthur  S.  Brown,  Harry 
G.  Emmons,  Harold  H.  Blake  and 
Charles  L.  Jackman,  directors. 

Loan  and  Trust  Savings  Bank 
The  Loan  and  Trust  Savings  Bank 


was  chartered  in  July,  1872,  and  im- 
mediately organized  for  business  with 
the  following  officers  and  trustees: 
Hon.  J.  A.  Sargent,  president;  J.  V. 
Barron,  treasurer;  Onslow  Stearns, 
George  G.  Fogg,  L.  D.  Stevens,  J.  V. 
Barron,  Nathaniel  White,  J.  E.  Sar- 
gent, Lewis  Downing,  Jr.,  Calvin 
Howe,  James  Peverly,  A.  C.  Pierce, 
Moses  Humphrey,  J.  S.  Norris,  J.  H. 
Albin,  W.  H.  Allison,  George  E.  Todd, 
Howard  A.  Dodge,  trustees. 

Since  its  organization,  the  bank  has 
had  four  presidents,  Hon.  J.  A.  Sar- 
gent, John  F.  Jones,  Hon.  John  M. 
Mitchell  and  Henry  C.  Brown.  The 
vice-presidents  have  been  John  V. 
Barron,  Calvin  Howe,  J.  S.  Norris, 
Lewis  Downing,  Jr.,  and  J.  E.  Fer- 
nald; and  the  treasurers,  J.  V.  Bar- 
ron, George  A.  Fernald,  John  F. 
Jones,  and  Fred  N.  Ladd.  Mr.  Ladd, 
the  present  treasurer,  has  been  con- 
nected with  the  bank,  since  1879. 

The  bank  for  years  occupied  rooms 
with  the  National  State  Capital,  the 
first  location  being  on  the  ground 
floor  of  the  wooden  building  on  the 
corner  of  Warren  and  Main  Streets. 
Here  it  remained  until  April  18,  1879, 
when  the  building  was  destroyed  by 
fire,  compelling  the  two  banks  to  take 
temporary  quarters  in  Central  Block, 
a  few  doors  south  of  Warren  Street. 
In  the  meanwhile  the  present  State 
Capital  Bank  Building  was  built,  and 
occupied  in  September,  1880,  and 
here  the  Loan  and  Trust  remained  un- 
til in  1897  increasing  business  made 
additional  rooms  imperative,  and  the 
present  quarters  were  fitted  up  for 
them. 

The  bank  has  been  prosperous  ever 
since  its  organization,  a  dividend  of  4 
per  cent,  having  been  paid  during 
recent  years.  Following  is  the  state- 
ment as  of  April  1,  1915. 


Liabilities 

Amount  due  depositors, 
Guaranty  fund, 
Undivided  earnings, 


$3,979,184.69 
200,000.00 
137,934.44 

$4,317,119.13 


Capital  City  Banks 


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Assets 
Loans  secured  by  real  estate,  $1,476,591 .86 
Notes  (personal  and  collateral)  505.292 .  34 
Bonds,  1,931.935.85 
Stocks,  .  307.660.00 
Real  estate,  9,958 .  00 
Cash  on  hand  and  cash  on  de- 
posit in  banks,  85,681 .  08 

$4,317,119.13 

The  present  officers  and  trustees  of 
the  Loan  and  Trust  Savings  Bank  are 
Henry  C.  Brown,  president;  Josiah 
E.  Fernald,  vice-president;  Fred  N. 
Ladd,  treasurer;  George  R.  Connell 
and  Harold  P.  Connor,  assistants; 
Howard  A.  Dodge,  Charles  H.  San- 
ders,   John    F.    Webster,    Henry    C. 


1889  to  1893,  during  which  time 
E.  H.  Woodman  was  president.  James 
Minot  was  the  first  cashier,  serv- 
ing until  1894,  when  he  was  suc- 
ceeded by  the  present  cashier,  Harry 
H.  Dudley. 

The  bank  took  over  the  private 
banking  business  of  Minot  &  Com- 
pany and  commenced  business  with 
a  capital  of  $100,000,  which  was  in- 
creased to  $150,000  and  later  to 
$200,000.  The  total  assets  of  the 
bank  at  this  time  are  $1,273,291.25. 

The  bank  started  business  in  the 
present  New  Hampshire  Bible  Society 
rooms,    but    growing    business    made 


Mechanicks  National  Bank — Merrimack  County  Savings  Bank 


Davis,  Walter  H.  Tripp,  William  A. 
Foster,  George  C.  Preston,  E.  H. 
Brown  and  Arthur  P.  Morrill,  trustees. 

The  Mechanicks  National  Bank 
The  Mechanicks  National  Bank 
was  chartered  and  authorized  to  do 
business  as  a  national  bank  January 
3,  1880,  the  incorporators  being  the 
following:  Josiah  Minot,  E.  H.  Rol- 
lins, B.  A.  Kimball,  J.  P.  Bancroft, 
S.  C.  Whitcher,  J.  M.  Hill,  and  John 
Kimball.  Josiah  Minot  was  the  first 
president  of  the  bank,  serving  one 
year.  Hon.  B.  A.  Kimball  was 
elected  president  in  January,  1881, 
and  has  served  in  that  capacity  since, 
with  the  exception  of  the  years  from 


changes  necessary,  and,  in  1888,  the 
present  quarters  were  occupied.  In 
1910,  in  connection  with  the  Merri- 
mack County  Savings  Bank,  extensive 
improvements  and  alterations  were 
made,  including  a  burglar-  and  fire- 
proof vault,  new  safe  deposit  boxes 
and  other  up-to-date  equipment. 

The  present  officers  and  directors 
of  the  bank  are  the  following:  B.  A. 
Kimball,  president;  H.  W.  Stevens, 
vice-president;  H.  H.  Dudley,  cashier; 
H.  L.  Alexander,  assistant  cashier; 
B.  A.  Kimball,  H.  W.  Stevens,  J.  F. 
Webster,  G.  M.  Kimball.  F.  A.  Sell- 
ings, C.  P.  Bancroft,  W.  K.  McFar- 
land,  E.  J.  Hill,  A.  H.  Britton  and 
E.  M.  Willis. 


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The  Merrimack  County 
Savings  Bank 

The  Merrimack  County  Savings 
Bank  was  established  in  1870  in  a 
room  on  School  Street,  which  is 
now  one  of  a  suite  occupied  by  Albin 
<fc  Sawyer.  It  later  joined  with  the 
Mechanicks  National  Bank  in  fitting 
up  banking  rooms,  which  were  much 


a    guaranty   fund   and    accumulated 
earnings  of  over  $300,000. 

The  present  officers  and  trustees 
are  the  following  prominent  Concord 
men:  Frank  P.  Andrews,  president; 
William  S.  Huntington,  treasurer; 
Henry  W.  Stevens,  Willis  D.  Thomp- 
son, Benjamin  W.  Couch,  Willis  G. 
Buxton,    Harry    H.    Dudley,    Joseph 


New  Hampshire  Savings  Bank 


improved  in  1910,  when  the  whole 
interior  was  changed  and  modern 
fixtures  installed. 

Hon.  Lyman  D.  Stevens  was  the 
first  president;  Hon.  David  A.  Warde, 
vice-president,  and  Hon.  John  Kim- 
ball, treasurer.  The  first  report  to 
the  bank  commissioners  showed  de- 
posits of  $36,917.07.  The  deposits 
now    amount  to    $3,650,314.04    with 


S.  Mathews,  William  L.  Stevens, 
Henry  A.  Kimball  and  Eben  M. 
Willis,  trustees. 

The  New  Hampshire  Savings  Bank 
The  New  Hampshire  Savings  Bank 
was  organized  in  July,  1830,  with 
Samuel  Green  as  president,  Samuel 
Morrill,  treasurer,  and  the  following 
trustees:  Timothy  Chandler,  Nathan 


Capital  City  Banks  237 

Ballard,  Jr.,  Samuel  Fletcher,  Francis  organization  of   the  bank,  amounted 

N.  Fisk,  Samuel  A.  Kimball,  Jonathan  to    $479,010.12,    at    which    time    the 

Eastman,  Jr.,  Nathaniel  G.  Upham,  number  of  depositors  was  17,558. 

Isaac  Hill,  Richard  Bradley,  William  The    present   officers   of   the    New 

Low,  Robert  Ambrose,  Ezekial  Mor-  Hampshire  Savings  Bank  are  Samuel 

rill,     Hall    Burgin,     William    Gault,  C.    Eastman,    president;    George    M. 

Stephen  Brown,  David  George,  Wil-  Kimball,   vice-president,   and   Ernest 

liam  Kent  and  Richard  Bartlett.  P.    Robert,    treasurer.     The   trustees 

The   banking  rooms   were   located  are  John  C.  Thorne,  Samuel  C.  East- 

in  the  old  Historical  Society  Building  man,    Charles    R.    Walker,    John    P. 

but  as  the  growth  of  the  city  extended  George,  George  M.  Kimball,  Charles 

southward,  in  1868  new  quarters  were  P.  Bancroft,  Harry  M.  Cavis,  Frank 

taken  over  the  drug  store  of  E.  H.  L.  Gerrish,  and  James  O.  Lyford. 
Rollins,    which    had    formerly    been 

occupied   by   the   Mechanicks   Bank  Concord  Building  and  Loan  Asso- 

and  the  First  National  Bank.     Busi-  ciation 

ness  was   carried  on  here   until  the  Yew  people  realize  the  important 

latter  part  of  1886,  when  the  Bank  part  the  Concord  Building  and  Loan 

purchased   the   building  and   had   it  Association  has  taken  in  the  history 

removed.     A  new  builchng  was  erected  0f  Concord. 

on  this  site  and  on  May  9,  1887,  the  Chartered  September  7,  1887,  it  has 

New  Hampshire  Savings  Bank  occu-  an  authorized  capital  of  $1,000,000. 

pied   the   quarters,  where   it   is   now  it  commenced  actual  business  Sep- 

located.                                                   _  tember  21  of  that  year  and  down  to 

The    exact    charter    name    of   this  the  present  time  homes  to  the  value 

banking  institution  was   "The   New  0f  $639,350  have  been  fully  paid  for 

Hampshire  Savings  Bank  in  Concord,"  and  it  now  has  upon  its  books  real 

and  under  this  name  the  Bank  carried  estate  loans   amounting  to  $315,150 

on  its  business  for  many  years.  in  process   of   payment,   or  a   grand 

Seven  presidents  have  directed  the  total    at    the    end    of    twenty-eight 

affairs  of  the  bank  since  its  organ-  years  of  $954,500  invested  in  homes, 

ization:  Samuel  Green,  Joseph  Low,  nearly  all  of  which  are  in  the  city  of 

Francis  N.  Fisk,  Samuel  Coffin,  Jos-  Concord. 

eph   B.   Walker,   Samuel  S.  Kimball  During    this     time     the     Concord 

and  Samuel  C.  Eastman,  the  latter  of  Building   and   Loan   Association   has 

whom  is  the  present  head.  never  lost  a  dollar  on  its  loans,  a  very 

The  treasurers  have  numbered  five:  remarkable  record. 
Samuel  Morrill,  James  Moulton,  Jr.,  At  the  present  time  it  has  a  mem- 
Charles  W.  Sargent,  William  P.  Fiske  bership  of  857  holding  6,556  shares, 
and  Ernest  P.  Roberts,  the  last  named  an  average  of  7f  shares  for  each 
being  elected  to  the  position  on  the  shareholder.  The  present  real  estate 
decease  of  the  late  William  P.  Fiske  loans,  amounting  to  $315,150,  are 
and  who  is  the  present  occupant  of  carried  by  196  shareholders,  an  aver- 
the  position.  age  loan  of  $1,556.89  to  each. 

The  New  Hampshire  Savings  Bank  By  making  regular  graded  pay- 
has  long  been  known  as  one  of  the  ments  each  month,  that  resemble  as 
most  prudently  managed  banking  nearly  as  possible  rent  charges,  the 
institutions  in  the  state  and  has  borrower  is  able  to  settle  his  account 
always  enjoyed  the  full  confidence  of  with  the  association  in  eleven  years' 
its  depositors.  time  with  an  interest  charge  of  4.6 

Dividend  No.  1,  which  was  paid  in  per  cent. 

January,   1831,   amounted  to  $17.32  The  association  enables  people  of 

while  dividend  No  127,  paid  in  Jan-  moderate    means    to    systematically 

uary,  1915,  eighty-four  years  after  the  lay  by  a  small  amount  monthly  upon 


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which   they  receive   a   good   rate   of  time  of  his  death  on  January  28,  1905, 

interest.  and  Frank  P.  Quimby,  who  succeeded 

Shareholders  in  the  44th  series,  re-  him  and  who  is  secretary  at  the  present 

tired  January  1,  realized  6.7  per  cent  time. 

on  their  investment.  Nathaniel  E.  Martin  has  held  the 

Assets  position    of    solicitor    and    treasurer 

Real  estate  loans $315,150.00  sin^  the  association  vvas  organized. 

Share  loans 7,100 .  00  .  The  present  board  of  directors  con- 
Cash  on  hand 1,642.76  ^ists  of  Hamilton  A    Kendall,  presi- 

dent;    Henry    E.    Chamberlm,    vice- 

$323  892  76  president ;  Frank  P.  Quimby,  secretary; 

Liabilities  Nathaniel    E.    Martin,    solicitor   and 

Dues  capital *  $258,464 .  00  treasurer;  Clifton  W.  Drake,  Hinman 

Profits 55,320 .  53  g-  B«Jley>  F?™?  B.  Eaton,  Fred  B. 

Suspense                                        108  23  Powell,  Aristide  L.  Peiissier,  William 

Notes  payable'.'.'.' .' '. .' .'          10,000.00  J?'  Chandler,  Henry  O.  Powell,  Roy 

E.  George. 
$323  892  76  Under  the  recent  order  of  the  bank 
commissioner  every  book  in  the  asso- 
Since  its  organization  the  associa-  ciation    was    presented    for    verifica- 
tion has  had  four  presidents,  as  fol-  tion  and  found  correct.     During  the 
lows:  Orrin  F.   Swain  from   1887   to  past  four  years,  since  the  verification  of 
1895,    William    A.    Thompson    from  pass  books  in  1911  there  has  been  an 
1895  to  1901,  Seth  R.  Dole  from  1901  increase  in  membership  of  over  150. 
to   1905,   and   Hamilton  A.    Kendall  It  should  be  the  wish  of  all  citizens 
from  1905  down  to  the  present  time,  that  an  institution  that  is  doing  so 
There    have    been    two    secretaries,  much  good  for  the  city  may  continue 
Frank   H.   Locke  from    1887   to   the  long  and  prosper. 


THE   BUSINESS  SECTION  OF    CONCORD 


By  James  W.  Tucker 


There  is  but  one  locality  in  the 
Capital  City  in  which  nearly  all  the 
citizens  have  a  common  interest  and 
that  is  the  business  section.  Here 
the  merchant  conducts  his  store  and 
the  professional  man  his  practice, 
here  the  people  of  Concord  gather  in 
everyday  life  to  transact  their  busi- 
ness, and  on  holidays  the  business 
section  is  the  center  of  the  celebration, 
if  it  so  happens  that  one  marks  the 
occasion.  The  various  out-of-door 
pageants,  that  have,  from  time  to  time, 
taken  place  on  the  thoroughfares 
that  make   up  the  business  section, 


History  tells  us  that  the  first 
building  was  erected  on  the  street 
nearly  two  hundred  years  ago,  so  it 
was  nearly  a  half  century  before 
Concord  was  chartered  as  a  town  that 
the  proprietors  laid  out  the  main 
thoroughfare  of  the  plantation  of 
Rumford.  The  street  was  originally 
one  hundred  sixty-five  feet  wide  and 
it  extended  from  a  point  near  Horse- 
shoe Pond  to  a  point  near  the  present 
junction  of  South  Main  and  West 
streets.  Upon  the  street  abutted 
sixty-eight  of  the  one  hundred  and 
three  original  house  lots,  and  when 


Main  Street,  Looking  South 


have    been    described    as    "martial, 
funeral,  religious  and  civic." 

Under  the  latter  classification  would 
come  the  celebration  which  marks  the 
occasion  of  the  one  hundred  fiftieth 
anniversary  of  the  chartering  of 
Concord  as  a  parish.  The  fact  that 
the  city  has  celebrated  such  an  auspi- 
cious event,  and  that  the  formal 
exercises  and  other  happenings  of  the 
occasion  occurred  in  the  business  sec- 
tion of  the  city,  recalls  similar  occa- 
sions of  former  years  and  the  mind  at 
once  reverts  back  to  the  time  when 
the  first  settlers  laid  out  Main  Street, 
where  by  far  the  greater  part  of  the 
business  section  is  now  located. 


the  settlers  began  to  erect  houses 
they  were  allowed  to  advance  their 
street  lines  two  rods,  thus  reducing 
the  width  of  the  street  to  ninety- 
nine  feet,  which  it  has  since  remained. 
In  1726  a  block  house  was  erected 
on  the  main  thoroughfare  and  twenty- 
five  years  later  the  old  North  Meeting 
House  was  erected  upon  the  same  site. 
On  the  site  of  the  present  court  house 
or  county  building  was  erected,  in 
1790,  the  first  town  house  and  here 
the  general  court  often  convened. 
Two  years  later  the  post  office  was 
located  at  the  north  end  of  Main 
Street.  After  that,  business  houses 
began  to  grow  in  number  and  impor- 


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tance,  two  establishments  of  note  at 
that  time  being  the  public  hay  scales, 
located  near  what  is  now  the  corner 
of  Montgomery  and  North  Main 
streets,  and  the  town  pound.  In 
fact  the  center  of  the  business  section 
was  originally  located  far  north  of 
where  it  is  today,  and  since  that  time 
it  has  been  moving  steadily  south 
until  now  the  center  of  the  business 
section  is  considered  to  be  somewhere 
in  the  neighborhood  of  the  junction 
of  Warren  and  North  Main  streets. 
Many  sections  of  Main  Street  have 


as  it  rolled  down  the  hill  just  south 
of  Pitman  Street  and  across  the  old 
Tan  Yard  Brook  at  the  bottom  of  the 
gully.  How  amazed  that  observer 
would  be,  could  he  stand  today  on  the 
steps  of  the  new  Eagle  Hotel  and 
watch  one  of  the  luxuriously  appointed 
pleasure  automobiles  sweep  around 
that  same  bend  and  never  once  lose 
sight  of  it  as  it  rolled  noiselessly  by 
a  large  electric  car  and  drew  up  in 
front  of  him.  If  his  mind  could  en- 
compass the  fact  that  the  smooth 
level   piece   of   roadway   was   but   a 


At  the  Junction  of  Pleasant  Street 


been  elevated  repeatedly  until  they 
are  now  from  ten  to  twenty  feet 
higher  than  they  were  when  the 
street  was  originally  laid  out.  Prob- 
ably the  particular  part  of  Main 
Street  in  which  the  greatest  change  has 
been  wrought  is  that  part  of  what  is 
now  North  Main  between  Center 
and  Pitman  streets.  Here  there  used 
to  be  a  deep  gully,  so  deep  in  fact 
that  a  person  standing  on  the  steps 
of  the  old  Eagle  Coffee  House,  watch- 
ing the  stage  coach  as  it  swung  into 
view  around  the  bend  in  front  of  what 
is  now  the  county  building,,  would 
lose  sight  of  the  equippage  entirely, 


small  portion  of  a  great  highway  that 
stretched  from  Canada  to  the  sea, 
still  greater  would  be  his  amazement. 
As  a  result  of  the  foresight  of  then- 
ancestors  Concord  merchants  today 
are  able  to  transact  their  business  on 
a  broad,  well-located  street,  which 
has  none  of  the  characteristic  narrow- 
ness of  the  business  streets  found  in 
so  many  other  New  England  towns 
and  cities.  Modern  business  blocks 
have  slowly  but  surely  taken  the  place 
of  the  older  frame  houses,  and  today 
the  historic  structures  are  practically 
all  gone,  the  oldest  building  in  the 
business  section  today  being  the  barn 


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which  stands  in  the  rear  of  Dr.  Russell  dry  goods  firm,  then  located  a  few 

Wilkins'     home    at    the     corner    of  doors  below  the  site  of  Mr.  Murphy's 

Montgomery  and  North  Main  streets,  present  store.     Today  he  is  the  sole 

Aside  from  the  historic  outbuilding  owner    of    an    extensive    department 

the     home     of     Doctor     Wilkins     is  store  which  occupies  a  front  on  Main 

prominent  by  reason  of  the  fact  that  Street  formerly  taken  up  by  practi- 

it  is  erected  on  the  site  where  formerly  cally  four  large  stores, 

stood  the   house   in  which   the   first  Probably  no  man  has  been  more 

child  was  born  in  this   city.    .With  intimately    connected   with    the    dry 

the  growth  of  Concord  the  business  goods  business  in  this  city  than  Mr. 

interests  have  been  forced  to  spread  Murphy.    Upon  the  death  of  his  first 

from  the   Main  Street  proper   to  the  employer,    Mr.   F.    B.    Underbill,    he 

several  intersecting  streets.  went  to  work  for  the  succeeding  firm, 

The  evolution  of  Concord's  main  Stearns- Wimphfiemer  Company,  and 
business  thoroughfare  from  a  shaded  when  the  later  firm  sold  out  to  F.  C. 
Indian  trail  along  the  west  bank  of  the  Hardy,  Mr.  Murphy  engaged  with 
Merrimack  to  a  broad,  smooth-paved  Hammond  &  Thurston, 
street  lined  with  substantial  business  It  was  on  May  6,  1886,  twenty-nine 
blocks  and  equipped  with  every  years  ago,  that  he  first  threw  open  the 
modern  convenience,  including  street,  doors  of  his  own  establishment  to  the 
cars,  electric  lights,  fire  hydrants,  people  of  Concord.  Since  then  the 
etc.,  has  consumed  several  generations  growth  of  his  business  has  been  steady, 
of  time  and  to  the  unthinking  man  it  due  to  the  high  business  principles  and 
means  very  little.  However,  that  perseverance  of  the  firm  head.  First 
Concord  has  been  able  to  keep  fully  one  store  was  added,  then  another  and 
abreast  of  the  times  is  due  to  the  wis-  finally  another,  until  on  Thursday, 
dom  and  self  sacrifice  of  those  business  November  8,  1906,  the  present  beau- 
leaders  who  have  given  freely  of  their  tiful  store  was  formally  opened  to  the 
time,  money  and  knowledge  to  do  public.  Well  lighted,  with  excellent 
their  part  in  effecting  this  wonderful  ventilation,  the  roomy  interior  is 
metamorphosis  from  trail  to  city  beautifully  decorated  with  mahogany 
street.  The  era  of  improvement  is  show  cases,  counters  and  fittings.  The 
by  no  means  over.  Every  year  brings  exterior,  with  its  large,  well-decorated 
new  projects  and  new  problems  for  show  windows  is  equally  attractive, 
Concord  leaders  to  work  out,  and  the  whole  forming  one  of  the  finest 
when  the  necessity  arises  the  munici-  stores  in  the  state,  where  one  can  buy 
pality  has  always  been  able  to  count  anything  from  a  paper  of  pins  to  a 
on  the  business  man  to  do  his  part,  fine  fur  garment. 
Included  in  the  following  pages  are  Mr.  Murphy  is  a  native  of  Concord, 
the  brief  sketches  of  the  substantial  having  been  born  and  raised  in  the 
firms  of  the  business  section.  old  North  End.    He  was  educated  in 

,  the  schools  of  Concord  and  completed 

his  studies  in  the  college  of  business 

David  E.  Murphy  experience  which  has  graduated  more 

From  bundle   boy  to   department  "captains  of  industry"  than  all  the 

store  owner  is  quite  a  long  jump  in  universities  in  the  world, 

the  mercantile  world  and  sounds  more  On  April   24,    1905,    Mr.    Murphy 

like  fiction  than  fact,  yet  that  is  what  married  Katherine  L.  Prentis  of  New 

may  truthfully  be  said  of  the  career  York  City.    Their  beautiful  home  on 

of   David  E.    Murphy,   one  of  New  South  Street  is  really  a  country  home 

Hampshire's     most     prominent     dry  in  the  city  for  it  combines  all  of  the 

goods  merchants.    At  the  age  of  four-  delights   of  a  rural  estate  with   the 

teen  years  Mr.   Murphy  started  his  modern  comforts  and  conveniences  of 

career  in  life  with  the  F.  B.  Underhill  a  city  home  and  is  less  than  two  miles 


DAVID  E.  MURPHY 


The  Business  Section  of  Concord 


243 


from  the  State  House.  The  Murphy- 
home,  known  as  "Nestledown,"  was 
formerly  the  old  Worthen  homestead. 
It  contains  some  twenty  acres  of  land 
with  a  fine  old  brick  mansion  erected 
by  Richard  Worthen  in  1820. 

Mr.  Murphy  is  a  member  of  St. 
John's  Roman  Catholic  Church.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Catholic  Club  of 
New  York  City,  the  Wonolancet  Club, 
and  is  affiliated  with  the  Knights  of 
Columbus.  In  business  life  he  is  a 
director  of  the  First  National  Bank,  a 
trustee  of  the  Union  Trust  Company 


sistently  advanced  up  the  ladder  of 
success  in  spite  of  many  seemingly 
insurmountable  obstacles. 

Mr.  Saltmarsh  was  born  on  July  7, 
1883,  the  son  of  William  H.  and  Eliza- 
beth (Abbott)  Saltmarsh.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  the  city 
and  graduated  in  1903  from  the  Con- 
cord Business  College.  An  expert 
typewriter  and  stenographer,  it  was 
little  to  be  wondered  that  the  proprie- 
tor of  the  business  college  found  em- 
ployment for  the  young  man  in  his 
art  store.     Here   Mr.   Saltmarsh  re- 


interior  of  David  E.  Murphy's  Store 


and  a  former  trustee  of  the  State  In- 
dustrial School  at  Manchester.  He 
was  one  of  the  Pierce  Statue  Com- 
mission, under  whose  auspices  the 
beautiful  bronze  and  granite  memo- 
rial to  New  Hampshire's  only  presi- 
dent was  erected  in  front  of  the  State 
House  and  was  marshal  of  the  day  at 
the  dedication  of  the  same. 

Brown  &  Saltmarsh 

The  art  and  stationery  store  of 
Brown  &  Saltmarsh,  at  86  North 
Main  Street,  one  of  the  leading  busi- 
ness houses  of  the  street,  is  now  owned 
by  William  A.  Saltmarsh,  a  Concord 
boy,   born   and  bred,   who   has   per- 


mained  for  six  years,  learning  the  type- 
writing repairing  business  and  acting 
as  head  clerk  of  the  establishment. 

In  October,  1910,  Mr.  Saltmarsh, 
in  partnership  with  William  W.  Brown, 
started  an  art  and  stationery  store 
at  86  North  Main  Street,  which  place 
had  been  occupied  for  years  by  the 
Frank  P.  Mace  Bookstore.  From  a 
small  beginning  the  business  soon 
assumed  broad  proportions,  and  when 
Mr.  Brown  decided  to  retire  from 
the  partnership  to  take  up  an  en- 
tirely different  branch  of  business, 
Mr.  Saltmarsh  bought  his  partner's 
share,  the  trade  being  consumated 
on  November  5  of  last  year.    As  sole 


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owner,  Mr.  Saltmarsh  has  not  de- 
viated from  the  high  business  princi- 
ples which  have  brought  the  concern 
to  its  present  rank  among  the  busi- 
ness interests  of  Concord. 

In  the  store,  conveniently  arranged 
and  attractively  displayed,  may  be 
found  the  best  in  art  goods,  stationery, 
and  office  supplies.  A  fine  line  of 
typewriters  and  typewriter  supplies 
is  also  carried  and  the  framing  de- 
partment is  one  of  the  largest  in  the 
state.     Over  3,000  frames  were  con- 


public  has  always  been  pleased  with 
the  quality  of  service  rendered  is 
evidenced  by  the  wonderful  growth  of 
the  business  of  the  concern  in  the 
past  five  years. 

W.  H.  Dunlap  &  Company 

One  of  the  best-known  drug  firms  in 
Concord  is  that  conducted  by  Mr. 
William  H.  Dunlap  at  99  North  Main 
Street.  This  business  was  started  on 
August  29,  1889,  at  117  North  Main 
Street,  the  proprietors  at  that  time 
being  Mr.  Dunlap  and  Roland  A. 
Jeffers.  It  was  continued  at  that  lo- 
cation until  January  1,  1895,  when 
it  was  removed  to  the  present  loca- 


William  Saltmarsh 

structed  last  year  and,  during  the 
past  five  years,  picture  frames  have 
been  shipped  from  the  store  into  al- 
most every  state  in  the  Union,  as 
well  as  to  numerous  foreign  countries. 
This  year  the  framing  business  will 
be  even  greater  than  it  was  in  1914. 
The  store  is  well  lighted,  well  venti- 
lated and  the  attractive  arrangement 
of  the  art  goods  has  made  a  beautiful 
interior. 

Mr.  Saltmarsh  has  surrounded  him- 
self with  courteous  and  competent 
assistants  and  is  always  glad  of  an 
opportunity  to  serve  the  public  to 
the  best  of  his  ability,  and  that  the 


Store  of  W.  H.  Dunlap 

tion.  Mr.  Jeffers  remained  with 
the  firm  until  March  8,  1912,  when 
he  retired  to  enter  the  real  estate 
business  after  23  years  of  business 
association  with  Mr.  Dunlap. 

The  store  has  connected  with  it 
an  Eastman  Kodak  agency  and  a 
photographic  department  which  in- 
cludes an  up-to-date  developing,  print- 
ing and  enlarging  plant,  carried  on 
by  Walter  E.  Dunlap,  son  of  the 
proprietor,  and  a  young  man  whose 
intimate  knowledge  of  the  business 
has  brought  him  a  large  business 
from  all  over  the  state.  Mr.  William 
H.  Dunlap  has  been  connected  with 
the  drug  business  in  this  city  for  the 
past  thirty-seven  years,  and  is  highly 
appreciative  of  the  generous  patron- 
age which  has  been  extended  to  him. 


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A.   H.   Knowlton  &   Company 
By  G.  Arthur  Foster. 

On  April  1,  1893,  William  E.  Baker, 
a  clerk  in  the  drug  store  of  C.  H. 
Martin  &  Company,  and  Arthur  H. 
Knowlton,  employed  by  Underhill  & 
Kittredge,  druggists,  became  partners 
and,  under  the  name  of  Baker  & 
Knowlton,  entered  the  drug  business 
at  34  Pleasant  Street. 

This  firm  was  successful  from  the 
start,    and    continued   until    October 


the  latter  entering  the  art  publishing 
business  with  a  local  firm. 

Mr.  Charles  E.  Pike  of  Boston  was 
made  manager  of  the  store  and  con- 
tinued in  that  capacity  until  the 
early  part  of  the  present  year,  when 
the  store  was  purchased  by  a  corpora- 
tion, the  officers  and  members  of  which 
which  are  the  following:  Dr.  F.  W. 
Grafton,  president;  A.  H.  Knowlton, 
treasurer  and  manager;  James  P. 
Forsyth,  secretary;  Charles  E.  Pike 
and  Dr.  W.  P.  Beauclerk. 


Interior  of  "The  Knowlton" 


23,  1899,  when  failing  health  forced 
Mr.  Baker  to  retire,  his  interest  in  the 
business  being  purchased  by  Herman 
E.  Jewell,  who  became  a  silent  partner, 
the  firm  name  being  changed  to  A.  H. 
Knowlton  &  Company.  The  store 
was  called  Knowlton's  Pharmacy. 

On  June  1,  1903,  Mr.  John  E. 
Thompson,  who  was  connected  with 
John  Wyeth  &  Brother,  a  wholesale 
drug  firm  of  New  York,  purchased  the 
interest  of  Mr.  Jewell  and  two  years 
later  bought  Mr.  Knowlton's  interest, 


This  corporation,  under  the  name 
of  A.  H.  Knowlton  &  Company  as- 
sumed charge  of  Knowlton's  Pharm- 
acy and,  on  April  17,  opened  a  new 
store,  "The  Knowlton,"  a  specialty 
drug  store,  at  16  North  Main  Street. 
The  latter  is  entirely  fitted  through- 
out with  new  and  modern  fixtures,  as 
well  as  a  magnificent  fountain,  and 
is  a  welcome  addition  to  Concord's 
up-to-date  stores. 

Mr.  Pike,  of  the  firm,  is  the  New 
England  representative  of  the  manu- 


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facturers  of  the  fountain  and  fixtures, 
and  The  Knowlton  serves  as  a  most 
favorable  show  room  for  them,  several 
having  already  been  sold  in  this  sec- 
tion. This  store  is  one  of  the  very 
finest  in  New  England  and  should  be 
inspected  by  everyone  visiting  Con- 
cord. 

LINCOLN'S 

The  furniture  store  of  George  L. 
Lincoln  &  Company  was  opened  at 
26  Pleasant  Street  on  September  1, 
1901,  the  firm  consisting  of  George  L. 
Lincoln  and  J.  Henry  Drake.  In 
1903  Mr.  Lincoln  purchased  his  part- 
ner's interest  and  conducted  the 
business  alone  until  January  1,  1914, 
when  Ernest  S.  Chase  of  New  Bed- 
ford, Mass.,  entered  the  firm  as 
manager  and  the  company  was  incor- 
porated with  the  following  officers: 
George  L.  Lincoln,  president  and 
treasurer;  H.  W.  Lincoln,  vice-presi- 
dent, and  E.  S.  Chase,  secretary. 

From  the  beginning  there  has  been 
a    constant   growth   in   the   business, 


floors  and  basement  at  26  Pleasant 
Street,  the  top  floor  at  No.  28  and  a 
large  basement  in  Odd  Fellows  Block. 


George  L.  Lincoln 

making  it  necessary  to  acquire  more 
space  as  new  departments  were  added. 
The    store    now    occupies    the    three 


Ernest  S.  Chase 

The  constant  aim  of  this  progressive 
house  has  been  to  give  the  greatest 
possible  value  for  the  price  charged 
and  attend  promptly  to  the  desires  of 
patrons.  Whatever  one  may  desire 
for  the  home  in  furniture,  rugs, 
draperies,  ranges,  crockery  and  wall 
paper  may  be  found  here.  It  is  sig- 
nificant that  the  firm  was  the  first  in 
Concord  to  use  an  auto-truck  for 
delivery  purposes. 

Mr.  Lincoln,  the  founder  of  the 
business,  was  born  in  Concord,  Jan- 
uary 13,  1857.  After  learning  the 
upholstery  trade  he  established  a 
business  in  company  with  the  late 
W.  J.  Fernald.  Upon  his  partner's 
death  he  moved  to  Spring  Street,  con- 
tinuing there  until  1889,  when  he  sold 
his  business  to  J.  Stewart  &  Sons  Com- 
pany, and  took  charge  of  a  depart- 
ment in  that  firm.  Here  he  remained 
until  he  started  the  present  business. 

Mr.  Lincoln  is  a  member  of  the 
Wonolancet  Club  and  Concord  Board 
of  Trade. 


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Ernest  S.  Chase,  the  manager,  was 
born  in  Haverhill,  Mass.,  on  February 
4,  1879.  He  entered  the  furniture 
business  at  the  age  of  fifteen  as  a 
salesman  and  in  1901  entered  the 
wholesale  business  as  a  salesman  for  a 
western  manufacturer,  visiting  the 
trade  in  northern  New  England. 
Later  he  returned  to  the  retail  busi- 
ness with  a  large  furniture  house  in 
New  Bedford,  Mass.,  where  he  re- 
mained for  six  years.  Since  entering 
the  local  firm  in  1914  he  has  been 
actively  interested  in  the  business 
affairs  of  the  city.  Mr.  Chase  is  a 
member  of  the  Wonolancet  and  Uni- 
tarian Clubs,  White  Mountain  Lodge, 
I.  0.  0.  F.,  and  Concord  Board  of 
Trade. 

A.  Perley  Fitch 

One  of  the  oldest  and  best  known 
wholesale  and  retail  drug  firms  in  the 
state  is  that  of  A.  Perley  Fitch  Com- 
pany at  24  North  Main  Street.  The 
growth  of  Mr.  Fitch's  business  has 
extended  over  a  period  of  fifty-four 
years,  and  that  it  has  not  yet  stopped 
its  steady  increase  is  an  indication  of 
the  size  of  the  business  today  and  a 
rare  tribute  to  the  business  judgment 
and  sagacity  of  the  firm  head. 

In  1857,  fifty-eight  years  ago,  A. 
Perley  Fitch  entered  the  employ  of 
the  old  firm  of  Allison  &  Eastman, 
with  whom  he  remained  for  four  years, 
having  previously  been  engaged  in  the 
same  business  at  Lebanon  for  over  a 
year.  Leaving  Allison  &  Eastman  in 
1861,  he  entered  the  firm  of  Fitch 
&  Underhill,  with  which  he  was  con- 
nected for  over  four  years.  In  1874 
he  became  junior  member  of  the  firm 
of  Eastman  &  Fitch,  the  place  of 
business  occupying  the  store  now  used 
by  the  Capital  Hardware  Company. 
It  was  in  1875  that  the  firm  of  East- 
man &  Fitch  moved  to  24  North 
Main  Street,  the  present  location  of 
the  business,  and  seven  years  after- 
wards, in  1882,  Mr.  Fitch  bought  out 
his  partner,  and,  until  February,  1914, 
conducted  the  business  under  his  own 
name. 

At  that  time  the  A.  Perley  Fitch 


Company  was  incorporated,  under  the 
laws  of  the  state,  with  Mr.  Fitch  as 
president;  George  P.  Wilder,  treas- 
urer and  manager;  Nelson  H.  Murray 
and  Mrs.  Annie  A.  Fitch,  directors, 
and  Benjamin  W.  Couch,  clerk. 
The  rapid  growth  of  the  business 
since  the  formation  of  the  corpora- 
tion has  been  furthered  in  no  little 
degree  by  the  keen  foresight  and  busi- 
ness judgment  of  the  manager,  Mr. 
Wilder.  ' 

The  drug  store  is  a  beautiful  modern 
place  of  business,  carrying  a  large  line 


A.  Perley  Fitch 

of  goods  and  is  in  charge  of  Nelson  A. 
Murray,  a  director  of  the  corpora- 
tion. Six  registered  and  eighteen  un- 
registered clerks  are  under  Mr. 
Murray.  Two  years  ago  Mr.  Fitch 
leased  the  Optima  Building,  where 
the  nationally  known  Fitchmul  reme- 
dies are  manufactured  in  fine  modern 
laboratories.  Fitchmul  is  an  emul- 
sion for  diseases  of  the  mucous  mem- 
branes, universally  recommended  and 
prescribed  by  physicians  at  home  and 
abroad. 

Mr.  Fitch  was  born  in  Enfield, 
N.  H.,  October  24,  1842,  and  was  ed- 
ucated in  the  public  schools  of  Enfield, 


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Hanover  and  Lebanon.  He  is  a  char- 
ter member  of  the  Wonolancet  Club 
and  is  general  manager  of  the  Wood- 
sum  Steamboat  Company,  which  op- 
erates five  steamboats  on  Lake  Suna- 
pee.  He  is  still  actively  connected 
with  the  drug  business,  in  spite  of  his 
seventy-three  years,  and  nearly  every 
day  finds  him  busily  engaged  in  look- 
ing after  the  interests  of  either  the  re- 
tail or  wholesale  business. 

W.  L.  Fickett  &  Company. 
Weston    L.    Fickett,    propietor    of 
the  jewelry  firm  of  W.  L.  Fickett  & 


W.  L.   Fickett 

Company,  38  North  Main  Street, 
was  born  in  Errol,  N.  H.,  July  17, 
1869,  receiving  his  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  Colebrook,  N.  H. 
In  1890  he  entered  the  employ  of 
J.  M.  Kimball  of  Lancaster,  N.  H., 
one  of  the  leading  jewelers  of  the 
northern  part  of  the  state.  For  the 
past  twenty-two  years  he  has  been 
identified  with  the  jewelry  business 
of  Concord,  entering  business  for 
himself  at  38  North  Main  Street, 
July  1,1911. 


Mr.  Fickett  was  fortunate  in  secur- 
ing such  a  favorable  location  and 
spared  no  pains  in  fitting  up  one  of 
the  most  modern  jewelry  stores  in 
the  state,  and  has  enjoyed  a  generous 
and  increasing  patronage  from  the 
first. 

Among  the  lines  of  goods  featured 
are  William  B.  Durgin's  sterling  silver, 
Hawkes'  cut  glass,  Waltham  and  Ham- 
ilton watches,  Hampshire  pottery  and 
Rump  leather  goods. 

Putnam's  Drug  Store 
One  of  the  best  located  and  finest 
equipped  drug  stores  in  Concord  is 
that  owned  and  managed  by  Ernest 
L.  Putnam,  at  2  North  Main  Street. 
Although  he  gained  some  small  exper- 
ience in  the  business  as  a  boy  in 
Lowell,  the  city  of  his  birth,  Mr. 
Putnam  really  learned  the  business 
in  this  city  with  the  firm  of  George 
A.  Berry  &  Company.  In  1902, 
after  six  years  with  the  firm,  Mr. 
Putnam  located  in  North  Woodstock 
as  the  propietor  of  the  drug  store 
in  that  town. 


Ernest  L.  Putnam 


Last   February   he  purchased    the 
local  drug  store  owned  by  Dr.  Charles 


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W.  Nutter  of  Salmon  Falls,  and  has         This  wide  business  connection  came 
located  with  his  family  in  this  city     about  largely  through  the  many  pub- 


to  give  the  Concord  business  his  own 
personal  supervision.  He  still  owns 
the  business  in  North  Woodstock, 
however.  Thirteen  years  of  success 
in  the  North  Country  has  given  Mr. 
Putnam  a  wide  knowledge  of  the  drug 
business,  which  he  has  applied  to  the 
local  store  with  the  result  that  there 
has  been  a  steady  increase  in  trade. 

Recently  Postal  Station  No.  1 
was  moved  to  Putnam's  from  the 
Monitor  office. 

The  concern  specializes  in  Rexall 
Remedies,  being  one  of  the  7,000 
agents  that  the  Rexall  Company  has 
in  the  various  cities  and  towns 
throughout  the  land. 

Edson  C.  Eastman 
One  of  the  especially  noteworthy 
business  landmarks  of  Concord  is  the 
well-known  book,  stationery  and  pub- 
lishing house  of  Edson  C.  Eastman 
at  120  North  Main  Street,  which  was 
founded  in  the  first  half  of  this  cen- 
tury and  came  into  the  possession  of 
the  late  Mr.  Eastman  in  1857  and 
was  conducted  by  him  with  unin- 
terrupted success  for  over  fifty  years. 
It  is  one  of  the  leading  and  best-known 
establishments  of  its  kind  in  the  entire 


lications  of  this  house.    Mr.  Eastman 


Exterior  of  E.  C.  Eastman's  Store 

•state  and  has  business  relations  with 
most  of  the  prominent  book  houses 
of  the  United  States. 


The  Late  Edson  C.  Eastman 

published  all  the  law  books  of  New 
Hampshire  for  many  years  and  also 
Leavitt's  Farmers'  Almanac,  which  is 
so  popular  throughout  New  England. 

This  is  a  first-class  stationery  and 
book  store,  carrying  a  full  line  of 
blank  books,  office  stationery,  fine 
stationery,  magazines,  all  the  latest 
books,  and  everything  usually  found 
in  a  store  of  this  kind. 

Mr.  Eastman's  long  business  career 
and  prominence  attained  through  his 
publications  brought  him  in  contact 
with  most  of  the  prominent  men  of 
the  state,  among  whom  he  was  highly 
esteemed.  In  his  own  city  and  his 
own  neighborhood  he  was  held  in 
equally  high  regard,  and  he  was  num- 
bered as  one  of  Concord's  leading 
business  men  and  first  citizens. 

Mr.  Eastman  was  president  of  the 
Eastman  Family  Association  for  many 
years.  The  Eastman  family  were 
among  the  first  settlers  of  this  section. 


THOMPSON  &  HOAGUE  COMPANY 


Agricultural   Warehouse 


Iron  and  Steel  Warehouse 


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251 


Thompson  &  Hoague  Company 

The  hardware  business  of  Thomp- 
son &  Hoague  Company,  at  42  North 
Main  Street  is  one  of  the  oldest  in  this 
city,  for  its  institution  dates  back  to 
the  early  '50s.  This  firm  is  not 
known  to  Concord  and  this  vicinty 
alone,  for  it  conducts  an  extensive 
wholesale  business  which  extends  to 
the  remote  corners  of  this  state  and 
even  outside  the  boundaries  of  New 
Hampshire  and  into  the  adjacent 
states  of  New  England.     Few  Con- 


is  the  iron  and  steel  warehouse,  all 
three  buildings  being  shown  in  the 
accompanying  engraving. 

The  business  was  originally  started 
by  Gustavus  Walker  and  David  A. 
Warde  in  the  same  store  where  it  is 
now  located.  The  first  firm  had  been 
in  business  but  a  few  years  when  Mr. 
Walker  bought  out  his  partner  and, 
later,  sold  the  business  to  Mr.  Willis 
D.  Thompson  and  Mr.  T.  C.  Bethune. 
The  firm  of  Thompson  &  Bethune  was 
started  in  1883  and  two  vears  after- 


Thompson  &  Hoague's  Store 


cord  people,  even  though  they  patron- 
ize the  retail  branch  of  the  company, 
are  aware  of  the  large  wholesale,  agri- 
cultural and  gas  engine  business  that 
it  carries  on. 

In  the  commodious  retail  store  one 
finds  a  large  stock  of  the  best  hard- 
ware that  the  firm  can  procure  from 
the  manufacturers.  Everything  car- 
ried by  an  up-to-date  hardware  com- 
pany can  be  found  on  the  counters  and 
shelves,  including  a  fine  line  of  sport- 
ing goods  and  automobile  hardware. 
In  the  rear  of  the  retail  store  is  lo- 
cated the  large  agricultural  ware- 
house and  in  Railroad  Square,  a  short 
distance   southeast   of   this   building, 


wards  Mr.  Bethune  retired.  For 
several  years  Mr.  Thompson  con- 
ducted the  business  alone,  adding  the 
wholesale  business  when  he  pur- 
chased the  Depot  Iron  Store  of  Walker 
&  Ladd  in  1890.  That  same  year  Mr. 
Edward  C.  Hoague  entered  the  firm, 
which  became  Thompson  &  Hoague, 
and  in  1904  was  incorporated  as  the 
Thompson  &  Hoague  Company.  Mr. 
Hoague  had  been  previously  identified 
with  the  local  haadware  firm  of  Hum- 
phrey &  Dodge. 

In  1912  the  fine  agricultural  ware- 
house was  added  to  the  equipment, 
and  here  are  stored  every  variety  of 
agricultural  implements,  engines  and 


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electrical  lighting  plants.  This  branch 
of  the  business  is  under  the  di- 
rect supervision  of  Mr.  S.  W.  Baker. 
The  steady  increase  in  the  growth  of 
the  business  may  be  wholly  attributed 
to  the  high  business  principles  which 
have  been  in  vogue  since  its  begin- 
ning over  sixty  years  ago. 

The  Woman's  Shop 

"The  Woman's  Shop, "  at  87  North 
Main  Street,  is  a  specialty  store  which 
eaters,  as  the  name  suggests,  to  the 


date   business   methods   that   are   in 
vogue  there. 

The  store  is  conveniently  located  in 
the  heart  of  the  business  district  and 
but  a  few  doors  above  School  Street. 
The  interior  is  most  attractive  and 
homelike.  Large,  glass-covered  and 
dust-proof  garment  cases  line  the 
walls  and  all  of  the  woodwork  is 
enameled  pure  white.  The  floor  is 
covered  with  large  green  velvet  rugs 
and  the  lighting  system  is  nearly 
perfect.     In   the   rear   are   the   com- 


Interior  of   the  Woman's   Shop 


women  of  the  Capital  City.  The 
aim  of  the  proprietors  is  to  guarantee 
absolute  satisfaction  to  every  cus- 
tomer in  order  that  the  trade  of  that 
customer  may  be  held  indefinitely 
and,  for  this  reason,  "satisfaction 
guaranteed"  has  come  to  be  a  sort  of 
business  motto  for  the  firm. 

Although  the  doors  of  this  high- 
class  establishment  were  first  thrown 
open  to  the  general  public  but  a  few 
months  ago,  March  4  to  be  exact,  yet 
nearly  every  woman  in  Concord  has 
made  it  a  point  to  visit  the  store  and 
become   acquainted  with  the    up-to- 


modious  fitting  rooms  and  the  altera- 
tion department. 

The  proprietors,  Mrs.  Gertrude 
Chilton  and  Mr.  Eugene  Pinson- 
neault,  were  both  formerly  connected 
with  the  Manchester  firm  of  L.  P. 
LaBonte.  Mrs.  Chilton  has  had 
eighteen  years'  experience  in  the 
ladies'  outfitting  business,  being  as- 
sociated with  the  LaBonte  house 
during  that  entire  period.  Mr.  Pin- 
sonneault  was  also  connected  with 
the  Manchester  firm  for  eight  years 
and  knows  every  detail  of  the  ladies' 
outfitting  business. 


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253 


Interior  of  Harry  G.  Emmons'  Store 


Harry  G.  Emmons 
Showing  the  north  section  of  the 
street  floor  as  you  enter  this  establish- 
ment from  the  broad  Main  Street  en- 
trance. The  stairway  at  the  left  of 
the  picture  is  the  entrance  to  the  large 
and  spacious  Garment  section,  which 
is  the  latest  addition  to  this  constantly 
growing  store. 

The  broad  aisles — the  perfect  light- 
ing and  ventilation  systems,  and  the 
most  modern  conveniences  for  mer- 
chandising are  factors  taken  in  con- 
junction with  the  high  qualities  and 
broad  varieties  of  merchandise  that 
have  brought  this  establishment  up 
to  the  high  standard  of  efficiency  in 
catering  to  the  wearable  needs  of 
every  woman  in  search  of  the  best — ■ 
yet  at  moderate  prices. 

N.  C.  Nelson  &  Company 
Probably  the  oldest  jewelry  store 
in  the  city  is  the  N.  C.  Nelson  &  Com- 
pany, which  was  started  by  the  late 
N.  C.  Nelson  forty-three  years  ago, 
in  a  small  room  in  State  Block.  The 
location  of  the  store  was  soon  changed 
to  the  Wm.  B.  Durgin  Block  and  in 
1887,  after  Charles  H.  Sinclair  was 
made  a  member  of  the  firm  of  N.  C. 
Nelson  &  Company,  new  headquarters 


were  taken  for  a  short  time  on  School 
Street,  the  business  soon  outgrow- 
ing them,  which  necessitated  their 
removal  to  the  present  location  at 
25    North    Main    Street.     Since    the 


Charles  H.  Sinclair 


death  of  Mr.  Nelson,  in  1909,  the 
firm  has  been  owned  and  managed 
by  Charles  H.  Sinclair,  who  was  born 
in  Concord  in  1859  and  educated  in 


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the  public  schools.  Previous  to  his 
entering  the  jewelry  business,  Mr. 
Sinclair  had  been  in  the  employ  of  the 
Wm.  B.  Durgin  Company  for  seven 
years.  He  is  very  prominent  in 
fraternal  circles,  being  at  present  the 
grand  senior  warden  in  the  Grand 
Commandery  of  the  Knights  Templar 
of  New  Hampshire,  a  Mason  and  a 
Shriner,  a  member  of  the  Odd  Fellows 
and  a  charter  member  of  the  Concord 
Lodge  of  Elks.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Republican  and  represented  his  ward 
in  the  general  court  at  the  sessions 
of  1911  and  1913. 

The  United  Life  and  Accident 
Insurance  Company 
One  of  the  greatest  acquisitions  to 
Concord  in  many  years,  from  a  busi- 
ness viewpoint,  is  the  United  Life  and 
Accident  Insurance  Company,  a  half- 
million-dollar  institution,  chartered  by 
the   New   Hampshire    Legislature    of 

1913.  The  company  has  purchased, 
and  now  occupies  the  old  Abbott  man- 
sion on  South  Main  Street,  which  it 
has  transformed  into  a  large  and  well 
equipped  office  building,  where  the 
rapidly  increasing  business  of  the  com- 
pany is  administered. 

The  beneficial  effects  of  such  an  insti- 
tution on  the  municipality  are  great,  for 
aside  from  the  fact  that  it  gives  desir- 
able employment  to  a  large  number  of 
local  people,  the  name  "Concord,  N. 
H.,"  is  being  spread  into  every  city, 
town  and  remote  hamlet  of  the  state, 
and  out  into  the  United  States  through 
the  agency  of  the  company,  which  in 
itself  is  a  wonderful  means  of  publicity 
for  the  Capital  City. 

The  company  was  organized  and 
authorized  to  do  business  in  the  state 
by  the  Insurance  Department  in  July, 

1914,  and  last  February  the  first  re- 
port for  business  to  December  31, 
1914,  was  published.  In  order  to 
show  that  the  company  is  doing  busi- 
ness on  a  very  sound  financial  basis 
the  following  synopsis  of  the  report  is 
given:  Admitted  assets  are  as  follows: 
bonds  owned,  $386,936.00;  mortgage 
loans  on  real  estate,  first  liens,  $183,- 


330.00;  cash  in  banks  and  office,  $17,- 
240.94;  interest  due  and  accrued 
$8,993.20;  net  premiums  in  the  proc- 
ess of  collection,  $1,046.60;  other 
assets,  $117.04.  The  liabilities  are: 
policy  reserves,  $3,762.00;  taxes  and 
expenses  due  and  accrued,  $816.14; 
liabilities  for  partial  payment  sub- 
scriptions to  stock,  $61,513.23;  other 
liabilities,  $6.13;  surplus  to  policy 
holders'  capital,  $310,000.00;  surplus 
$240,566.28.  At  the  annual  meeting 
held  last  February  the  capital  stock 
was  increased  $30,000.00,  making  the 
present  total,  $340,000.00. 

Another  interesting  feature  of  the 
annual  meeting  was  the  report  of  S. 
W.  Jameson,  vice-president  and  gen- 
eral manager,  which  showed  that  the 
company's  business  was  expanding  in 
a  most  gratifying  manner.  Until 
January  1,  the  only  business  done  by 
the  company  was  in  the  state  of  New 
Hampshire.  Since  that  time  it  has 
entered  the  states  of  Maine,  Pennsyl- 
vania, Kansas,  North  Carolina,  Ten- 
nessee, Georgia,  Vermont,  and  will 
apply  to  the  other  states  as  rapidly  as 
it  is  possible  to  secure  proper  agency 
supervision. 

The  annual  report  of  the  company 
to  the  Insurance  Department  shows 
that  it  has  purchased  and  owns  first 
bonds  and  first  mortgages  on  im- 
proved real  estate  amounting  to  over 
one-half  .  million  dollars,  and  today 
the  company  has  nearly  $700,000  in- 
vested in  these  securities. 

That  the  people  of  New  Hampshire 
appreciate  an  opportunity  to  do  busi- 
ness with  a  home  company  is  evi- 
denced by  the  fact  that  application  for 
insurance  are  now  being  received  from 
the  citizens  of  this  state  at  the  rate  of 
one  million  dollars  annually.  New 
Hampshire  people  carry  life  insurance 
amounting  to  $75,000,000  and  are 
paying  $3,000,000  annually  in  pre- 
miums which  all  goes  to  companies  out 
of  the  state,  but  the  above  fact  shows 
that,  since  a  New  Hampshire  com- 
pany was  organized,  the  "keep  your 
money  at  home"  slogan  has  been 
applied  to  principles  of  insurance. 


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The  following  list  of  officers  and  Foster.  It  is  peculiar  that  these  men 
directors  is  sufficient  guarantee  of  the  should  have  originated  in  two  small 
good  faith  and  financial  ability  of  the 
company:  president,  Hon.  Clarence 
E.  Carr  of  Andover;  vice-president, 
S.  W.  Jameson;  secretary,  Allen 
Hollis;  treasurer,  John  B.  Jameson; 
assistant  treasurer,  Charles  L.  Jack- 
man;  medical  director,  Dr.  F.  A. 
Stillings;  directors,  Col.  Walter  R. 
Porter,  Keene;  Hon.  Eugene  E.  Reed, 
Manchester;  Governor  Rolland  H. 
Spaulding  of  Rochester;  Allen  Hollis 
of  Concord;  Edson  J.  Hill  of  Concord; 
J.  Duncan  Upham  of  Claremont; 
Hon.  Clarence  E.  Carr  of  Andover; 
S.  W.  Jameson  of  Concord;  John  B. 
Jameson  of  Antrim;  F.  A.  Stillings  of 
Concord;  Charles  L.  Jackman  of 
Concord;  David  A.  Gregg  of  Nashua; 
Henry  W.  Keyes  of  North  Haverhill; 
Hon.  Edward  N.  Pearson  of  Concord, 
and  Charles  E.  Tilton  of  Tilton. 


Kendall    &    Foster 

The    firm    of    Kendall    &    Foster, 
funeral  directors,  is  made  up  of  two 


Hamilton  Kendall 


highly  respected  citizens,  Mr.  Ham- 
ilton A.  Kendall  and  Mr.  Carlos  H. 


Carlos  H.  Foster 

towns  of  Vermont,  situated  only  a 
few  miles  from  each  other,  and  then, 
after  many  years,  have  engaged  in 
partnership  with  each  other,  but 
nevertheless  that  is  the  fact. 

Mr.  Kendall's  boyhood  home  was 
Derby  Line,  Vt.,  a  little  town  not 
far  from  the  Canadian  border.  He 
came  to  Concord  from  Attleboro, 
Mass.,  in  November,  1887,  and  bought 
out  the  undertaking  firm  of  A.  C. 
Fisher,  then  situated  at  6  Warren 
Street.  In  October,  1889,  Mr.  Ken- 
dall formed  a  partnership  with  Joseph 
Lane,  at  that  time  buying  out  the 
business  of  the  late  George  L.  Lovejoy, 
at  14  Pleasant  Street,  When  Mr. 
Lane  died  in  March,  1897,  Mr.  Ken- 
dall took  Mr.  Frank  Dame  into  the 
business  with  him  and,  following  the 
death  of  the  latter,  Mr.  Carlos  H. 
Foster  entered  into  partnership  with 
Mr.  Kendall,  in  1905.  In  1900  the 
place  of  business  was  moved  from  14 
to  18  Pleasant  Street,  where  it  has 
been  located  ever  since. 

Mr.  Kendall  was  a  representative 


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in  the  New  Hampshire  legislature  of 
1913  and  is  president  of  the  Concord 
Building  and  Loan  Association.  He 
is  an  Odd  Fellow  and  a  Mason  and 
is  affiliated  with  the  Sons  of  Veterans. 

Mr.  Carlos  H.  Foster,  the  junior 
member  of  the  firm,  was  born  in 
Newport,  Vt.,  and  had  been  in  the 
undertaking  business  for  ten  years 
before  selling  out,  and  leaving  Peter- 
borough in  1905,  to  enter  partner- 
ship with  Mr.  Kendall.  Since  coming 
to  Concord  he  has  been  identified 
with  many  movements  of  a  civic  na- 
ture and  represents  the  New  Hamp- 
shire Embalmers  Association  on  the 
State  Examining  Board  of  Licensed 
Embalmers.  He  belongs  to  the 
Masons  and  Odd  Fellows  and  also 
to  the  Sons  of  Veterans. 

The  establishment  of  Kendall  & 
Foster  is  large,  well-ventilated  and 
light,  wholly  without  the  gloomy 
aspect  so  common  in  similar  con- 
cerns and  both  gentlemen  have  estab- 
lished a  high  reputation  in  their 
business. 

H.  G.  Fletcher 
One  of  the  successful  and  up-to-date 
specialty  stores  in  the   city  is  that 
owned  and  managed  by  H.  G.  Fletcher 


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at  96  North  Main  Street.  Mr. 
Fletcher  specializes  in  ladies'  furnish- 
ings and  millinery,  and  his  stock  is  so 
extensive  that  Lady  Godiva  could 
have  ridden  into  the  store  and  come 
out  dressed  in  the  prevailing  mode  of 


the  twentieth  century.  The  stock  is 
not  only  extensive,  but  it  is  the  best 
that  Mr.  Fletcher  can  buy,  for  the 
proprietor  has  always  known  that  a 
satisfied  customer  was  the  best  kind 
of  an  advertisement. 

Mr.  H.  G.  Fletcher  was  born  in 
Vermont,  but  his  younger  days  were 
spent  in  Manchester  where  he  learned 
the  ladies'  furnishing  business  in  the 
store  of  his  father,  C.  B.  Fletcher.  In 
1897  the  young  man  came  to  this  city 
and  started  in  business  at  138  North 
Main  Street,  a  little  store  opposite  the 
Opera  House,  carrying  millinery  and 
hair  goods.  In  five  years'  time  the 
business  had  far  outgrown  the  quar- 
ters and  Mr.  Fletcher  leased  the  store 
at  96  North  Main,  which  was  for- 
merly occupied  by  the  W.  J.  Ahern 
Clothing  Store. 

Since  1902  he  has  been  in  this  store, 
although  there  have  been  several  al- 
terations to  the  interior  for  the  pur- 
pose of  making  room  for  growth  and 
the  addition  of  new  lines.  In  the  main 
store  one  finds  corsets,  shirtwaists, 
hosiery,  gloves,  and  underwear,  while 
the  rear  store  is  devoted  exclusively 
to. the  suit,  coat,  dress  and  millinery 
department,  with  the  hair  goods  room 
in  the  extreme  rear.  The  work  and 
frame  rooms  are  located  in  the  base- 
ment, making  a  complete  and  model 
establishment. 

Louis  A.  Lane  &  Company 
The  undertaking  firm  of  Louis  A. 
Lane  &  Company  at  17  Warren  Street 
is  made  up  of  two  genial  and  well- 
known  citizens,  Mr.  Louis  A.  Lane 
and  Hiram  G.  Kilkenny. 

Mr.  Lane  was  born  in  Concord  on 
August  23,  1863,  the  son  of  Joseph 
H.  and  Ann  (Allison)  Lane.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  that 
city,  graduating  from  Concord  High 
School  in  the  class  of  1882,  and  im- 
mediately afterwards  entered  the  em- 
ploy of  the  National  State  Capital 
Bank.  While  in  the  employ  of  the 
bank  Mr.  Lane  was  appointed  private 
secretary  to  Charlemagne  Tower,  at 


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that  time  a  well-known  multi-mil- 
lionaire of  Philadelphia.  Upon  the 
death  of  his  employer,  Mr.  Lane  re- 
turned to  this  city  and  accepted  a 
position  with  J.  C.  Norris  &  Company, 
as  a  bookkeeper.  Here  he  remained 
until  he  was  obliged  to  relinquish  his 
position  and  give  up  all  work  for  a 
period  of  two  years  on  account  of  poor 
health.  Meantime  he  graduated  from 
the  United  States  School  of  Embalm- 
ing of  New  York;  the  New  England 
Institute  of  Anatomy,  Sanitary  Sci- 
ence and  Embalming,  and  the  Massa- 
chusetts College  of  Embalming. 

In  September,  1897,  Mr.  Lane,  who 
had  previously  assisted  his  father  in 
the  undertaking  business,  opened  one 
of  the  finest  equipped  undertaking  es- 
tablishments north  of  Boston.  It  was 
in  his  place  of  business  that  the  New 
Hampshire  Licensed  Embalmers'  As- 
sociation was  formed,  and  it  is  a 
significant  fact  that  Mr.  Lane  was 
the  first  man  to  take  an  examination 
for  a  state  license.  In  1905  he  formed 
a  partnership  with  Leonard  Mudgett 
and,   upon   the   death   of  the  latter, 


Mr.  Lane  married  Harriett  Lay- 
cock,  a  sister  of  Dean  Laycock  of 
Dartmouth  College,  in  December, 
1897.     They  have  one  son  and  one 


Louis  A.  Lane 


took  into  the  business  as  an  equal 
partner,  Hiram  G.  Kilkenny  of  Cam- 
bridge, Mass.  The  firm  has  now  been 
in  existence  for  six  years. 


Hiram  G.  Kilkenny 

daughter.  He  is  a  member  of  Blazing- 
Star  Lodge  of  Masons,  Horace  Chase 
Council  and  Royal  Arch  Chapter, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.;  White  Mountain 
Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows  and  Concord 
Lodge,  No.  8,  Knights  of  Pythias. 

The  other  partner  in  the  business, 
Mr.  Hiram  G.  Kilkenny,  was  born  in 
Freeman,  Me.,  September  -16,  1861, 
the  son  of  Hovey  L.  and  Achsa 
(Brackley)  Kilkenny.  He  was  ed- 
ucated in  the  public  schools  and 
graduated  from  New  Portland  High 
school  in  1879. 

Mr.  Kilkenny  commenced  business 
with  the  G.  W.  Twing  Leather  Com- 
pany of  Farmington,  Me.,  going  to 
Lowell,  Mass.,  in  1883,  where  he  was 
employed  by  the  American  Tea  Com- 
pany as  a  traveling  salesman.  When 
this  firm  was  purchased  by  the  Dixon 
Brothers  he  remained  in  his  position, 
becoming  a  member  of  the  firm  after 
twelve  years,  and  staying  in  the  busi- 
ness as  a  member  of  the  firm  for  eight 
years  longer.  In  1903  he  entered 
the  stable  and  touring  business  with 
Harry    Tuttle    of    Concord,     Mass., 


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and  in  1907  sold  out  his  interest  to 
Mr.  Tuttle,  purchasing  the  George 
D.  Merrill  Livery  and  Boarding 
Stable  in  Cambridge,  where  he  re- 
mained until  he  sold  out  in  1909  for 
the  purpose  of  coming  to  Concord  to 
form  a  partnership  with  Mr.  Louis  A. 
Lane  in  the  undertaking  and  embalm- 
ing business. 

Mr.  Kilkenny  is  a  graduate  of  the 
New  England  Institute  of  Anatomy 
and  Embalming.  He  is  a  member  of 
Blazing  Star  Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.; 
Rumford  Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows; 
Concord  Lodge,  K.  of  P.;  Capital 
Grange,  and  is  the  present  Exalted 
Ruler  of  Concord  Lodge,  No.  1210, 
B.  P.  0.  E.  In  1884  Mr.  Kilkenny 
married  Caroline  Minnie  Lawrence 
and  they  have  one  son  and  two  daugh- 
ters. 

G.  Nardini  &  Son 

No  men  engaged  in  their  line  of 
business  in  New  Hampshire  are  better 
known  than  G.  Nardini  &  Son,  res- 


in answer  to  an  inquiry  as  to  the  loca- 
tion of  a  certain  office  or  store,  the 
stranger  is  usually  informed  that  it  is 
either    above,    below    or    across    the 


G.  Nardini 


taurateurs,  caterers  and  bakers.  In 
the  Capital  City,  "Nardini's"  is  the 
general  landmark  used  in  directing 
strangers  about  the  Main  Street  and 


NARDINfAS   !,UNC;iI 


Nardini's  Lunch 

street  from  Nardini's,  and  as  the  case 
may  be.  Situated  but  a  few  doors 
above  Pleasant  Street  junction  on 
the  east  side  of  North  Main  Street 
and  patronized  by  everyone,  rich  and 
poor  alike,  it  is  little  wonder  that  the 
restaurant  has  gained  such  wide 
popularity.  The  reputation  of  the 
place  has  spread  far  beyond  the  city 
limits  and  " Nardini's"  is  known  all 
over  the  state. 

Giuseppe  Nardini  was  born  in 
Barga,  Province  of  Lucca,  Tuscany, 
Italy,  in  1862,  and  at  the  age  of  fifteen 
years,  when  but  a  mere  boy,  left  his 
home  to  earn  his  own  living.  He 
journeyed  to  England  and  remained 
there  until  he  was  twenty-one  years 
of  age,  when  he  came  to  America  and 
traveled  through  nineteen  states  of 
the  Union.  He  engaged  in  business 
in  New  York  and  in  Boston,  finally 
coming  to  Concord  where  he  has  re- 
mained ever  since.  When  he  first 
came  to  this  city  Mr.  Nardini  took  up 
the  fruit  business,  as  proprietor  of  the 
Boston  Fruit  Company,  but  he  later 
sold  out  to  the  present  owners  and 


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started  the  restaurant  business  in 
which  he  has  been  so  successful.  In 
1893  he  established  his  first  restaurant 
on  Pleasant  Street  junction  and  in 
1905  moved  to  his  present  location. 

Mr.  Nardini's  son,  Frank,  is  a 
partner  in  the  business  and  actively 
engaged  in  its  management.  The 
younger  Nardini  was  born  in  Charles- 
town,  Mass.,  in  1888,  and  received 
his  college  preparatory  education  at 
Brewster  Academy.  He  afterwards 
entered  Dartmouth  and  later  trans- 
ferred to  Colby,  making  great  repu- 
tation for  himself  at  all  these  institu- 
tions as  a  track  athlete  of  wonderful 
ability.  Mr.  Nardini  was  one  of  the 
best  college  sprinters  in  New  England 
and,  after  leaving  college,  developed 
considerable  ability  as  a  coach  of  track 
athletics. 

The  Nardinis,  father  and  son,  have 
achieved  an  enviable  reputation  as 
restaurateurs  and  their  place  of  busi- 
ness is  a  model  of  cleanliness.  With 
the  well-equipped  lunch  counter  on 
the  first  floor  and  the  fine  dining  room 
on  the  second,  the  firm  is  able  to 
accommodate  3,200  people  in  a  day. 

George  L.  Harkins 

Much  attention  is  paid  nowadays 
to  work  along  forestry  lines  and  in 
George  L.  Harkins,  the  city  has  a 
specialist  in  this  branch  of  work,  for 
Mr.  Harkins  understands  all  phases 
of  the  business  including  the  care  of 
trees,  the  development  of  orchards 
and  the  use  of  dynamite  in  orcharding. 
Mr.  Harkins  represents  the  du  Pont 
Powder  Company  in  the  central  sec- 
tion of  New  Hampshire,  and  is  always 
willing  to  give  advice  on  the  employ- 
ment of  this  wonder-working  agent  in 
farming  and  orcharding. 

As  the  eastern  representative  of 
that  nationally  known  forestry  con- 
cern of  Munson  &  Whittaker,  Mr. 
Harkins  was  sent  to  this  state  in  1908 
with  a  crew  of  fifty  men  to  rid  New 
Hampshire's  shade  trees  of  the  gypsy 
and  brown-tail  moths.  Previous  to 
that  time  he  had  been  employed  for 
four    years    with    the    same    firm    in 


Boston,  New  York  and  Chicago.  He 
worked  on  the  state  contract  in  forty- 
six  New  Hampshire  towns  and  cities, 
leaving  here  after  the  work  was 
satisfactorily  completed  to  go  to 
Indianapolis.  Here  he  worked  on  the 
trees  of  Frank  Van  Camp's  estate, 
also  doing  park  work  for  the  Indian- 
apolis water  board. 

After  six  months  of  work  in  Indian- 
apolis he  went  to  Meadville,  Pa., 
where  he  put  the  trees  in  Diamond 
Park,  and  at  the  Methodist  Theolog- 
ical School,  in  the  best  of  shape,  leav- 
ing that  city  to  fill  a  contract  at  the 
well-known  health  resort  of  Sagerston 
Inn  at  Cambridge  Springs,  Pa.  He 
returned  to  Concord  in  the  winter  of 
1909  and  has  since  made  his  home  in 
this  city,  although  his  work  carries 
him  all  over  this  state  and  into  the 
adjacent  states.  Mr.  Harkins  thor- 
oughly understands  the  work  in  which 
he  is  engaged  and  is  very  particular 
to  keep  in  touch  with  all  of  the  new 
and  modern  methods  employed  in  the 
business.  It  was  for  this  reason  that 
he  has  recently  taken  up  dynamite  as 
an  agent  with  which  to  clear  large 
tracks  of  land  and  prepare  them  for 
agricultural  usages. 

It  is  significant  to  state  that  while 
employed  by  the  Munson  &  Whit- 
taker firm,  Mr.  Harkin?  was  assigned 
to  take  personal  charge  of  the  tree 
surgery  work  done  on  the  estates  of 
Jno.  D.  Archbold,  the  New  York 
Standard  Oil  man;  ex-president  Theo- 
dore Roosevelt;  W.  E.  Roosevelt,  the 
former  president's  uncle,  and  Harry 
W.  King,  president  of  the  King  Bridge 
Company  of  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Harriott  Music  Store 
Aside  from  being  one  of  the  well- 
known  musicians  of  the  city,  Bertram 
J.  Harriott  conducts  one  of  the  largest 
music  stores  in  this  section  of  the 
state,  at  92  North  Main  Street.  The 
fact  that  Mr.  Harriott  is  a  pianist, 
drummer  and  singer  of  far  more  than 
ordinary  ability,  has  been  of  immense 
benefit  to  him  in  conducting  his 
extensive  business,  for  he    has   been 


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better  qualified  to  buy  from  the  manu-  subjects.  The  College  was  established 
facturers.  In  his  large,  well-kept  store  in  1887,  and  is  one  of  Concord's 
one  finds  a  high-class  line  of  musical  '  oldest  institutions.  It  enjoys  a  large 
instruments,  including  drums,  violins  annual  enrollment,  matriculating  stu- 
and  pianos,  the  largest  line  of  sheet  dents  from  New  Hampshire,  Mass- 
music  in  the  state,  Edison  and  Colum- 
bia talking  machines,  the  latest  records 
and  a  line  of  Standard  sewing  ma- 
chines. 

Mr.  Harriott  has  lived  in  Concord 
from  a  mere  boy,  learning  the  trade 
of  a  silversmith  early  in  life,  and  fol- 
lowing his  trade  in  several  large  cities 
before  locating  permanently  in  Con- 
cord. As  a  young  man  he  was  promi- 
nent in  musical  circles  and  this  fact 
led  him  into  the  line  of  business  he 
now  follows.  For  fourteen  years  he 
was  connected  with  the  Prescott 
Company,  and  since  1913  has  been 
in  business  for  himself.  He  started  by 
leasing  half  of  the  store  from  the 
company  he  formerly  worked  for; 
but  within  a  year  he  has  taken  over 


C.  C.  Craft 


Bertram  J.  Harriott 

the  entire  establishment  and  is  meet- 
ing with  unqualified  success. 

Concord  Business  College 

The  Concord  Business  College  is 
the  only  institution  in  Concord  de- 
voted exclusively  to  teaching  business 


achusetts,  Maine,  Vermont,  and 
Canada. 

The  College,  formerly  known  as 
the  National  School  of  Business,  be- 
came Concord  Business  College  when 
the  present  principal,  Mr.  Craft,  took 
complete  charge  of  the  college  in  1910. 
Mr.  Craft  had  already  been  connected 
with  the  college  seven  years,  as  prin- 
cipal of  the  commercial  department. 

The  college  enjoys  the  confidence  of 
the  business  men  and  the  public,  and 
has  graduated  some  of  the  best  qual- 
ified bookkeepers  and  stenographers 
in  New  England.  Its  methods  have 
always  been  progressive  and  up- 
to-date.  It  was  the  first  in  the  East 
to  establish  a  course  in  stenotypyr 
and  holds  the  honor  of  graduating 
the  first  two  stenotype  operators  in 
New  England.  The  courses  are 
thorough  and  practical,  the  teachers 
painstaking  and  competent,  and  the 
college  has  a  first-class  equipment 
for  its  work. 


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Store  of  Brown  &  Batchelder 


Brown  &  Batchelder 
The  accompanying  illustration  is  a 
picture  of  the  new  store  front  of 
Brown  &  Batchelder's  Clothing 
House,  one  of  the  finest  stores  in  New 
England.  There  are  eleven  separate 
window  displays  and  the  arrangement 
is  very  unique.  Inside,  the  store  is 
fitted  throughout  with  quartered  oak 
shelving  and  glass  front  cabinets  for 
the  display  of  shirts  and  underwear, 
and  all  clothing  is  carried  in  glass 
front  cabinets.  The  selling  space  is 
40  x  95  and  every  modern  conven- 
ience for  the  display  of  merchandise 
and  the  comfort  of  customers  is 
found.  The  business  was  estab- 
lished in  1890.  A  high  class  of  mer- 
chandise has  always  been  featured, 
and  this  firm  enjoys  a  liberal  patron- 
age not  only  from  Concord  but  from 
all  parts  of  the  state. 

Parisian  Dry  Cleaning  Company 
Among  Concord's  younger  estab- 
lishments is  the  Parisian  Dry  Cleaning 
Company,  managed  by  J.  F.  Durrell. 
The  process  of  dry  cleaning  is  com- 
paratively a  new  one,  and  it  was  not 
until  late  years  that  the  art  had  been 
perfected  to  the  extent  of  being  com- 
mercialized. The  success  of  the 
method  was  clue  to  the  fact  that 
neither  the  fit,  color  or  texture  of 
the  garment  was  altered,  while  "wet" 


cleaning  with  soap  and  water  usually 
affected    one    or    all.       The    phrase 
"Dry    Cleaning"    originated    in    the 
fact   that    no   water   is    used    in   the 
process,  the  garment  being  washed  in 
the  purest  naphtha  which  removes  all 
spots  and  leaves  the  cloth  in  the  finest 
possible    condition.      Mr.    Durrell    is 
an  enterprising  business  man  and  is 
constantly    bettering    his    establish- 
ment and  is  at  the  present  time  using 
the  Bowser  sj^stem,  the  most  up-to- 
date  and   complete   method   ever  in- 
vented.   The  field  of  the  new  method 
of     renovating     clothes     has     grown 
steadily  and  each  day  a  new  customer 
is  attracted  by  the  thoroughness  with 
which    their    work    is    being    done. 
It    has    been    often    proven    by    the 
Parisian  Dry  Cleaning  Company  that 
anything  in  the  line  of  clothes   can 
be  renovated  to  the  satisfaction  of  the 
most    critical.      Particular    attention 
is    being    paid    to    the    cleaning    and 
finishing  of  antique  and  modern  laces, 
Mrs.  Durrell  having  personal  charge 
of    this    department.      The    plant    is 
modern    in    every    respect    and    has 
many    improvements    and    new    ma- 
chines never  heretofore  used,  includ- 
ing a  machine  for  removing  the  dust 
from    clothing    and    a    steaming    ap- 
paratus by  which  all  garments  that 
are  suitable  are  treated  to  a  flow  of 
super-heated     steam      before     being 


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pressed,  which  brightens  the  colors 
and  kills  all  odors  which  may  be  in 
them.  The  office  and  works  of  the 
Parisian  Dry  Cleaning  Company  are 
at  13  South  State  Street, 

The  Kimball  Studio 

This  is  one  of  the  old  houses, 
having  been  established  by  William 
H.   Kimball  in   1849.     At  'that  time 


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Entrance  to  Kimball's  Studio 

the  daguerreotype  on  silver  plated 
copper  was  the  only  picture  made, 
and  many  are  still  in  existence. 
About  1859-60,  photography  came 
to  the  front  and  soon  took  the  leading 
place  for  portraits  and  views.  About 
1882-83  the  dry  plate,  for  instan- 
taneous work,  came  into  use,  and 
since  then  the  developments  in  all 
branches  of  the  art  have  been  great. 
Mr.  W.  G.  C.  Kimball  became 
propietor  in  1868.  Afterwards,  Mr. 
Richard  H.  Kimball,  his  son,  was 
a  partner  until  his  death  in  1909. 
This   studio   has   a   wide   reputation 


for    artistic    work,    receiving    many 
medals  in  open  competition. 

W.   C.   Gibson's 

A  store  in  this  city  that  has  some- 
thing of  interest  to  everybody  is  that 
of  W.  C.  Gibson.  It  is  the  only  book 
and  stationery  store  in  Concord  with 
a  periodical  department,  and  is  the 
center  of  much  activity  when  the  pop- 
ular magazines  make  their  appear- 
ance. The  establishment  is  one  of 
the  oldest  of  its  kind  and  until  1898 
was  owned  by  Charles  F.  Batchelder. 
Mr.  Gibson  is  a  very  enterprising  man 
and  is  continually  devoting  his  time 
to  making  his  store  attractive  to  his 
trade.  It  has  long  been  a  slogan  that 
if  it  is  in  the  market  you  can  get  it  at 
Gibson's.  Aside  from  the  regular  line 
of  goods  an  attractive  corner  of  the 
store  is  devoted  to  a  circulating  li- 
brary, many  people  daily  taking  ad- 
vantage of  the  fact  that  the  latest 
books  are  obtainable  from  this  source. 
Another  interesting  feature  is  the 
postal  card  novelty  counter,  where  the 
latest  cards  can  always  be  found. 
The  store  is  located  in  the  Eagle 
Hotel  Block  at  106  North  Main  Street. 

W.  A.  Thompson  Shoe  House 
The  largest  and  probably  best- 
known  shoe  store  in  Concord  is  the 
establishment  of  W.  A.  Thompson,  lo- 
cated at  73  North  Main  Street.  For 
years  the  firm  has  been  a  leader  among 
progressive  retail  shoe  houses  of  New 
Hampshire  and  the  reason  is  not  hard 
to  find,  for  the  late  proprietor  was 
known  throughout  the  country  among 
the  manufacturers  and  jobbers  as  a 
thoroughly  honest,  reliable  and  up-to- 
date  retail  merchant  of  shoes.  In  fact 
he  was  honored  several  years  before 
his  death  on  May  22,  1913,  with  the 
position  of  president  of  the  National 
Association  of  Retail  Dealers,  an  or- 
ganization of  representative  dealers 
with  members  scattered  from  the 
Pacific  to  the  Atlantic. 

Mr.  Thompson  started  in  the  boot 
and  shoe  business  in  a  little  store  in 
the  building  now  known  as  the  First 


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National  Bank  building.  By  judicious 
advertising,  and  dealing  in  reliable 
makes  that  other  firms  did  not  have, 
his  business  prospered  to  the  extent 
that  he  soon  outgrew  his  initial  quar- 
ters and,  in  August,  1885,  he  moved  to 
a  commodious  store  in  Bailey  Block 
where  he  remained  until  the  growth 
of  his  business  forced  him  to  change 
locations  again.  At  that  time  he 
moved  to  48  North  Main  Street  in  the 
store  now  occupied  by  Nelson's  Five 
Cent  Store.  From  there  he  moved  his 
business  to  the  present  location  at  73 
North  Main  Street. 

In  February,  1902,  Mr.  Thompson 
employed  George  M.  White  of  Lan- 
caster as  his  head  clerk,  and  Mr. 
White  has  remained  with  the  firm 
ever  since,  becoming  manager  of  the 
business  upon  the  occasion  of  the 
death  of  the  proprietor  in  May,  1913, 
and  directing  it  with  excellent  judg- 
ment and  business  skill. 

At  the  present  time  the  business  is 
conducted  along  the  same  lines  laid 
out  by  Mr.  Thompson  in  1880  and 
strictly  adhered  to  ever  since.  Full 
value  in  footwear  returned  for  every 
dollar  expended  has  safeguarded  the 
patrons  of  the  establishment  for  years 
and  still  continues  to  bring  new  pa- 
trons. The  leading  lines  in  footwear 
carried  by  the  firm  are  Sorosis  and 
Grover  soft  shoes  for  women  and 
Elite  and  Bannister  shoes  for  men. 

J.  H.  Forster 

The  typewriter  has  become  so 
closely  allied  with  modern  business 
that  no  enterprising  American  city 
would  know  how  to  get  along  without 
the  expert  services  of  a  typewriter 
specialist.  The  only  business  man 
in  Concord  who  handles  typewriters 
and  office  supplies  alone  is  Mr. 
J.  H.  Forster,  who  conducts,  at  his 
home  in  the  Toof  Apartments,  the 
Concord  Typewriter  Exchange  and 
the  Concord  Mailing  Company.  Mr. 
Forster  sells,  rents  and  exchanges 
all  makes  of  typewriters;  he  handles 
ribbons  and  carbon  paper  and  sells 
all   kinds  of  office  supplies.     His  is 


the  only  up-to-date  multigraph  ma- 
chine in  town  and  on  it  he  can  turn 
out  around  3,000  high-class  form 
letters  in  an  hour.  He  has  had  ten 
years'  experience  in  this  line  of  work. 
Mr.  Forster  came  here  from  Wor- 
cester, Mass.,  in  1910  as  repair  man 
and  salesman  for  the  Remington 
Typewriter  Company.  While  in  Wor- 
cester he  had  been  in  charge  of  the 
repair  department  of  that  company, 


J.  H.  Forster 

and,  previous  to  that  time,  had  been 
with  the  same  company  in  Boston 
and  New  York.  It  did  not  take  Mr. 
Forster  long  to  make  good  after  his 
arrival  here  and  now  he  has  established 
a  business  of  his  own  which  is  very 
extensive.  Aside  from  having  sold 
hundreds  of  machines  in  Concord 
he  keeps  many  in  repair  and  does  a 
large  business  in  the  territory  sur- 
rounding the  city. 

"The  New  Store." 

On  September  25,  1913,  "The  New 
Store"  at  79  North  Main  Street  began 
business,  carrying  women's  and  chil- 
dren's supplies,  and  art  needlework, 
but  specializing  in  three  lines,  milli- 


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nery,  corsets  and  waists.  The  name 
did  not  merely  imply  that  the  business 
was  new,  neither  did  it  bear  relation 


The  New  Store 

to  the  fact  that  the  venture  was 
launched  by  three  women,  Miss  M.  E. 
Marcy,  Mrs.  M.  H.  Tallant  and  Mrs. 
Mabel  R.  Hutchinson,  for  it  is  not  un- 
common to  find  women  as  owners 
and  managers  of  mercantile  estab- 
lishments. The  name  was  chosen  to 
convey  the  idea  that  the  store  would 
stand  for  new  goods,  new  ideals,  new 
methods  and  new  ideas,  and  that  the 
choice  of  name  was  a  good  one  is 
evidenced  by  the  steady  growth  in 
business  since  the  beginning. 

It  has  always  been  the  purpose  of 
the  firm  to  give  the  best  that  can  be 
had  for  the  money  and  in  this  regard 
great  care  has  been  used  in  purchasing 
with  the  thought  of  getting  right 
goods  for  everyone.  People  always 
receive  courteous  treatment  and  are 
dealt  with  squarely  at  The  New 
Store. 

The  store  itself  is  a  well  arranged, 
adequately  lighted  and  ventilated  in- 
terior, situated  right  in  the  very  cen- 
ter of  the  business  district  on  the  west 
side  of  North  Main  street,  a  few  doors 
south  of  the  corner  of  School.  An  ex- 
cellent display  of  art  needlework,  mil- 
linery and  waists  is  made  in  just  that 
neat  and  attractive  style  that  one 
would  expect  of  the  three  ladies  who 
conduct  the  business  and  personally 
attend  to  the  wants  of  the  numerous 
patrons. 


The  Men's  Shop 

Located  at  5  South  Main  Streetr 
just  south  of  the  corner  of  Pleasant 
Street  junction,  is  the  neat  and  well- 
stocked  establishment  of  George  W. 
Wilde,  who  caters  to  the  trade  in  what 
he  has  pleased  to  call  "The  Men's 
Shop."  The  name  of  the  store  is 
wholly  indicative  of  the  nature  of  the 
business,  for  Mr.  Wilde  seeks  to  serve 
the  wants  of  men  exclusively,  and  has 
stocked  his  shop  with  high-class  goods 
of  the  variety  that  particularly  ap- 
peal to  an  intelligent  class  of  trade. 
"Quality  first"  is  a  business  motto 
which  this  young  man  has  adopted, 
not  particularly  because  of  the  pretty 
sentiment,  but  for  the  sensible  reason 
that  to  stick  to  it  means  satisfied 
customers.  Here  a  man  may  find 
every  article  of  wearing  apparel 
suited  to  his  needs,  even  to  a  fine  line 
of  the  best  shoes. 


George  Wilde 

Mr.  Wilde  was  born  in  Boston,, 
and,  after  completing  his  education 
at  Mt.  Hermon  Academy,  he  came  to 
Concord,    eight   years    ago,  to    enter 


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the  clothing  business.  He  worked 
with  several  of  the  larger  clothing 
stores  of  Concord  as  clerk,  window 
trimmer  and  sign  writer,  leaving  his 
last  employer  to  enter  business  for 
himself  on  October  15,  1914. 

His  venture  has  proven  most  suc- 
cessful, and  in  spite  of  the  fact  that 
business  has  not  been  the  best  any- 
where in  the  country  this  spring  he 
gets  his  fair  share  of  the  local  trade. 
His  stock,  while  not  large,  is  excellent 
because  of  his  ability  to  buy  the  solid, 
substantial,  yet  attractive  lines,  that 
every  particular  man  uses.  Such  hus- 
tling young  business  men  as  Mr.  Wilde 
are  a  credit  to  the  community  and  asset 
to  the  business  section  of  the  city. 

Mark  E.  Gordon 
The  business  place  of  Mark  E. 
Gordon,  at  93  North  Main  Street, 
has  come  to  be  known  as  the  "family 
outfitting  store,"  for  here  can  be 
obtained  high-grade  and  popular- 
priced  wearing  apparel  for  men, 
young  men  and  boys,  for  women, 
misses  and  girls.  The  several  depart- 
ments are  attractively  arranged  in 
the  store  which  is  well  ventilated  and 
light.  In  the  rear  is  the  office  and 
alteration  department. 


Store  of  Mark  E.  Gordon 

Mr.  Gordon,  the  proprietor,  was 
born  in  Boston  forty-one  years  ago, 
and  has  worked  up  through  the 
successive  stages  of  his  business  as 
clerk,  salesman,  buyer  and  manager. 


He  came  here  seventeen  years  ago  as 
manager  for  the  E.  Gately  Company 
and  on  April  6,  1906,  started  business 
for  himself  at  the  present  location. 
The  growth  of  his  business  has  been 
steady  and  rapid,  due  entirely  to  the 
untiring  energy  of  the  proprietor. 

He  has  associated  with  him,  a 
competent  corps  of  popular  clerks, 
including  May  E.  Foley,  Margaret 
Kerslake,  Jane  Giles,  H.  Audette 
and  Joseph  Lee. 

John  F.  Waters. 
One  of  the  leaders  in  the  automobile 
livery    business    in    Concord,    today, 
is    John    F.    Waters,    who    conducts 


John  F.  Water's  Garage 

his  own  garage  on  Freight  Street. 
He  runs  three  fine,  closed  cars  and 
his  place  of  business  is  never  closed. 
In  addition  to  his  livery  business, 
Mr.  Waters  conducts  a  repair  depart- 
ment, where  he  keeps  two  repair  men 
busy  all  of  the  time,  and  sells  gas 
together  with  a  small  line  of  automo- 
bile supplies. 

Mr.  Waters  came  here  in  1897  and 
went  to  work  for  his  uncle,  George 
W.  Waters,  a  local  funeral  director. 
He  continued  with  his  uncle  at  odd 
times  until  1910,  but  for  a  period  of 
several  years  before  that  time  was 
associated  with  the  local  office  of  the 
American  Express  Company  as  driver, 
clerk  and  assistant  cashier. 

In  September,  1910,  he  entered  the 
automobile  business  as  a  chauffeur 
in  the  employ  of  Norris  Dunklee,  and 
remained  in  this  line  of  work  until 


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he  went  into  business  for  himself  in 
May,  1911.  He  ran  one  machine 
until  the  spring  of  1912  when  he  put 
another  closed  car  into  service  and, 
a  short  time  after  that,  increased 
business  obliged  him  to  put  the  third 
car  into  his  extensive  livery  business 
until  now  he  has  three  cars  going 
night  and  day. 

The  Cloverdale  Company 

The  Concord  branch  of  the  Clover- 
dale  Company  is  one  of  the  most  at- 
tractive of  their  sixty-five  stores. 
There  are  twelve  other  branches  in 


The  Cloverdale  Company  was  or- 
ganized in  Boston  in  1900  and  has  its 
office  and  warehouse  at  38,  39,  40 
South  Market  Street  and  14  Chatham 
Street,  Boston.  All  its  business  is 
conducted  on  a  strictly  cash  basis, 
both  buying  and  selling.  There  is  no 
delivery  of  goods  and  no  sales  on 
credit.  The  savings  in  these  two 
items  means  that  the  prices  named  by 
them  are  for  the  value  of  the  goods 
only.  No  customer  is  called  upon  to 
pay  any  share  of  a  fixed  charge  for  an 
expensive  delivery  system  or  for 
losses  due  to  bad  bills. 


Crackers,  Butter  and  Cheese  Departments,  Cloverdale  Store 


New  Hampshire,  located  at  Man- 
chester (4),  Derry,  Penacook,  Tilton, 
Laconia,  Rochester,  Somersworth, 
Claremont  and  Keene.  Clean  stores, 
courteous  treatment,  low  prices  and 
high-grade  goods  have  earned  for 
this  company  great  success  and  an 
enviable  reputation. 


The  accompanying  illustration, 
showing  the  cracker,  cheese  and  but- 
ter departments,  is  one  used  by  Wal- 
lace F.  Purrington,  state  food  and 
drug  inspector,  in  his  pure  food  lec- 
tures throughout  the  state,  as  a  model 
section  of  a  pure  food  store,  every- 
thing being  displayed  under  glass  cov- 


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267 


ers.  The  photograph  was  taken  by 
Messrs.  Purrington  and  State  Chemist 
Howard,  who  both  commented  very 
highly  on  the  up-to-date  methods  em- 
ployed by  the  company  in  the  hand- 
ling of  pure  foods.  The  specialties 
carried  by  them  are  butter,  cheese, 
eggs,  lard,  beans,  coffee,  tea,  cocoa, 
crackers  and  canned  goods. 

The  high  standard  of  the  Clover- 


following,  who  were  well  known  citi- 
zens at  that  time:  Joseph  Low,  A.  C. 
Pierce,  John  Gibson,  N.  G.  Upham, 
George  0.  Odlin,  Perkins  Gale,  Ben- 
jamin Grover,  George  Hutchins,  John 
Gass,  Cyrus  Hill. 

The  price  of  gas  at  that  time  was 
$4  per  thousand  cubic  feet.  Since 
then  the  price  has  been  reduced  at 
various  times  as  manufacturing  facil- 


Interior  of  Concord  Light  &  Power  Company's  Office 


dale  quality,  together  with  low  prices 
and  fair  treatment,  have  made  this 
enterprising  concern  one  of  Concord's 
marked  successes.  For  the  past  ten 
years  the  affairs  of  the  Concord  branch 
have  been  ably  taken  care  of  by 
Jerome  A.  Kelly. 

Concord  Light  and  Power 
Company 

The  Concord  Gas  Light  Company 
was    incorporated    in    1850,    by    the 


ities  havs  improved,  until  the  present 
price  of  $1.20  per  thousand  cubic 
feet  has  been  reached.  Gas  is  one 
of  the  few  commodities  that  has 
gradually  been  reduced  in  price. 
The  gas  mains  of  this  company 
reach  nearly  every  section  of  Concord 
proper,  and  practically  every  home 
takes  advantage  of  this  service.  The 
company  supplies  gas  for  light,  heat 
and  power,  and  is  one  of  the  substan- 
tial industries  of  Concord. 


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Conn's  Theatre 
Ask  anyone  in  Concord  to  whom  it 
is  the  amusement-loving  public  of  the 
city  owes  the  greatest  debt  and  they 


build  the  Palace  Theatre  on  Pleasant 
Street. 

In  1911  the  old  Durgin  silverware 
factory  on  School  Street  was  de- 
stroyed by  fire.  While  the  gaunt, 
ruined  walls  of  the  building  were 
still  wreathed  in  a  haze  of  smoke  from 
the  heap  of  blackened  brick  and 
smouldering  timbers  that  lay  in  the 
cellar,  the  trade  was  consummated 
whereby  Captain  Conn  became  the 
owner  of  the  land  and  what  was  left 
of  the  Durgin  building.  He  imme- 
diately got  busy  on  his  new  acquisi- 
tion. Working  nights  and  Sundays 
at  his  tailoring  business,  he  spent  the 
remainder  of  the  time  on  the  Durgin 
lot,  tearing  down  ruins  and  cleaning 
brick.  In  June,  1911,  the  cornerstone 
of  his  new  theatre  was  laid  and  on 
October  14  of  the  following  year  the 


Captain  Jacob  Conn 

will  tell  you  to  Capt.  Jacob  Conn. 
Without  a  doubt  Captain  Conn  has 
done  more  to  stir  up  the  theatrical 
and  motion  picture  business  in  the 
Capital  City  than  any  other  one  man. 
He  has  never  lagged  behind,  but  has 
kept  all  competitors  on  the  jump,  and 
today  he  owns  the  cozy  little  School 
Street  theatre  and  has  already  broken 
ground  for  the  construction  of  a  large 
and  modern  picture  house  on  the  site 
of  the  Dunklee  stable  on  Pleasant 
Street. 

The  life  story  of  Captain  Conn  is 
too  well  known,  both  in  the  city  and 
state,  to  need  comment  at  this  time. 
Suffice  it  to  say  he  started  business 

here  in  1898  on  a  borrowed  capital  of  cozy  little  theatre  was  completed  and 
$2.50,  and  today  he  owns  the  Conn  thrown  open  to  the  public.  Although 
Theatre  on  School  Street,  considerable  Conn's  Theatre  has  been  open  con- 
other  real  estate,  and  is  preparing  to     tinuously  since  that  date  it  has  only 


Conn's  Theatre 


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been  since  last  February  that  the 
owner  has  been  able  to  give  the  busi- 
ness his  undivided  attention.  Since 
then  he  has  kept  things  humming  in 
the  local  theatrical  field  and,  when 
his  beautiful  and  commodious  new 
theatre  on  Pleasant  Street  is  com- 
pleted and  open  to  the  public,  he  will 
have  the  finest  theatrical  business  in 
the  state. 

Conn  Tailoring  Company 

Probably  the  youngest  proprietor 
of  any  business  house  in  Concord 
is  Israel  Louis  Seligman,  owner  and 
manager  of  the  Conn  Tailoring  Com- 
pany, 5  School  Street,  at  the  age  of 
twenty-three  years.  Although  he  has 
been  in  charge  of  the  business  but 
a  short  time,  Mr.  Seligman  has  already 
proven  his  worth  as  a  successor  to 
his  uncle,  Jacob  Conn,  who  conducted 
a*  successful  tailoring  business  in  the 
same  store  for  a  long  period  of  years. 

Mr.  Seligman,  the  present  pro- 
prietor, was  born  in  London,  England, 
on  March  18,  1892,  the  son  of  Maurice 
J.  and  Cecilia  Seligman.  When  he 
was  eighteen  months  old  his  father 
died  and,  as  an  infant,  he  returned 
with  his  mother  to  the  home  of 
her  parents  in  German-Poland.  Four 
years  later  his  mother  died,  leaving 
Israel  an  orphan  at  the  age  of  five 
years.  For  a  number  of  years  he 
remained  with  his  grandparents  in 
Poland,  entering  the  tailoring  busi- 
ness at  the  age  of  fourteen  as  an  ap- 
prentice. When  fifteen  years  of  age 
the  young  man  went  to  London  to 
live  with  his  uncle,  Louis  Conn,  a 
prosperous  merchant  of  the  English 
metropolis,  who  has  recently  moved 
from  that  city  to  Manchester,  N.  H. 

Israel  Seligman  was  only  eighteen 
years  of  age  when  he  came  to  this 
country  and  located  in  Concord  as  an 
employee  of  A.  I.  Cohn.  Here  he  re- 
mained for  four  and  a  half  years,  enter- 
ing the  employ  of  Jacob  Conn  for  a 
short  time  before  making  a  trip  to 
Minneapolis  and  thence  back  to 
Boston,  in  both  of  which  places  he 


worked  at  his  trade.  In  Boston  he 
was  employed  for  two  years  by  the 
tailoring  house  of  Lynsky  Brothers. 

In  January,  1914,  Mr.  Seligman 
opened  a  tailoring  establishment  on 
Elm  Street  in  Manchester  and  still 
retains  a  half  interest  in  that  firm, 
although  he  is  now  giving  his  personal 
supervision  to  the  Conn  Tailoring 
Company,  which  he  purchased  and 
took  charge  of  on  February  1,  1915, 
and  which  is  located  in  this  city  at 
5  School  Street.  Mr.  Seligman  is  an 
expert  cutter  of  men's  garments  and 
is  an  experienced  tailor  and  for  these 
reasons  experiences  no  difficulty  in 
satisfying  his  numerous  customers. 


I.  L.  Seligman 

His  shop,  conveniently  located  in 
the  very  heart  of  the  business  dis- 
trict, contains  a  fine  line  of  the  best 
woolens  and  his  line  of  ladies'  furs  is 
one  of  the  best  to  be  found  in  central 
New  Hampshire.  Mr.  Seligman's 
energy  and  power  of  concentration 
have  gained  for  him  success  at  a  very 
early  period  in  life  and  his  many 
friends  are  willing  to  prophecy  for  him 
a  brilliant  future  of  achievement. 
He  is  unmarried  and  a  member  of  the 
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Johnson's  Eagle  Garage 


The  Eagle  Garage 
Fred   Lincoln   Johnson,    proprietor 
of  the  Eagle  Garage,  is  a  pioneer  in 
this  important  branch  of  business  in 


Fred  Lincoln  Johnson 

New  Hampshire.  Born  in  Concord 
on  June  8,  1872,  he  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  the  city. 
As  a  student  at  the  manual  training 
school,   he  early  evinced  great  apti- 


tude in  studies  of  the  mechanical  arts, 
which  probably  influenced  him  in  no 
small  degree  when  he  made  his 
choice  of  a  life  work.  In  1887  he 
won  the  first  prize  offered  manual 
training  school  pupils  and,  after  leav- 
ing school,  entered  the  bicycle  and 
camera  business. 

In  1893  Mr.  Johnson  won  the  state 
championships  in  the  one-half  and 
two-mile  bicycle  races,  later  purchas- 
ing the  first  motor  cycle  that  ever 
came  into  the  city  and  being  one  of 
the  first  to  own  an  automobile.  He 
was  also  greatly  interested  in  yachting 
and  organized  the  Lake  Penacook 
Yacht  Club  in  1898.  In  1903  Mr. 
Johnson  went  into  the  garage  busi- 
ness, building  the  Eagle  Garage  in 
1905.  In  1911  he  built  an  auto  ice- 
boat which  could  be  run  over  ice  by 
means  of  an  aeroplane  propeller. 

Mr.  Johnson  is  vice-president  of  the 
New  Hampshire  Automobile  Dealer 
and  Accessories  Association  and  has 
always  interested  himself  in  municipal 
affairs,  he  being  chairman  of  the  auto- 
mobile parade  committee  and  chief 
marshal  of  the  automobile  division  of 
the  trade  and  civic  parade  of  the  one 
hundred  and  fiftieth  anniversary  cele- 
bration. He  is  a  member  of  all  the 
Masonic  bodies,  including  the  32d 
degree,  and  Bektash  Temple  of  the 
Mystic  Shrine. 


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Ward's  Vulcanizing  Works 
One  of  the  best  known  men  in  the 
local  automobile  field  is  William  T. 
Ward,  who  has  a  place  of  business 
at  27  South  Main  Street.  Mr.  Ward 
first  located  in  business  at  Penacook, 
where  he  conducted  the  Penacook 
Vulcanizing  Works  in  the  garage  of 
C.  P.  Grimes.  When  Mr.  Grimes 
sold  out  he  located  at  Hoyt's  Garage, 
but  with  the  rapid  growth  of  business 
in  the  early  part  of  1912  moved  to  the 
city  proper  and  started  in  his  present 
business.  More  recently  he  has 
opened  an  automobile  supply  and 
inquiry  station  on  the  state  road  sev- 
eral miles  below  the  new  Lower 
Bridge,  now  in  process  of  erection. 

From  March  of  that  year  the  busi- 
ness steadily  increased  until  he  was 
doing  a  big  supply  business  with  both 
dealers  and  consumers.  In  the  spring 
of  1914  he  opened  a  garage,  catering 
to  Ford  repairs  at  75  South  Main 
Street,  but  the  venture  proved  disas- 


ance  of  the  young  man  stood  him  in 
good  stead  and  in  March,  1915,  he 
was  doing  business  again  at  his  old 


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stand,  which  he  had  retained  in  spite 
of  reverses. 

One  incident  of  Mr.  Ward's  busi- 
ness career,  that  has  attracted  con- 
siderable local  attention,  concerns  his 
repeated  attempts  to  induce  the  city 
government  to  grant  him  the  privilege 
of  placing  a  gasoline  pump  on  the  curb. 
Last  October  the  city  government 
ordered  all  curb  gasoline  pumps  to  be 
taken  in  and  Mr.  Ward  complied 
with  the  order.  The  next  month  the 
garage  adjacent  to  Mr.  Ward  was 
successful  in  a  petition  to  locate  a 
street  pump  to  take  the  place  of  the 
one  they  had  taken  in.  The  adjacent 
firm  placed  their  pump  near  the  di- 
viding line  between  the  two  places 
of  business.  When  Mr.  Ward  applied 
•for  permission  to  relocate  his  pump, 
trous  because  Mr.  Ward  was  unable  to  he  was  informed  that  it  wasn't  nec- 
give  his  personal  supervision  to  both  essary  to  have  two  pumps  located 
places.  A  reorganization  of  the  busi-  so  close  together  and  that  his  business 
ness  was  necessary,  but  the  persever-     was    an    obstruction    to    the    similar 


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business  next  door.  For  these  reasons, 
which  Mr.  Ward  declares  are  unjust, 
his  petition  has  been  refused,  and  he 
is  obliged  to  carry  gas  to  his  customers 
in  five-gallon  cans  across  the  side- 
walk. 

Mr.  Ward  is  selling  the  best  in 
auto  supplies,  gasoline  and  bicycles 
and  offers  to  the  public  a  free  delivery 
service  within  a  radius  of  two  miles. 
Any  automobilist  whose  gasoline 
runs  out  or  who  has  to  stop  on  ac- 
count of  tire  trouble  within  two  miles 
of  Mr.  Ward's  place  can  secure  the 
necessary  assistance  without  extra 
charge  by  telephoning  913-M.  He 
guarantees  all  of  his  vulcanizing  be- 
yond an  argument  and  sells  tires  on 
the  Goodrich  Fair  List  basis,  keeping 
all  tires  in  repair  against  accident 
until  they  have  served  for  3,500  miles 
of  travel. 

E.  W.  Tibbetts,  Tailor 

Earl  W.  Tibbetts,  who  conducts  a 
highly  successful  tailoring  establish- 
ment in  the  Hill  Block,  at  27  School 
Street,  accounts  for  his  satisfactory 
business  by  reason  of  his  ability  to 


tinue  their  patronage,  and  nine  times 
out  of  ten  he  succeeds  in  doing  so. 

Mr.  Tibbetts,  who  learned  the 
tailoring  business  with  some  of  the 
best  tailoring  houses  in  New  England, 
came  here  from  Stoughton,  Mass., 
in  April,  1912,  and  has  never  changed 
his  location.  He  caters  to  a  high 
class  of  trade  and,  having  been  in  the 
tailoring  business  since  he  was  four- 
teen years  of  age,  he  is  well  qualified 
to  satisfy  his  class  of  customers. 

That  he  has  been  successful  is  ob- 
vious to  one  who  has  watched  his 
business  increase  in  the  past  few 
years.  Mr.  Tibbetts  carries  a  fine 
line  of  the  well-known  Bruner  woolens 
and  guarantees  them  to  give  the 
highest  satisfaction. 

Concord  Wiring  and-  Supply 
Company 

Nowadays  electricity  plays  an  im- 
portant part  in  many  phases  of  every- 
day life,  but  there  is  no  place  where  it 
would  be  missed  more  than  in  the 
modern  home.  The  business  of  the 
Concord  Wiring  and  Supply  Com- 
pany at  9  Capitol  Street,  owned  and 
managed  by  William  T.  Ferns,  con- 
cerns itself  with  all  kinds  of  electric 
light,  power  and  bell  wiring,  repair- 
ing, supplies,  etc.,  and  while  it  by  no 


Earl  W.  Tibbetts 

make  satisfied  customers.  He  in- 
tends to  make  new  customers  satis- 
fied to  the  extent  that  thev  will  con- 


Concord  Wiring  and  Supply  Company 

means  is  confined  to  the  homes  of 
Concord,  yet  a  large  part  of  the  work 
is  done  in  the  residences  of  Concord 
citizens.  For  this  reason  it  has  come 
to  be  one  of  the  best-known  concerns 
in  the   city,   although   its   institution 


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dates  back  to  a  comparatively  recent 
time. 

It  was  on  December  1,  1912,  that 
the  Concord  Wiring  and  Supply  Com- 
pany started  in  business  in  a  little 
store  in  the  rear  of  9  Capitol  Street. 
The  firm  filled  a  long-felt  need  in  this 
city  and  it  grew  rapidly.  In  less  than 
two  j^ears,  or  to  be  exact,  in  Novem- 
ber, 1914,  Mr.  Ferns  was  obliged  to 
move  into  his  present  commodious 
quarters  at  7  Capitol  Street. 

The  front  part  of  the  establish- 
ment is  fitted  as  an  office  and  sales- 
room, where  a  complete  line  of  cook- 
ing, heating,  lighting  and  wiring  ap- 
pliances of  the  very  best  styles  and 
makes  may  be  found.  The  rear  of 
the  store  is  used  as  a  stockroom  and 
workshop.  Here  a  force  of  skilled 
workmen  may  be  found,  who  can  ac- 
complish any  kind  of  a  wiring  job 
without  any  trace  of  the  work  being 
left  behind  and  in  the  shortest  possi- 
ble space  of  time.  The  firm  telephone 
number  is  471-M. 

Gregory  Roig  Farre 

Is  a  native  of  Spain  and  came  to 
Concord  two  years  ago,  establishing 
a  ladies'  tailoring  business,  known  as 
"Paris,  New  York,  Concord,"  of 
which  he  is  the  proprietor.  Mr.  Farre 
has  traveled  over  a  score  of  countries, 
speaks,  writes  and  reads  half  a  dozen 
languages,  including  the  international 
auxiliary  tongue,  Esperanto,  of  which 
he  is  very  fond,  and  prophesies  that 
the  knowledge  of  it  by  every  nation 
in  the  world  is  a  matter  of  not  more 
than  two  generations,  and  is  further 
of  the  opinion  that  it  will  do  more 
for  the  peace  of  the  world  than  any 
other  one  thing. 

Being  particularly  a  close  student 
of  politics,  he  has  had  opportunity  to 
study,  the  customs  of  many  lands  and 
specially  he  seems  to  be  very  familiar 
with  the  social  and  political  habits  of 
our  sister  republics  to  the  south  of  us. 
Concerning  what  has  transpired  in 
Mexico  during  the  last  few  years,  he 
has  been  so  accurate  in  his  predictions, 
that  were  it  not  for  his  modesty,  he 


might  well  say  "I  told  you  so." 
Although  he  has  been  in  this  country 
less  than  eight  years,  his  knowledge  of 
the  English  language  is  fully  as  ex- 
tensive as  that  of  many  a  native 
American,  having  written  for  several 
newspapers  in  the  United  States  on 
politics  and  political  economy. 

As  a  tailor,  designer,  and  cutter, 
his  name  is  known  in  many  countries, 
he  being  an  author  of  technical  sar- 
torial works  published  in  the  leading 
sartorial  journals.     He  was  also  con- 


Gregory  Roig  Farre 

nected  with  the  Jno.  J.  Mitchell 
Company  of  New  York,  London, 
Paris,  Berlin,  and  Vienna,  a  leading 
fashion  publishing  house.  Although 
he  was  completely  a  stranger  in  Con- 
cord, his  business  has  made  a  sub- 
stantial growth,  as  he  has  also  made 
many  friends  due  to  his  personality 
and  logic. 

Mr.  Farre  is  a  member  of  the  N.  A. 
E.  A.,  the  N.  E.  E.  A.  and  the  M.  I. 
of  A.  and  S.  of  Manchester,  where  he 
conducts  a  class  in  Spanish  every 
Thursday,  as  well  as  of  the  Wono- 
lancet  Club. 

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than  that  of  the  average  young  man  is 
proven  by  the  fact  that  besides  giving 
his  personal  attention  to  his  business, 
he  is,  in  his  spare  moments,  studying 
law  with  the  American  Correspond- 
ence School  of  Law  of,  Chicago,  111. 
So  great  is  his  desire  to  become  a 
lawyer  that  he  expects  to  succeed  and 
has  already  registered  his  name  in  the 
Supreme  Court  of  New  Hampshire 
for  examination  for  admission  to  the 
bar  at  the  end  of  his  mail  three-year 
course. 

Mr.  Farre  has  no  relatives  at  all  in 
this  country,  but  certainly  has  many 
friends. 

Heath's  Remnant  Store 

One  of  Concord's  youngest  mer- 
chants is  Willis  S.  Heath,  better 
known  to  his  numerous  local  friends 


Willis  S.  Heath 

as  "Sam"  Heath,  who  conducts  the 
New  Remnant  store  at  10  Warren 
Street.  Mr.  Heath  was  born  in 
Concord  on  November  14,  1888,  and 
received  his  early  education  in  the 
schools  of  this  city,  graduating  from 
the  local  high  school,  in  1907.  He 
entered  Brewster  Academy  at  Wolfe- 
boro  and  later  entered  the  Lowell 
Textile  School  at  Lowell,  Mass., 
where  he  remained  two  years,  earning 


money  enough  to  pay  his  tuition  and 
expenses  by  taking  charge  of  the 
school  remnant  store. 

Leaving  school  he  went  on  the  road 
for  the  American  W^oolen  Company, 
and  was  out  two  years,  giving  up  his 
position  to  open  a  remnant  store  on 
White  Street  in  Haverhill,  Mass.,  in 
the  fall  of  1912.  Meantime  he  had 
hired  several  counters  in  an  Elm 
Street  store  in  Manchester,  and 
was  transacting  considerable  business 
there  in  remnants.  Without  relin- 
quishing either  store  Mr.  Heath  went 
into  the  manufacturing  business  and 
for  a  year  and  a  half  manufactured 
ladies'  skirts  in  Groveland,  leaving 
that  business  to  increase  the  number 
of  his  retail  stores. 

In  February,  1915,  he  started  an- 
other business  in  one  room  at  10 
Warren  Street  and  in  less  than  four 
months  it  had  increased  to  the  extent 
that  he  was  obliged  two  add  to  more 
rooms  to  his  place  of  business,  making 
a  store  which  is  even  now  barely  large 
enough  to  accommodate  his  rapidly 
growing  trade. 

Abraham  I.  Cohn 
The  extensive  tailoring  establish- 
ment of  Abraham  I.  Cohn,  located 
in  the  Board  of  Trade  Building  "  under 
the  clock,"  has  been  built  up  from  a 
small  business  by  reason  of  the  per- 
severence,  integrity  and  ability  of 
the  owner.  Born  in  Germany  in 
1871,  Mr.  Cohn  came  to  America 
twenty  years  later  and  established 
his  local  business  in  1897,  starting  in 
the  same  building  where  his  establish- 
ment is  today,  but  in  much  smaller 
quarters. 

A  man,  to  be  a  successful  tailor, 
must  be  possessed  of  far  more  than 
mere  business  ability  and  a  desire  to 
make  money.  Building  clothes,  to 
Mr.  Cohn's  mind,  is  an  art  which  is 
developed  only  by  constant  study 
and  for  which  a  man  must  have  con- 
siderable latent  talent.  He  has  been 
highly  successful  in  fashioning  con- 
servative garments  which   possess   a 


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distinctive  touch  and  their  full  share  early  education.  In  1902  he  came  to 
of  character — clothes  that  distinquish  Concord  and  engaged  in  the  grocery 
the  work  of  an  artist  in  cloth.     How-     business  in   East  Concord,   with  his 

father,    under   the   name   of   Charles 
Peaslee  &  Son. 

In  1908,  on  account  of  poor  health, 
he  gave  up  active  work  in  the  store 
and,  having  a  natural  aptitude  for 
the  appraisal  of  real  estate  values, 
he  chose  this  field  for  his  endeavors. 

Mr.  Peaslee  has  specialized  in  the 
handling  of  farms,  timber  lots,  hotels 
and  stores,  and  by  giving  close  atten- 
tion to  his  patrons  has  built  up  an  ex- 
tensive business  along  these  lines. 
A  large  list  of  city  property  is  also 
included  in  his  lists.  He  has  taken 
the  agency  for  several  reliable  insur- 
ance companies  in  addition  to  his 
dealings  in  real  estate,  and  this  enables 
him  to  give  his  customers  adequate 
protection  for  their  investments. 

Messrs.  Bryant  &  Greenwood  of 
Chicago,  dealers  in  Florida  lands,  ap- 
pointed Mr.  Peaslee  as  their  agent  in 

Abraham  I.  Cohn 

ever  for  the  young  man,  who  desires 
the  ultra-fashionable  in  dress,  Mr. 
Cohn  is  able  to  make  just  that  style 
of  clothes  which  will  give  the  highest 
satisfaction.  He  is  also  an  expert 
fur  worker,  and  agent  for  one  of 
America's  leading  firms  of  ladies' 
tailors. 

Mr.  Cohn  is  public  spirited  to  a 
high  degree  and  always  anxious  to 
assist  any  project  that  is  of  a  civic 
nature.  He  is  an  active  member  of 
the  Odd  Fellows,  having  held  high 
office  in  that  organization. 

Amos  J.  Peaslee 

One  of  the  best  known  real  estate 
men  in  this  section  of  the  state  is 
Amos  J.  Peaslee,  who  conducts  an 
extensive  business  in  city  and  sub- 
urban properties  with  an  office  in  the 
Capital  City.  Mr.  Peaslee  was  born 
in  Gilmanton  in  1877  and  at  the  age  Concord,  and  he  has  made  several 
of  two  years  moved  with  his  parents  trips  to  Florida,  recently,  in  the  inter- 
to    Franklin    where    he   received    his     ests  of  this  company. 


Amos  J.  Peaslee 


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Interior  of  Lee's  Upstairs  Alleys 


Capital  City  Bowling  Alleys 

Bowling  has  never  been  so  popular 
in  this  city  as  for  the  last  two  years, 


that  popular  and  health-giving  sport  in 
Concord. 

From  that  time  on  these  alleys  have 
been  in  constant  use.  In  fact  so  popu- 
lar did  bowling  become,  and  so  rapidly 
was  it  taken  up,  even  among  the 
women  of  Concord,  that  it  became  nec- 
essary to  construct  three  more  alleys 
in  the  basement,  making  a  total  of  six 
alleys,  and  these  are  always  sufficient 
to  accommodate  the  crowd  which 
would  like  to  bowl. 

The  Capital  City  Alleys  have  been 
conducted  by  Mr.  Lee  iii  an  ideal  man- 
ner. The  alleys  are  all  well  ventilated 
and  well  lighted  and  for  the  ordinary 
crowd  there  is  ample  opportunity  to 
watch  the  bowlers. 


Kimball  &  Baker 
As  far  as  can  be  ascertained  the 
second  oldest  florist  establishment  in 
New  England  is  that  which  is  now 
owned  by  Charles  V.  Kimball  and 
Solon  R.  Baker,  located  at  28  Pleas- 
ant Street.  The  business  was  started 
by  George  Main  on  Merrimack  Street 
and  when  John  J.  Lee  had  the  Capital  and,  when  it  came  into  the  hands  of 
City  Bowling  Alleys  at  43  North  Main  Frank  Main,  he  transferred  the  es- 
Street  finished  on  December  17,  1913,  tablishment  to  its  present  location, 
he  started  a  new  era  in  the  history  of      Charles  Barrett  was  the  next  owner 


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and,  under  his  management,  the  store 
was  enlarged  and  many  general  im- 
provements were  made.  From  1906 
until  the  death  of  Mr.  Barrett  in  1913 
the  management  of  the  concern  was 
in  the  hands  of  Charles  V.  Kimball, 
who  later  purchased  it.  Since  assum- 
ing ownership  of  the  business,  Mr. 
Kimball  has  proven  his  efficiency  as  a 
florist  and  the  great  pressure  of  work 
brought  on  by  his  skillful  manipula- 
tion of  beautiful  flowers  caused  him 
to  take  into  the  firm  a  partner,  Mr. 
Solon  R.  Baker,  and  since  January, 
1915,  under  the  name  of  Kimball  & 
Baker,  the  firm  has  been  most  pros- 
perous, satisfaction  being  guaranteed 
and  personal  supervision  assured  all 
who  patronize  them. 

Mr.  Kimball  was  born  in  Canaan, 
N.  H.,  and  was  educated  in  the  com- 
mon schools  of  Franklin.  At  an  early 
age  he  went  to  Nashua  and  later  took 
charge  of  one  of  the  largest  floral  es- 
tablishments in  this  section  of  the 
country,  coming  to  Concord  in  1906 
to  assume  charge  of  Mr.  Barrett's  in- 


Mountain  Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows,  a 
member  of  the  Senior  Order  American 


Charles  V.  Kimball 

terests.     He  is  a  member  of  the  Blaz- 
ing  Star    Lodge    of    Masons,    White 


Solon  R.  Baker 

Mechanics  and  the  Capital  Grange, 
P.  of  H. 

Solon  R.  Baker  was  born  in  Haver- 
hill, N.  H.,  and  was  educated  in 
Haverhill  Academy.  Before  coming 
to  Concord  he  had  been  engaged  in  the 
general  merchandise  business  in  East 
Tilton  and  Gilmanton.  In  January, 
1915,  he  became  a  partner  in  the  florist 
concern  of  Charles  V.  Kimball,  where 
he  still  continues.  Mr.  Baker  is  a 
member  of  the  Peaked  Hill  Grange, 
P.  of  H.,  and  the  Doric  Lodge  of 
Masons. 

Charles  F.  Thompson 

One  of  the  substantial  and  well 
known  business  men  of  Concord  is 
Charles  F.  Thompson,  proprietor  of  a 
successful  shoe  store  at  134  North 
Main  street.  Mr.  Thompson  has  not 
confined  his  activities  to  the  shoe  busi- 
ness, however,  having  always  given 
generously  of  his  time  and  influence  to 
further  any  enterprise  of  a  civic  na- 
ture. He  served  the  state  well  as  a 
legislator  during  the  important  session 
of  1909. 


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Mr.    Thompson   was   born  in   this      House  that  had  in  charge  the  measure 
city  on  January  17,  1868,  the  young-     authorizing  the  State  House  addition. 


est  son  of  John  and  Mary  Ellen  (Daly) 


Charles  F.  Thompson 

Thompson,  natives  of  Ireland.  He 
was  educated  in  the  schools  of  this 
city,  becoming  an  apprentice  in  the 
painters'  trade  at  the  age  of  fifteen 
years.  He  continued  in  this  business 
for  three  years  and  then  entered  the 
employ  of  his  elder  brother,  the  late  W. 
H.  Thompson,  as  a  shoe  clerk.  He 
afterwards  was  employed  by  a  Boston 
firm  and  in  1890  started  his  own  shoe 
business  in  this  city. 

On  September  29,  1891  he  married 
Miss  Mary  Anne  Dooley,  and  they 
have  two  children,  Marion  Elizabeth 
and  Charles  Francis.  He  is  a  member 
of  St.  John's  Catholic  Church. 

Mr.  Thompson  was  a  Ward  Seven 
Republican  member  of  the  house  of 
representatives  that  passed  the  direct 
primary  law  in  1909.  He  took  a 
leading  part  in  that  session,  being 
father  of  the  weekly  payment  bill. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Public  Im- 
provement Committee  that  accom- 
plished much  for  New  Hampshire 
roads  and  of  the  Committee  on  State 


Mr.  Thompson  is  a  member  of  the 
New  Hampshire  Historical  Society, 
Knights  of  Pythias,  Foresters  of 
America,  Pilgrim  Fathers,  Elks,  and 
Veteran  Firemen's  Association  and 
Board  of  Trade. 

Concord  Cement  Works 
Over  on  the  beautiful  Concord 
Heights  is  located  the  plant  of  the 
Concord  Cement  Works,  the  only 
concern  in  the  Capital  City  engaged 
in  the  manufacture  of  concrete  blocks 
and  bricks.  The  fact  that  the  trend 
of  the  times  is  towards  the  use  of 
concrete  in  all  up-to-date  methods  of 
construction  opens  up  a  wide  field 
of  business  for  a  wide  awake  concern 
and  the  local  company  made  its 
initial  grasp  at  the  opportunity  thus 
afforded  two  years  ago. 

At  that  time  Mrs.  Grace  G.  Dutton 
purchased  several  acres  of  land  on  the 
Loudon  road,  two  miles  east  of  the 
city  proper,  which  contained  a  fine 
gravel  bank.  Knowing  of  the  excel- 
lent opportunity  which  existed  in  the 
field  of  concrete  manufacture,  she 
caused  a  large  shed  to  be  erected  near 
the  bank  and  installed  a  late  model 
machine  for  the  manufacture  of  con- 
crete blocks.  Mrs.  Dutton  then  put 
her  son,  Earl  S.  Dutton,  in  charge  of 
the  business  and  he  has  since  been 


Garage  Erected  by  Concord  Cement  Co. 

actively  identified  with  it  as  superin- 
tendent and  manager. 

Since  the  start,  the  company  has 


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made  rapid  strides  in  the  equipment 
of  the  plant  and  also  in  the  amount 
of  construction  work  accomplished. 
For  the  first  two  seasons,  1913  and 
1914,  the  work  was  limited  to  the  con- 
struction of  concrete  blocks  and  the 
erection  of  buildings  in  which  these 
blocks  were  employed  as  the  building 
material.  Numerous  garages  were 
made,  of  which  one,  owned  by  Deputy 
Marshal  Victor  I.  Moore  of  the  Con- 
cord police  force  and  located  at  4 
Wall  Street,  is  shown  in  the  accom- 
panying photograph. 


crete  manufacturers — -better  not  only 
because  of  the  fact  that  it  makes  a 
better  looking  and  stronger  brick, 
but  also  because  steam  curing  can 
be  accomplished  in  a  small  fraction 
of  the  time  that  it  takes  to  cure 
bricks  by  water. 

Of  course  the  local  company  can 
turn  out  only  a  small  proportion  of 
the  ten  billion  bricks  that  are  used 
annually  in  the  United  States,  but 
they  have  adopted  the  policy  of  put- 
ting quality  far  ahead  of  quantity  and, 
as  a  result,   are  turning  out  a  con- 


The  Old  Carpenter  Paint  Shop 


This  spring  a  late  model  Helm 
Press  was  installed  for  the  manufac- 
ture of  concrete  bricks.  This  machine 
is  a  wonderful  specimen  of  the  invent- 
ive genius  of  C.  F.  Helm,  a  pioneer 
in  the  field  of  concrete  manufacture 
whose  factory  is  located  in  Cadillac, 
Mich.  It  makes  ten  bricks  at  a  time 
under  enormous  pressure  and  has  a 
capacity  of  15,000  bricks  a  day. 
These  bricks  have  been  proven  to 
be  far  superior  to  the  common  red 
or  clay  brick  and  can  be  manufac- 
tured in  any  desired  style  or  color. 
After  being  turned  out  of  the  machine 
they  are  steam  cured,  a  process  far 
better  than  the  method  of  water  cur- 
ing adopted  by  the  majority  of  con- 


crete brick  that  cannot  be  bettered 
in  the  open  market  today. 

Wellington  Carpenter 

The  picture  of  the  old-time  Bridge 
Street  paint  shop  of  T.  J.  Carpenter, 
which  accompanies  this  article,  will 
bring  to  the  minds  of  many  readers, 
the  new  and  up-to-date  paint  shop 
of  Wellington  Carpenter,  a  son  of  T.  J. 
Carpenter,  which  was  built  in  1892, 
just  a  few  feet  west  of  the  site  of  the 
old  shop  shown  in  the  photograph. 

Mr.  Wellington  Carpenter  was  born 
in  this  city  in  1861.  As  a  young  man 
he  learned  the  machinist  trade,  but, 
as  sort  of  a  side  line,  acquired  the 
secrets  of  house  painting  and  paper 


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hanging  in  the  well-known  shop  of  his 
father.  For  five  years,  previous  to 
1892,  he  devoted  his  whole  time  to  his 
father's  business  and,  upon  the  occa- 
sion of  his  father's  death  in  that  year, 
took  up  the  business  at  the  old  stand. 
In  August,  1892,  the  old  shop  was 
torn  down,  after  the  business  had  been 
moved  into  its  present  location,  and 
with  it  there  passed  into  history  one 
of  the  old  landmarks  of  the  city.     At 


which  accompanies  the  article.  He 
has  built  numerous  bridges  all  over  the 
state  for  towns  and  for  the  railroad. 
He  has  an  extensive  equipment  for 
doing  heavy  work,  in  fact  big  jobs  are 
his  specialty.  Several  steam  der- 
ricks of  fifteen  tons  capacity,  steam 
shovels  with  a  capacity  of  one  cubic 
yard,  bottom  dump  buckets  for  de- 
positing cement  under  water,  pile 
drivers,   mixers  and  steam  pumps — 


■*"' 


Granolithic  Sidewalk  around  Historical  Building,  by  Normandeau 


the  present  time  Mr.  Carpenter's  ex-     such  machinery  as  this  is  what  Mr. 


tensive  business  is  handled  in  the  best 
possible  manner  in  his  well-equipped 
and  model  shop  at  7  Bridge  Street. 

J.  E.  Normandeau 
J  E  Normandeau,  contractor  in 
granolithic,  concrete  and  stone  work, 
with  an  office  at  his  home  27  Grove 
Street,  Concord,  has  been  engaged  in 
hxS  present,  busings  practically  all  of 
his  life.  In  1905  he  started  in  busi- 
ness for  himself,  and  that  he  has  pros- 
pered is  evidenced  by  the  fact  that 
last  year  he  did  over  $60,000  worth  of 
work. 

Mr.  Normandeau  believes  in  doing 
high  class  work.  By  following  out 
this  business  principle,  every  piece  of 
construction  work  becomes  a  perma- 
nent and  lasting  advertisement  for 
him.  One  of  his  best  pieces  of  work 
in  Concord  is  the  elegant  granolithic 
walk  which  encircles  the  artistic  home 
of  the  New  Hampshire  Historical 
Society  on  Park  Street,  a  picture  of 


Normandeau  owns  and  uses  in  the 
extensive  work  which  takes  him  all 
over  New  Hampshire  and  many  times 
into  the  adjacent  states. 


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Although  the  business  in  which  Mr. 
Normandeau  is  engaged  is  as  old  as 
history  itself,  yet  in  recent  years  there 
have  been  wonderful  developments  in 
the  use  of  cement  and  concrete  in  con- 
struction work.  Aside  from  the  sterl- 
ing business  principles  which  he  em- 
ploys, Mr.  Normandeau  may  attribute 
a  large  part  of  his  success  to  the  fact 
that  he  has  kept  fully  abreast  of  the 
times  as  regards  the  new  and  scientific 
methods  of  construction  used  in  his 
work.  Therefore  if  a  man  finds  fault 
with  a  job  of  cement  work,  he  should 
blame  the  contractor,  not  the  cement. 


W.  Houghlett,  and  three  years  from 
that  time  the  latters'  interest  was  pur- 
chased by  Mr.  A.  H.  Britton,  who  has 
been  sole  proprietor  since. 

The  growth  of  the  business  has  been 
steady  and  has  increased  to  such  an 
extent  that  it  reaches  all  over  Merri- 
mack County.  The  firm  occupies  two 
floors  and  a  basement  at  12  North 
Main  Street  and  has  a  large  ware- 
house in  the  rear.  Aside  from  a  full 
line  of  hardware,  stoves,  paint,  oil  and 
glass,  there  is  connected  with  the 
business  a  sheet-metal  workshop,  the 
oldest  and  largest  of  its  kind  in  the 


A.  H.  Britton's  Store 


A.  H.  Britton  &  Company 

The  hardware  business  of  A.  H. 
Britton  &  Company,  situated  at  12 
North  Main  Street,  was  established 
in  1885  by  Frank  O.  Scribner  and 
George  W.  Britton,  under  the  firm 
name  of  Scribner  &  Britton.  Upon 
the  death  of  Mr.  Scribner,  in  1895, 
his  interest  in  the  business  was  pur- 
chased by  Arthur  H.  Britton  and  the 
firm  name  changed  to  A.  H.  Britton  & 
Company.  Later  the  senior  Mr.  Brit- 
ton disposed  of  his  interest  to  Edward 


city,  employing  several  tinsmiths  and 
doing  all  kinds  of  tin,  sheet-iron  and 
copper  work. 

The  proprietor,  Arthur  H.  Britton, 
was  born  in  Surry,  N.  H.,  September 
28,  1865,  the  oldest  child  of  George 
W.  and  Sarah  H.  Britton.  When 
quite  young  his  parents  moved  to 
Newport  where  he  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  and  later  at  Pough- 
keepsie,  N.  Y.  Upon  leaving  school 
he  came  to  Concord  and  entered  his 
father's  employ  as  a  clerk  and  has 


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remained  in  the  store  ever  since  as 
clerk,  equal  partner  and  proprietor. 

He  represented  Ward  Six  of  Con- 
cord in  the  legislature  of  1901-02,  and 
was  elected  a  county  commissioner  in 
1904;  he  has  since  been  elected  five 
times,  for  terms  of  two  years  each,  by 
largely  increased  majorities.  Mr. 
Britton  has  taken  an  active  interest 
in  county  affairs  and  has  devoted 
much  time  and  study  to  the  duties 
of  his  important  office.  For  several 
years  Mr.  Britton  has  been  chairman 
of  the  Merrimack  County  Board  of 
Commissioners  and,  at  the  present 
time,  is  also  serving  as  chairman  of 
the  New  Hampshire  State  Association 
of  County  Commissioners.  Mr.  Brit- 
ton's  wide  knowledge  of  county  affairs 


including  moldings  and  has  built 
some  of  the  most  recent  of  the  modern 
residences  in  this  city.  He  has  also 
erected  many  fine  homes  outside  of 
Concord. 

The  plant  itself  is  complete  in 
every  detail  and  covers  practically  an 
acre  of  ground.  The  main  building 
consists  of  two  stories  and  a  base- 
ment 35  feet  by  75  feet.  There  is  a  large 
wing  22  by  40  feet,  which  contains 
the  drying  house  and  boiler  rooms. 
In  the  rear  is  a  great  yard,  with 
facilities  for  storing  thousands  of 
feet  of  lumber,  and  in  the  back  of  the 
yard  is  a  large  stable. 

Mr.  Swain  has  been  in  the  building 
business  for  fourteen  years  and  has 
had  an  experience  of  thirty-six  years 


Office  and  Mill  of  C.  H.  Swain  &  Co. 


has  gained  for  him  an  enviable  repu- 
tation among  men  who  specialize  in 
that  branch  of  public  service. 

On  February  14,  1895,  Mr.  Britton 
married  Myrta  M.  Chase  of  Newport. 
He  is  a  member  of  Blazing  Star  lodge, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M. ;  White  Mountain  Lodge 
and  Canton  Wildey,  I.  0.  0.  F.;  Capi- 
tal Grange;  Concord  Lodge,  B.  P.  O. 
E. ;  Wonolancet  Club,  and  is  a  director 
of  the  Mechanicks  National  Bank. 

C.  H.  Swain  &  Company 

One  of  the  largest  and  probably 
the  best-equipped  contractor  and 
builder's  shop  in  this  section  of  the 
state  is  that  of  C.  H.  Swain  &  Com- 
pany at  26  Bridge  Street,  Concord. 
Mr.  C.  H.  Swain,  the  owner  and 
manager  of  this  extensive  business, 
deals  in  all  kinds  of  building  lumber, 


as  a  carpenter.  In  1901  he  started 
in  business  in  the  old  Ferrin  building, 
and  in  1903  moved  to  the  building 
in  the  rear  of  Emmons'  store,  where 
he  remained  until  his  new  Bridge 
Street  plant  was  completed,  in  1912. 
Mr.  Swain  is  a  high  type  of  citizen  and 
the  city  is  indeed  fortunate  to  include 
his  business  within  its  boundaries, 

The  William  B.  Durgin  Company 

Concord  is  justly  proud  of  its  lead- 
ing manufacturing  interest,  the 
William  B.  Durgin  Company,  in- 
corporated, makers  of  the  highest 
type  sterling  silverware.  The  con- 
cern is  a  source  of  civic  pride,  not 
alone  for  sentimental  reasons,  but  for 
the  practical  reason  that  it  is  bringing 
thousands  of  dollars  into  the  city 
annually.     This  nationally  prominent 


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company  employs  in  the  vicinity  of 
two  hundred  skilled  workmen  of  the 
highest  type — men  who  are  a  credit 
to  any  community.  The  fact  that 
the  Durgin  Company  has  an  enviable 
reputation  from  coast  to  coast  and 
from  the  Gulf  to  Canada  has  given 
the  widest  and  best  kind  of  publicity 
to  the  city  wherein  it  is  located,  thus 
affording  another  reason  for  the  civic 
pride  above  mentioned.  The  men 
are  given  steady  employment  now,  in 
spite  of  the  unhappy  conditions  that 
prevail  abroad,  and  the  company  has 


Street  theatre.  In  1904  that  building 
was  vacated  and  the  company  moved 
into  the  modern  plant  which  it  now 
occupies.  Before  the  change  in  lo- 
cation was  made,  the  William  B. 
Durgin  corporation  was  formed. 

In  1905,  before  the  deaths  of  Mr. 
Durgin  and  his  son,  George,  the 
majority  of  the  company  stock  was 
purchased  by  New  York  capitalists 
who  secured  the  services  of  Barton  P. 
Jenks  and  elected  him  president  and 
general  manager.  In  1906  the  com- 
pany purchased  the  plant  and  good- 


William  B.  Durgin  Factory 


evinced  its  faith  in  the  signs  of 
approaching  prosperity  by  making 
extensive  additions  to  the  beautiful 
and  well-kept  plant  which  is  located 
on  White  Street,  opposite  White  Park. 
The  company  was  founded  in  1853, 
when  William  B.  Durgin,  an  eminent 
citizen  who  died  in  1905,  came  to  this 
city  and  started  a  small  business  near 
the  Free  Bridge  Road.  He  had  been 
born  in  Campton  and  had  served  as 
an  apprentice  with  the  Newell-Hard- 
ing  Company  of  Boston,  Mass.  His 
high  business  principles  won  for  him 
immediate  recognition,  and  about 
fifty  years  ago  he  erected  a  factory  on 
the    present    site    of    Conn's    School 


will  of  Goodnow  &  Company,  the 
Boston  concern  with  which  Mr.  Jenks 
had  formerly  been  identified. 

Mr.  Jenks,  the  president  of  the 
company,  is  considered  the  foremost 
designer  of  silverware  patterns  in  this 
country  today,  he  having  added  to  his 
enviable  reputation  by  putting  on  the 
market  four  years  ago  a  design  which 
has  since  become  the  leader  of  all 
sterling  silver  flatware  patterns,  the 
Fairfax.  This  design  was  so  success- 
ful that  the  market  has  since  been 
flooded  with  some  twenty  imitations 
of  it, 

The  personnel  of  the  company  at 
the  present  time  is:  president,  Barton 


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P.    Jenks;    vice-president   and   treas-     A.  B.  Batchelder  carried  on  the  busi- 
urer,  John  B.  Abbott;  manager  and      ness  alone  until  July  1,  1913.    At  that 


time  he  sold  out  to  two  of  his  faithful 
clerks,  F.  W.  Crosby,  who  had  been 


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superintendent,  Edward  E.  Brown; 
assistant  treasurer,  John  G.  Kerr; 
directors,  Edward  Holbrook,  John  S. 
Holbrook,  William  S.  Stone,  Ben- 
jamin A.  Kimball,  Frank  S.  Streeter, 
Barton  P.  Jenks,  John  B.  Abbott. 

Batchelder  &  Company 
For  practically  one  third  of  the 
hundred  and  fifty  years  which  have 
elapsed  since  Concord  was  chartered 
as  a  town,  the  grocery  business  of 
Batchelder  &  Company  has  with- 
stood the  effects  of  time  and  weath- 
ered many  a  financial  panic  at  the  old 
stand,  14  North  Main  Street.  There 
is  but  one  other  store  in  the  city  that 
has  as  long  a  record. 

In  1866,  N.  S.  Batchelder,  a  native 
of  Loudon,  established  the  business 
which  has  been  so  successful  for  half 
a  century.  In  1867  John  T.  and 
A.  B.  Batchelder,  brothers,  but  in  no 


Emerson  Davis 

with  the  company  thirteen  years,  and 
Emerson  Davis,  who  had  been  con- 
nected with  the  firm  for  a  period  of 
nine  years.  These  young  men  are 
continuing  the  business  on  the  same 
substantial  basis  as  their  predecessors 
with  the  result  that  the  growth  of  the 
concern  is  still  healthy  and  increasing 
daily. 

The  latest  venture  of  the  house, 
and  one  that  will  attract  the  atten- 
tion of  the  grocery  trade  of  the  coun- 
try, is  the  publishing  of  a  mail  order 
catalog  which  will  be  distributed 
freely  all  over  the  state  of  New  Hamp- 
shire. A  mailing  list  which  includes 
the  best  trade  in  one  hundred  and 
sixty  towns  and  cities  of  New  Hamp- 
shire has  been  prepared  and  these 
families  will  receive  the  catalog  quar- 
terly. Standard  groceries  are  adver- 
tised on  the  left-hand  pages  of  the 
way  related  to  the  first  proprietor,  booklet  and  on  the  right-hand  pages 
bought  out  the  business.  This  part-  are  found  the  list  of  goods  and  the 
nership  continued  until  the  death  of  prices.  It  is  expected  that  the  corn- 
John  T.  Batchelder,  in  1905,  and  Mr.      pany   will  soon   be   handling  a  large 


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mail  order  business  as  a  result  of  the 
venture,  the  first  of  its  kind  in  New 
Hampshire. 

That  the  firm  is  up-to-date  and 
alive  to  its  opportunities  is  shown  by 
the  institution  of  a  motor-car  delivery 
system,  whereby  the  radius  of  delivery 
has  been  increased  to  include  Pena- 
cook,  West  Concord,  St.  Paul's  School 
and  Hopkinton.  The  city  trade  is 
also  taken  care  of  in  the  same  manner. 
The  firm  of  Batchelder  &  Company 
has  always  handled  the  high-class 
and  staple  lines  of  groceries  and  has 
been  eminently  fair  and  just  in  its 
dealings  with  the  public.  Although 
the  business  is  one  of  the  most  con- 
servative type,  the  proprietors  have 
always  kept  fully  up  with  the  spirit 
of  the  times  and  only  recently  placed 
on  the  market  a  new  brand  of  break- 
fast food  called  Swheatmeal,  which 
already  has  become  immensely  popu- 
lar in  this  section.  At  the  present 
time  the  firm  has  twelve  employees 
and  even  with  this  large  force  it  is 
necessary  for  Mr.  Crosby  and  Mr. 
Davis  to  keep  busy  on  the  floor  of 
the  establishment  all  day  long. 

George  L.  Theobald 

George  L.  Theobald,  general  con- 
tractor and  dealer  in  horses,  is  one  of 
of  Concord's  substantial  citizens,  and 
that  he  conducts  an  extensive  busi- 
ness is  evidenced  by  the  fact  that  he 
gives  employment  to  over  thirty 
men  and  in  his  dray  business,  uses 
from  thirty-five  to  forty  horses. 

Mr.  Theobald  was  born  in  Warrens- 
burg,  N.  Y.,  February  6,  1851,  the 
oldest  son  of  Joseph  T.  and  Samantha 
(March)  Theobald.  He  received  his 
early  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  that  city,  but  at  the  age  of  twelve 
years  began  to  earn  his  own  living, 
accepting  employment  then  at  the 
Rockwell  Hotel  at  Lucerne,  N.  Y., 
where  he  remained  until  he  was 
twenty.  At  that  time  he  became  a 
traveling  salesman.  In  1874  he  came 
to  Manchester,  where  he  started  a 
general  contracting  business  which  he 
moved  to  Concord  two  years  later. 


Since  1876  Mr.  Theobald  has  built 
up  a  flourishing  business  for  himself 
in  this  city.  Aside  from  his  general 
contracting  business  he  is  a  dealer 
in  horses  and  real  estate  and  owns 
some  fine  racing  stock.  One  of  his 
largest  contracting  jobs  was  the 
Salem,  (N.  H.)  race  track,  on  which 
he  employed  six  hundred  men  and 
two  hundred  fifty  horses  for  a  period 
of  five  months.  Mr.  Theobald  has 
contributed  considerable  of  his  time 


George  L.  Theobald 

and  energy  to  the  upbuilding  of  the 
Capital  City  and  its  interests. 

The  Rumford  Press 

The  one  hundred  and  fiftieth  anni- 
versary of  the  chartering  of  Concord 
as  a  town  has  developed  a  large 
amount  of  interest  in  the  growth  and 
development  of  the  city,  and  the 
various  interests  which  make  up  the 
business  life  of  Concord.  Without 
any  exaggeration  it  is  undoubtedly 
true  that  the  one  business  which  has 
made  the  greatest  material  strides  in 
advance  in  the  shortest  space  of  time 
is  the  Rumford  Press.  It  is  not 
necessary  to  go  back  a  long  number 


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of  years  and  compare  the  business  of 
that  time  with  the  company's  business 
today  in  order  to  make  a  profound 
showing  of  growth,  but  merely  turn 
back  a  few  years  in  the  pages  of  local 
business  history  and  the  interesting 
comparison  will  be  evident. 

In  the  December,  1909,  number  of 
the  Granite   Monthly  was  an  in- 


Aladdin-like     growth     of     the     local 
printing  house  become  obvious. 

The  history  of  the  company,  pre- 
vious to  1909,  has  already  been  thor- 
oughly covered  in  the  issue  of  this 
magazine  mentioned  above,  but  it 
will  be  interesting  to  trace  the  growth 
from  that  period.  In  1909  there  was 
a  reorganization  of  the  old  company. 


The  Rumford  Press 


teresting  and  comprehensive  sketch 
of  the  Rumford  Press  up  to  that  time, 
in  which  the  magnitude  of  the  business 
was  clearly  set  forth  by  stating  that 
employment  was  given  to  sixty-five 
hands  and  the  weekly  payroll  was 
between  $700  and  $800.  Today, 
after  the  short  space  of  six  years,  the 
total  payroll  is  approximately  $2,000 
per  week  and  the  number  of  hands 
employed    is    150.     Thus    does    the 


Hon.  William  E.  Chandler  was  elected 
president,  Dr.  S.  N.  D.  North  and 
William  S.  Rossiter,  vice-presidents, 
and  John  D.  Bridge,  treasurer  and 
general  manager.  The  board  of  di- 
rectors included  Hon.  William  E. 
Chandler,  William  S.  Rossiter,  Hon. 
George  H.  Moses,  Harlan  C.  Pearson 
and  John  D.  Bridge.  At  that  time 
the  company  occupied  about  three 
quarters  of  the  old  Monitor  building 


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and   today  the  entire  building  is  in  which  has  been  accomplished  in  the 

use  as  well  as  four  large  outside  store-  past  few  years. 

houses.  Recently  the  company  printed  the 

The  fact  that  the  business  has  papers  and  publications  of  the  Inter- 
expanded  since  1909  to  the  extent  national  Congress  of  Applied  Chemis- 
that  it  is  now  drawn  from  fifteen  try,  held  in  New  York.  The  work  con- 
states in  the  Union  may  be  attributed  sisted  of  over  6,000  pages  in  twenty- 
in  part  to  the  influence  of  the  two  nine  volumes,  the  whole  printed  in  four 
new  members  of  the  firm,  Mr.  Wil-  languages  and  only  about  ten  weeks' 
liam  S.  Rossiter  and  Dr.  S.  N.  D.  time  was  allowed  for  the  work,  the  sue- 
North,  both  men  of  national  prom-  cessful  completion  of  which  elicited  the 
inence  in  publication  circles.  A  re-  highest  praise  from  eminent  chemists 
cent  article  on  the  history  of  the  and  scientists  of  the  whole  world, 
company  says  of  them:  This  is  but  one  of  the  large  contracts 

"Doctor   North    for   twenty   years  that  the  company  has  recently  filled, 

was   actively  engaged  in  journalism  but  it  gives  a  very  comprehensive  idea 

and  literary  pursuits.     For  six  years  of  the  magnitude  of  the  plant  that 

he   was   the   director   of   the   United  can  handle  such  an  immense  job  in  a 

States  Census,  and  is  now  statistician  highly  successful  manner, 
of  the  Carnegie  Foundation  for  Inter-         The  entire  equipment  of  the  plant 

national    Peace.     He    prepared    the  is   modern    and   the   latest   scientific 

exhaustive    report    on    printing    and  methods  are  employed  in  conducting 

journalism  at  the  Tenth  Census,  since  the  business,  not  only  of  the  mechan- 

regarded  as  a  standard  authority.  ical  end  but  of  the  clerical  and  office 

"Mr.  William  S.  Rossiter  was  chief  work  as  well.     The  heart  of  the  plant 

clerk  of  the  Federal  Census,  and  was  is  in  the  business  office  where  direct 

in   charge  of  the  printing  and  pub-  tabs  are  kept  on  every  piece  of  work, 

lishing  of  the  censuses  of  1900  and  from  the  time  it  is  received  in  manu- 

1905.     He  was  summoned  to  Wash-  script  form  until  it  goes  out  of  the 

ington  in  1900  to  take  charge  of  the  building  ready  for  shipment, 
publication   of   the   Twelfth   Census,  Steady    and    permanent    work    is 

and  he  lifted  them  out  of  the  routine  afforded    by    the     company    to    its 

of  government  printing.     It  was  this  employees,  all  of  whom  are  residents 

experience  and  service  which  led  Pres-  of  Concord,  and  among  the  highest- 

ident   Roosevelt,    in    1907,   to    select  paid  class  of  citizens.     For  this  reason 

Mr.  Rossiter  for  the  difficult  task  of  alone  the  company  is  a  great  asset  to 

investigating    and    reorganizing    the  the   Capital  City,  but   its   worth  to 

government     printing     office.       Mr.  the   municipality  is  further  manifest 

Rossiter    wrote    the    census    reports  through  the  fact  that  it  is  constantly 

of  1900  and  1905  on  the  printing  in-  bringing  before  the  people  of  other 

dustry."  states,  and  even  of  other  countries, 

The  present  treasurer  and  business  the    name    "Concord,    N.    H."     In 

manager  of  the  company,  Mr.  John  this  day  of  hustle  and  bustle,  when 

D.    Bridge,    first    associated    himself  all  the  cities  in  the  country  are  im- 

with  the  Rumford  Press  in  1902  and  pressing  upon  their  respective  board 

it  was  only  through  his  own  extensive  of   trade    and    other    civic    organiza- 

knowledge  of  the  printing  business,  tions  the  necessity  of  advertising  the 

combined   with   his   shrewdness   and  municipality,  the  value  of  advertising 

energy,  that  the  concern  was  kept  to  a  city  name  is  highly  appreciated  and 

the  fore  and  put  upon  a  paying  basis,  the  capital  of  New  Hampshire  could 

Since  the  reorganization  he  has  had  not  receive  more  favorable  publicity 

the  most  prominent  part  in  carrying  than    through    the    imprint    of    the 

out  the  stupendous  amount  of  work  Rumford  Press. 


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The  Evans  Press  His    work,    which   is   of   the   highest 

When    a    printer    can    keep    fully      character,    always    bears    the    union 

abreast  of  the  times  in  the  transaction     label. 

of  his  business  he  must  necessarily  be     ,    Mr.  Evans  is  affiliated  with  many 

local  fraternal  organizations  and  clubs. 
He  is  public  spirited  to  a  high  degree, 
ever  anxious  to  assist  in  any  project 
of  civic  interest.  He  is  a  Republican 
and  was  elected  to  the  last  legislature 
from  Ward  Four,  receiving  the  largest 
vote  of  any  candidate  in  the  ward. 
Mr.  Evans  married  Ruth  H.  Buntin 
on  October  7,  1908,  and  they  have 
two  children,  Carl  and  Charlotte. 

Thomas  J.  Dyer 
Thomas  J.  Dyer,  one  of  the  well 
known  and  popular  printers,  was 
born  in  Graniteville,  Mass.,  on  Sep- 
tember 22,  1875.  His  father,  the 
late  Josiah  B.  Dyer,  was  for  many 
years  secretary  of  the  Granite  Cutters' 
National  Union  and  editor  of  the 
Stone  Trade  Neivs  and  Building  Jour- 
nal. Mr.  Dyer  was  educated  in  the 
public    schools    of   Brooklyn,  N.    Y., 

Ira  Leon  Evans 

a  hustler,  for,  in  these  days  of  modern 
business  and  intensive  advertising, 
the  demands  on  this  trade  are  great. 
Ira  Leon  Evans,  proprietor  of  the 
Evans  Press  at  27  North  Main  Street, 
is  a  keen  student  of  his  own  business, 
ever  awake  and  watching  for  the  op- 
portunity to  keep  step  with  progress 
in  the  rapid  onward  march  of  the 
printing  business. 

Born  July  14,  1884,  he  was  educated 
in  Concord  public  schools,  graduating 
from  the  high  school  in  1905  and  at 
once  entering  the  business  of  his 
father,  the  late  Ira  C.  Evans,  who 
was  one  of  the  best-known  printers 
in  the  state.  Although  he  had  worked 
at  the  trade  off  and  on  since  June 
28,  1897,  it  was  on  Dec.  3,  1910,  that 
he  started  business  for  himself  in  a 
small  way,  but  careful  attention  to 
details  has  caused  the  business  to  ex- 
pand wonderfully  since  its  institution, 

and  he  now  has  one   of   the  largest     the  printing   trade.     In   1900  he  en- 
and  best-equipped  plants  in  the  city,      tered   business  for  himself   and    now 


Thomas  J.  Dyer 

Philadelphia  and  Barre,  Vt.,  coming 
to  Concord  in  1891,  where  he  learned 


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runs  a  job  printing  establishment  in 
the  State  Block  at  77  North  Main 
Street.  He  has  been  keen  to  follow 
the  latest  ideas  in  printing  and  turns 
out  a  large  quantity  of  high-class  work. 

Mr.  Dyer  has  received  many  politi- 
cal honors  at  the  hands  of  his  con- 
stituents in  Ward  Six,  he  being  a 
steadfast  Republican.  In  1905  and 
1906,  he  was  ward  clerk.  In  1907 
and  1908,  he  represented  the  ward  in 
common  council  of  the  city.  He  was 
reelected  to  the  council  in  1909  and 
1910.  In  this  body  he  was  for  four 
years  clerk  of  the  Committee  on 
Accounts  and  Claims  and  a  member 
of  the  Committee  on  Bills  on  Second 
Reading.  He  was  chairman  of  the 
latter  committee  for  two  years  and 
in  1913-14  was  supervisor  of  the 
checklist. 

Mr.  Dyer  has  been  active  in  all 
the  work  of  the  local  board  of  trade; 
is  affiliated  with  a  number  of  local 
organizations  and  clubs  and  as  secre- 
tary of  the  anniversary  advertising 
and  printing  committee,  has  had  much 
to  do  with  making  Concord's  150th 
Anniversary  a  great  success. 

Joseph  O.  W.  Phaneuf 
Few,  indeed,  are  better  known  in 
this  locality  than  Joseph  O.  W. 
Phaneuf,  son  of  Joseph  and  Malvina 
(Jarest)  Phaneuf,  who  was  born 
March  19,  1877.  His  parents  are  of 
French  Canadian  descent,  his  father 
leaving  St.  Hyacinthe,  P.  Q.,  in  1868 
to  enter  the  employ  of  the  Concord 
People,  where  he  remained  until  1893, 
when  he  established  himself.  Mr. 
Phaneuf 's  mother  came  to  Concord  in 
1871  and  on  February  28,  1876,  his 
parents  were  married  at  St.  John's 
Church  by  the  late  Rev.  John  E. 
Barry. 

Joseph,  eldest  of  seven  children, 
graduated  from  the  Sacred  Heart 
School  in  June,  1892,  and  started  his 
career  as  a  printer  in  August  of  the 
same  year,  being  deeply  interested  in 
the  art  of  printing  and  composition. 
Although  his  parents  did  not  favor 
the  trade  chosen  by  him,  the  reading 


of  printers'  journals  and  the  intense 
enthusiasm  of  his  father  for  the  trade 
were  too  hard  for  him  to  overcome. 

At  the  completion  of  his  appren- 
ticeship he  was  taken  in  partnership 
with  his  father,  and,  in  spite  of  the 
panic  in  1893-96,  the  firm  prospered. 
Persistent  advertising  had  its  usual 
effect  and  in  1899  Phaneuf  &  Son 
were  confronted  with  the  necessity 
of  enlarging  the  plant  or  selecting 
desirable  customers.  They  finally  de- 
cided against  enlarging  and  adopted 


Joseph  O.  W.  Phaneuf 

the  policy  that  they  have  always  kept 
up  since  then,  namely:  "Not  Big 
Business  in  Large  Quantities,  but 
Good  Business  at  the  Right  Price." 
That  they  have  been  successful  goes 
without  saying  and  today  "Quality 
Printing"  and  "Printed  by  Phaneuf  & 
Son"  mean  the  same.  Their  list  of 
customers  comprise  one  of  the  most 
exclusive  in  the  city.  Since  the  death 
of  his  father,  the  affairs  of  the  firm 
have  been  ably  taken  care  of  by  the 
junior  partner. 

Mr.  Phaneuf  is  a  member  of  the 
executive  committee  of  the  Board 
of   Trade   which   had   full   charge   of 


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the  One  Hundred  Fiftieth  Anniver- 
sary observance  and  in  that  capacity 
has  worked  diligently  for  its  success. 
He  has  held  important  offices  in  the 
Canados,  St.  Jean  Baptiste  and  St. 
Vincent  de  Paul,  fraternal  and  chari- 
table societies  devoted  to  the  interests 
of  the  French-speaking  population 
of  Concord,  and  belongs  to  several 
social  and  fraternal  organizations, 
among  which  might  be  mentioned 
the  Foresters  of  America,  Improved 
Order  of  Red  Men,  Fraternal  Order 
of  Eagles,  White  Mountain  Travelers' 
Association,  Concord  Typographical 
Union,  New  Hampshire  Press  Asso- 
ciation, Concord  Board  of  Trade  and 
the  Concord  Press  Club.  He  is  demo- 
cratic in  principles,  believes  in  equal 
suffrage  and  the  single  tax. 

Ira  C.  Evans  Company 
Among  Concord's  most  prosperous 
business  interests  is  the  Ira  C.  Evans 
Company,  which  is  the  outgrowth  of 
the  printing  plant  established  by 
the  late  Ira  C.  Evans  in  1884.  Roy 
E.  George,  the  present  manager  of 
the  establishment,  entered  the  em- 
ploy of  Mr.  Evans  on  May  1,  1892, 
and  at  the  death  of  the  latter,  Januarjr 
22,  1902,  assumed  the  management 
of  the  plant,  in  which  capacity  he 
has  proven  himself  to  be  a  most 
successful  and  progressive  business 
man,  the  present  output  of  the  plant 


more  than  doubling  under  his  direct 
supervision.  The  high  standard 
adopted  by  Mr.  Evans  has  been  con- 
tinually added  to  by  the  present 
concern,  which  is  ranked  as  one  of 
largest  and  best  in  the  state. 

Roy  E.  George  was  born  in  Bristol, 
September  7,  1871,  the  son  of  Frank 
H.  and  Martha  J.  (Currier)  George. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  this  city  and  on  January  12,  1898, 
was  married  to  Mabel  Florence, 
daughter  of  Ira  C.  and  Helen  G. 
Evans.  They  have  two  children, 
Robert  Arthur,  fifteen,  and  Frank 
Evans,  who  is  eleven  years  of  age. 

He  is  prominently  affiliated  with 
several  fraternal  and  socia  organiza- 
tions, being  a  member  of  Eureka 
Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Trinity  Royal 
Arch  Chapter,  Horace  Chase  Council, 
Mount  Horeb  Commandery,  Knights 
Templar,  New  Hampshire  Consis- 
tory, and  Bektash  Temple,  Mystic 
Shrine.  He  is  connected  with  the 
Sons  of  Veterans  and  is  a  member  of 
the  Wonolancet  Club.  Mr.  George  is 
also  a  director  in  the  Concord  Build- 
ing and  Loan  Association. 

The  present  Ira  C  Evans  Company 
does  both  job  and  book  printing  of 
the  best  character,  and  offers  employ- 
ment to  many  Concord  people.  Its 
plant  occupies  two  floors  and  base- 
ment in  the  Insurance  Building  at 
12  School  Street. 


CONCORD'S  NEW  BRIDGES 

One  hundred  and  fifty  years  ago,  being  replaced  by  the  city.  The  new 
when  the  proprietors  of  the  "Planta-  bridges  will  be  of  a  fourth  style,  the 
tion  of  Penny-cook"  were  granted  a  first  of  the  type  used  in  this  section, 
town  charter  by  the  provincial  legis-  and  the  best  ever  erected  in  this  part 
lature,  bridges  across  the  Merrimack  of  the  country.  The  balance-beam 
River  had  hardly  been  dreamed  of  and  bridge  was  the  type  in  general  use  in 
crossing  of  the  river  in  the  summer  was  this  locality  until  about  1850,  but 
by  ferries,  and  in  the  winter  upon  the  none  of  the  bridges  that  are  to  be  re- 
ice.  So  forty  years  after  the  granting  placed  were  of  this  type.  The  second 
of  the  charter,  when  the  first  bridge  style  was  a  lattice  bridge,  supported 
built  in  this  city  was  thrown  open  to  on  stone  piers  and  covered  with  a  long 
the  public  with  gay  ceremonies  on  shingle  roof.  The  Concord  Bridge, 
October  29,  1795,  it  is  little  wonder  now  called  the  Pembroke  Bridge;  the 
that  the  inhabitants  considered  the  Sewell's  Falls  Bridge,  and  the  Bur- 
completion  of  the  undertaking  as  an  rough  Bridge,  over  the  canal  near  the 
epoch-making  event.  Holden  Mills  in  Penacook,  were  all  of 

Today,  one  hundred  and  ten  years  this  type.     The  third  style  of  bridge, 

after  the  opening  of  the  first  bridge,  first    introduced    some    thirty    years 

the  city  is  engaged  in  the  work  of  ago,  and  no  longer  practical  on  ac- 

erecting  five  massive  steel  structures  count  of  the  evolution  in  the  methods 

which  will  bridge  several  streams  all  of    travel,   was    the   open,    iron-truss 

within  the  city  limits,  and  but  com-  bridge  and  the  Federal  Bridge,  still 

paratively  few  people  of  the  city  real-  called  by  that  name,  and  the  Pena- 

ize  the  work  which  is  going  on,  and  a  cook   Bridge,    now   called    the    Main 

less  number  appreciate  the  magnitude  Street  Bridge,  were  examples  of  this 

or  cost  of  the  undertaking.  particular  type.     The  fourth  style  of 

In  October,  1795,  the  first  structure,  bridge  to  be  built  during  the  history 
known  as  the  Concord  Bridge,  cross-  of  Concord  is  a  massive,  steel  struc- 
ing  the  Merrimack  at  the  foot  of  ture,  as  stated  above,  with  solid  con- 
Water  Street,  was  thrown  open  to  the  crete  floors,  designed  to  carry  the 
public.  In  the  fall  of  1798  the  first  heaviest  type  of  motor  vehicle  or  trac- 
"  Federal   bridge,"    located   over   the  tion  engine. 

Merrimack  at  East  Concord,  was  In  the  spring  of  1914,  after  several 
opened  to  travel.  Five  times  this  large  auto  trucks  had  broken  through 
bridge  was  swept  away  by  freshets,  city  bridges,  the  board  of  public 
the  sixth  and  present  bridge  being  works  ordered  the  city  engineer  to 
erected  in  1873.  The  first  main  make  an  inspection  of  all  bridges 
highway  bridge,  between  Penacook  within  the  confines  of  the  city,  with 
and  Boscawen,  was  erected  in  1826  the  result  that  in  his  report  he  recom- 
and  since  that  time  two  other  bridges  mended  that  the  five  bridges  just 
have  replaced  the  first,  the  last  being  mentioned  be  strengthened  or  re- 
built in  1898.  The  first  Sewell's  placed  with  suitable  modern  struc- 
Falls  Bridge  was  built  in  1832,  but  like  tures.  At  a  later  meeting  the  engi- 
the  Federal  bridges  it  was  often  car-  neer  was  authorized  to  instruct  the 
ried  away  by  floods,  being  rebuilt  local  engineering  firm  of  Storrs  & 
three  times.  History  does  not  re-  Storrs  to  draw  plans  and  specifica- 
cord  when  the  first  bridge  was  built  tions  for  the  purpose  of  securing  bids 
across  the  canal  near  Holden's  Mills  for  the  construction  of  a  new  Pem- 
in  Penacook.                     ■  broke  bridge.     This  was  done  and  an 

These  five  bridges  were  of  three  dis-  exceptionally   low   price    secured    by 

tinct  styles,   and  are  mentioned  be-  reason    of    the    prevailing    financial 

cause  they  are  the  ones  that  are  now  affairs  at  home  and  abroad,  caused  by 


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the  European  War.  The  lowest  bid 
was  25  per  cent  under  the  normal 
price  for  similar  work,  and  this  so 
encouraged  the  city  government  that 
the  firm  of  Storrs  &  Storrs  was  asked 
to  furnish  plans  and  specifications  for 
the  four  other  bridges.  The  same 
low  figures  were  received  on  these 
other  bridges,  the  city  making  a  total 
saving  of  some  $20,000  by  doing  the 
work  at  this  time. 

The  new  structures  will  be  the  high- 


two  157-foot  spans,  making  a  total 
length  of  449  feet,  with  an  18-foot 
roadway.  Sewell's  Falls  Bridge — one 
168-foot  span,  one  170-foot  span,  mak- 
ing a  total  of  338  feet  in  length,  with 
an  18-foot  roadway. 

The  firm  of  Storrs  &  Storrs  is  the 
only  engineering  firm  in  New  England 
making  a  specialty  of  bridge  design, 
and  that  they  are  engineers  of  the 
highest  character  is  evidenced  by  the 
expression   of   confidence   which   this 


Offices  of  Storrs  &  Storrs 


est  type  of  highway  bridges  to  be 
found  in  New  England,  and  the  fol- 
lowing dimensions  will  be  of  inter- 
est: Pembroke  Bridge — two  spans 
of  152  feet,  one  of  85  feet,  and  one  of 
81  feet,  a  total  of  470  feet  in  length, 
with  an  18-foot  roadway  and  a  5-foot 
walk.  Main  Street  Bridge — three 
spans  of  63  feet  each,  a  total  of  189 
feet  in  length,  with  a  25-foot  roadway 
and  two  5-foot  sidewalks.  Borough 
Bridge- — one  95-foot  span  with  an 
18-foot  roadway  and  5-foot  sidewalk. 
Federal    Bridge — one    135-foot    span, 


city  displayed  in  their  ability  when  the 
work  of  drawing  plans  and  specifica- 
tion for  the  construction  of  five  new 
bridges,  as  well  as  the  supervision  of 
the  construction  work  itself,  was 
placed  in  their  hands. 

The  firm,  formed  in  1909,  has  ex- 
tensive and  well-appointed  offices  at 
59  North  Main  Street.  The  senior 
member  of  the  firm,  John  W.  Storrs, 
was  born  in  Montpelier,  Vt.,  but  has 
resided  in  this  city  for  the  past  fort}' 
years.  For  twenty  years  he  was  em- 
ployed by  the  Boston  &  Maine  Rail- 


Apple  Bloom 


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road  to  supervise  new  construction 
and  the  building  of  bridges.  In  1903 
he  was  made  state  engineer  for  Car- 
roll, Coos,  and  Grafton  counties 
and  has  also  served  as  consulting  en- 
gineer for  the  Montpelier  and  Wells 
River  and  the  Woodstock  railroads. 
At  the  present  time  he  is  chief  engi- 
neer for  the  New  Hampshire  Public 
Service  Commission.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber both  the  Boston  and  American 
Societies  of  Civil  Engineers. 

Edward  D.  Storrs,  junior  member 


of  the  firm  and  son  of  the  senior  mem- 
ber, was  born  in  Concord  on  February 
20,  1886,  graduating  from  the  Concord 
High  School  in  1904  and  getting  prac- 
tical education  along  engineering  lines 
by  working  for  two  years  with  the 
Boston  &  Maine,  and  for  one  year 
with  the  Empire  Bridge  Company  at 
Elmira,  N.  Y.  Returning  to  this  city 
he  entered  business  with  his  father  and 
the  firm  has  already  achieved  an  en- 
viable reputation  in  the  engineering 
circles  of  the  East. 


APPLE   BLOOM 

By  Thomas  H.  Stacy 

I  want  the  orchard  fields  today,  spread  wide 
In  sunkissed  green;  where'  mid  a  sapphire  sky, 

On  leaning  tree-trunks,  books  and  walls  beside, 
Rest  clouds  of  pink  and  white,  which  never  fly. 

I  want  the  fragrance  of  the  apple  bloom, 
As  petals  fall  like  careless,  sifting  snow, 

— From  tangled  feet  of  bees,  that  hum  and  boom,— 
In  tapestries,  upon  the  grass  below. 

O  clouds  of  attared  blossoms,  sweeter  far 

Than  jars  which  ships  from  orient  harbors  bring; 

As  beautiful  as  their  fulfillment  are, 
These  promises  of  ladened  harvesting. 

'Mid  zephyrs  flying  over  hill  and  tree, 
And  odors  drifting  on  the  drowsy  air, 

The  orchard  fields  are  softly  calling  me, 
For  apple  trees  are  blooming  over  there. 


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CONCORD'S  WONOLANCET  CLUB 

One  Concord  institution  which  has  generosity,    which   he   had   modestly 

had  a  most  beneficial  effect  on  the  tried  to  keep  hidden,  was  found  to  be 

municipality  is  the  Wonolancet  Club,  at  the  bottom  of  the  anonymous  gift, 

for  not  only  has  it  proven  an  ideal  By  reason  of  his  wide  influence  many 

social  center,  but,  as  an  organization,  of  the  best-known  men  in  public  life 

it  has  taken  a  deep  and  active  in-  have    been   induced   to    address   the 

terest  in  all  civic  betterment  move-  members  on  a  variety  of  timely  and 

ments,  and  has  provided  its  members  helpful  topics. 

with   unusual   opportunities   to   hear  The  Wonolancet  Club  was  formed 

some    of   the   foremost    men    of   the  on  June  6,   1891,  and  the  object  of 

country   speak   on   subjects   of  vital  the    organization    was    to    promote 

interest  and  importance.    Then  again  athletic    activity    in    the    city    and 

the  democratic  sentiment  which  pre-  particularly     among     the     members, 

vails  in  the  organization  produces  an  Rooms    were    leased    in    the    Chase 

ideal   atmosphere   for   the   moulding  Block  on  North  Main  Street,  and  a 

of  public-spirited  citizens.  gymnasium   fitted   out   in   the   most 

The  present  club  home  is  an  attract-  approved  manner.  An  athletic  in- 
ive  edifice,  centrally  located,  at  the  structor  was  engaged  and  thereafter 
corner  of  North  State  and  Pleasant  the  Wonolancet  Club  was  represented 
streets.  The  ground  floor  contains,  by  some  of  the  best  athletic  teams 
besides  the  large  entrance  halls,  a  that  the  city  has  ever  had. 
lounging  room,  card  and  reading  For  nearly  ten  years  the  club  re- 
rooms,  the  directors'  suite  and  the  mained  in  the  old  quarters,  but  the 
recently  installed  library.  On  the  leaders  never  allowed  the  interest 
second  floor  is  a  large  hall,  used  for  in  the  organization  to  deteriorate, 
entertainments,  lectures  and  dances,  In  fact  it  is  due  in  no  small  measure 
and  also  another  spacious  room,  to  these  leaders  that  different  methods 
formerly  a  grill  room,  which  is  oc-  and  means  were  employed,  from  time 
casiotfally  used  for  dining  purposes,  to  time,  to  stimulate  new  interest  in 
The  third  floor  contains  the  con-  the  club,  for  the  purpose  of  insuring 
veniently  arranged  and  modern  a  healthy  and  substantial  growth, 
equipped  kitchens,  while  in  the  base-  In  1900  the  question  of  enlarging  the 
ment  is  found  the  popular  billiard  quarters  was  discussed  and  as  a  result 
and  pool  room,  with  its  six  tables  in  of  the  agitation  at  that  time  the 
almost  constant  use.  Fuller    property    at    the    corner    of 

The  head  of  the  club  today  is  Gen.  North  State  and  Pleasant  streets  was 
Frank  Sherwin  Streeter,  a  well-known  purchased.  Plans  were  secured,  and 
resident  of  the  Capital  City,  who  has  in  July,  1901,  the  club  occupied  the 
achieved  a  wide  reputation  as  an  new  building  which  is  used  as  its 
attorney.  General  Streeter,  who  has  present  home.  The  new  club  house 
been  head  of  the  club  for  the  past  made  possible  the  amalgamation  of 
ten  years,  has  interested  himself  the  University  Club  with  the  Wono- 
deeply  in  its  welfare  and  during  his  lancet,  which  was  greatly  to  the  ad- 
long  term  of  office  the  club  has  made  vantage  of  both  organizations, 
wonderful  strides  in  the  matter  of  Aside  from  the  activities  of  the 
growth  and  influence.  It  was  through  club  already  mentioned,  there  is  a 
him  that  an  unknown  donor  pre-  course  of  high  class  musical  and 
sented  a  carefully  selected  library  of  dramatic  entertainments  each  season, 
several  thousand  volumes  to  the  club  frequent  Sunday  afternoon  musicals 
in  December,  1912.  Afterwards,  the  and  the  usual  social  dances,  which 
secret  of  the  donor's  identity  became  are  particularly  popular  with  the 
known  and  President  Streeter's  own  younger  members. 


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CAPITAL  CITY  WOMEN 

Concord  has  been  known  for  gener-  ments,     whose     progress     has    made 

ations,  not  as  a  great  manufacturing  possible    the    prominent    part    which 

town,  or  a  hustling  center  of  commer-  woman   is   now    taking  in    the   vital 

cial  activity,  but,  in  addition  to  its  affairs  of  life. 

political  importance,  as  the  seat  of  Born  in  Mendon,  Mass.,  November 
culture  and  refinement,  of  social,  1,  1817,  of  Quaker  parentage,  daugh- 
civic  and  educational  progress.  For  ter  of  John  and  Harriet  (Smith) 
its  position  in  this  regard  it  is  largely  Aldrich,  she  removed  with  her  parents 
indebted  to  its  women,  among  whom  to  Boscawen  in  this  state  in  1830,  and 
have  been  many  of  the  state's  most  on  her  nineteenth  birthday  anniver- 
active  leaders  along  the  lines  of  social  sary  became  the  wife  of  the  late 
and  civic  betterment,  charitable  and  Nathaniel  White,  whose  worthy  ca- 
benevolent  organization,  musical  art,  reer  is  briefly  sketched  elsewhere  in 
and  intellectual  advancement.  The  this  issue,  and  from  that  time  to  the 
Concord  Woman's  Club  has  long  stood  present— a  period  of  nearly  eighty 
at  the  head  among  kindred  organiza-  years — she  has  been  an  active  factor 
tions  in  the  state;  the  woman's  char-  in  the  life  of  the  community.  In 
itable  and  temperance  organizations  1848  the  family  occupied  the  residence 
of  the  city  are  unsurpassed  in  influ-  on  School  Street,  which  has  ever 
ence  and  usefulness;  the  Shakespeare  since  been  the  seat  of  generous  hos- 
Club  and  other  literary  societies  have  pitality  and  of  model  American  home 
long  done  good  work;  Rumford  Chap-  life,  whose  presiding  genius  has  been 
ter,  D.  A.  R.,  ranks  high  among  as  perfect  a  type  of  modest  woman- 
patriotic  organizations;  the  Friendly  hood,  as  she  has  been  earnest  in  her 
Club  is  without  a  peer  in  the  state  in  efforts  for  the  promotion  of  human 
what   it   has   done   and   is   doing   to  welfare. 

promote  the  social  and  moral  welfare  The  story  of   Mrs.   White's  unas- 
of  the  girls  of  the  city,  and  to  the  suming,   yet   most   efficient   work   in 
women  of  the  organization  is  largely  various  lines  of  effort  for  the  better- 
due  the  success  of  the  Concord  Ora-  ment  of  humanity,  in  city,  state  and 
torio  Society.     Concord,  indeed,  has  nation,    needs    no    detailed    mention 
good  reason  to  be  proud  of  its  women,  here.     It  is  known  to  the  world,  and 
to  a  few  of  whom  only,  can  reference  has  been  recounted  in  some  measure 
be  made  in  this  connection.  in  the  pages  of  the  Granite  Monthly 
__ in   the    past.     In   anti-slavery,    tem- 
perance, peace,  woman  suffrage,  and 
Armenia  S.  White  general  charitable  work  she  has  been 

Everywhere  and  at  all  times,  for  a  ever  at  the  front,  and  her  interest 
generation  past,  Armenia  S.  White  in  all  good  causes  is  as  strong  in  her 
has  been  universally  accorded  first  ninety-eighth  year  as  ever  in  the  past, 
place  among  the  women  of  Concord  Her  active  life  in  Concord  has  covered 
and  of  New  Hampshire.  Others  may  more  than  half  of  the  period  since 
have  been  more  prominent  in  social  the  granting  of  the  charter  whose 
life,  and  in  the  activities  which  have  one  hundred  fiftieth  anniversary  is 
characterized  the  progressive  woman-  now  celebrated,  and  no  one  has 
hood  of  the  state  in  recent  years;  contributed  more  than  she  to  the 
but  for  more  than  two  score  years  record  of  progress  that  has  been  made, 
Mrs.  White  was  the  leader  among  or  has  a  better  right  to  rejoice  therein. 
New  Hampshire  women,  in  all  chari-  Of  the  seven  children  born  to  Mr. 
table,  reform  and  philanthropic  work,  and  Mrs.  White,  two  only  survive- 
as  well  as  in  the  important   move-  Mrs.  Armenia  E.  Hobbs,  and  Benja- 


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min  C.  White  of  this  city,  with  an 
adopted  daughter,  Harriet  S. — Mrs. 
D.  P.  Dearborn  of  Brattleboro,  Vt. 

Mary  Parker  Woodworth 
The  first  New  Hampshire  graduate 
from  Vassar  College,  and  the  first 
woman  member  of  the  Concord  Board 
of  Education,  Mary  Parker  Wood- 
worth,  ranks  properly  among  the 
first  of  our  Capital  City  women  in  all 
that  makes  for  educational  progress 
and  social  and  civic  well  being. 
Born  on  Sugar  Hill,  Lisbon,  May  3, 


Mrs.  Mary  P.  Woodworth 

1849,  daughter  of  Charles  and  Amelia 
(Bennett)  Parker,  she  fitted  for  college 
at  St.  Johnsbury  (Vt.)  Academy, 
being  the  only  girl  in  a  class  of  nine, 
six  of  whom  entered  Dartmouth. 
Entering  Vassar  in  the  sophomore 
year  she  graduated  with  first  honor  in 
1870,  taught  for  a  time  in  St.  Johns- 
bury  Academy,  and  at  St.  Agnes  Hall, 
Bellows  Falls,  Vt.;  married  the  late 
Albert  B.  Woodworth,  afterward 
mayor  of  Concord,  September  30, 
1873,  and  has  since  had  her  home  here. 
Deeply  interested  in  music,  litera- 
ture, and  all  lines  of  educational  and 


social  progress,  she  has  given  thought 
and  effort,  in  unlimited  measure  to 
their  promotion.  She  served  nine 
years  with  great  efficiency  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  board  of  education,  declin- 
ing a  reelection  in  1899.  She  was 
president  of  the  Concord  Woman's 
Club  from  1897  to  1899;  has  been 
chairman  of  the  Scholarship  Fund 
of  the  New  Hampshire  Federation 
of  Women's  Clubs,  the  object  of 
which  is  the  normal  training  of  girls 
for  rural  teachers,  since  its  beginning 
in  1904.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Vas- 
sar and  Collegiate  Alumnae  associa- 
tions, and  has  been  twice  president 
of  the  Boston  Branch.  An  active 
adherent  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church,  she  has  been  president  of  the 
Woman's  Auxiliary  of  the  General 
Board  of  Missions  since  1912.  She 
is  a  graceful  writer  and  a  ready 
speaker,  in  support  of  all  causes  in 
which  she  is  interested. 

Mrs.  Woodworth  has  three  children 
— Edward  Knowlton,  of  the  law 
firm  of  Streeter,  Demond,  Wood- 
worth  &  Sulloway;  Charles  Parker, 
assistant  treasurer  of  the  Woodstock 
Lumber  Company,  at  Boston,  and 
Grace,  active  in  the  charitable  and 
social  organizations  of  Concord. 

Mrs.  Lilian  Carpenter  Streeter 
To  Mrs.  Lilian  Carpenter  Streeter 
Concord's  women's  organizations  owe 
much.  She  has  the  honor  of  being 
the  founder  and  first  president  of 
the  Woman's  Club  and  also  bears 
the  title  of  "Founder  and  Honorary 
President"  of  the  New  Hampshire 
Federation  of  Woman's  Club.  Hav- 
ing lived  in  Concord  since  1877,  she 
has  always  been  active  in  every  social, 
educational,  and  philanthropic  move- 
ment that  has  been  brought  to  her 
notice,  and  has  in  all  her  action 
commanded  the  support  and  hearty 
cooperation  of  her  sex. 

She  is  the  daughter  of  Julia  Good- 
hall  and  Hon.  A.  P.  Carpenter,  chief 
justice  of  New  Hampshire,  and  grand- 
daughter of  Hon.  Ira  Goodhall  (Dart- 
mouth College,  1777),  the  first  min- 


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ister  of  the  Congregational  Church  in 
Littleton,  N.  H.,  a  life-long  resident 
of  the  Granite  State. 

Having  come  to  Concord  with  her 
husband,  Frank  Sherwin  Streeter,  in 
1877,  she  immediately  became  in- 
terested in  all  deserving  interests. 
As  the  prime  mover  and  organizer  of 
the  Concord  Ramabai  Circle,  as  a 
trustee  of  the  Margaret  Pillsbury 
General  Hospital,  as  leader  of  an 
earnest  band  of  King's  Daughters, 
as  a  devoted  member  and  teacher  of 
the  Unitarian  Sunday  school,  she 
has  given  true,  devoted,  and  unselfish 
service  in  every  relation,  at  the  same 
time  fulfilling  every  demand  of  the 
social  life  of  the  Capital  City,  of 
which  she  is  one  of  its  brightest  orna- 
ments. 

One  of  the  first  things  Mrs.  Streeter 
succeeded  in  accomplishing,  after  the 
founding  of  the  Woman's  Club,  was 
the  organizing  of  the  Charities  of 
Concord.  Having  failed  in  her  first 
agitation,  while  chairman  of  the 
Philanthropic  Committee  of  the  Wo- 
man's Club,  she  gave  an  address  upon 
charities  organization  before  the  Wo- 
man's Alliance  of  the  Unitarian 
Church,  at  which  all  ministers  and 
officers  of  charitable  societies;  in  town, 
were  present.  At  the  close  of  the 
address  a  committee  of  five,  with 
Mrs.  Streeter  as  chairman,  was  ap- 
pointed to  see  about  forming  a  Char- 
ities Organization  Society  in  Concord. 
The  society  was  organized  March  23, 
1903.  She  was  vice-president  of  the 
same  until  1910  when  she  resigned. 

Mrs.  Streeter  is  connected  with 
almost  every  social  organization  of 
the  state.  She  was  secretary  of  State 
Board  of  Charities  and  Corrections 
from  1899  to  1901;  chairman  from 
1910  to  1911,  when  she  resigned  on 
account  of  poor  health;  chairman  of 
Committee  on  Dependent  Children, 
State  Conference  of  Charities  and 
Corrections,  since  1910;  chairman  of 
New  Hampshire  Children's  Commis- 
sion, 1913-15;  representative  from 
New  Hampshire,  chosen  by  President 
Roosevelt,    to    attend    the    National 


Conference  of  Dependent  Children 
called  by  him  at  the  White  House  in 
January,  1909;  now  chairman  of  the 
New  Hampshire  Children's  commis- 
sion of  three  members,  authorized  by 
the  legislature  of  1913.  Her  report 
has  been  called  for  from  all  over  the 
United  States,  from  the  Atlantic  to 
the  Pacific  coast,  and  from  Maine  to 
Alabama;  secretary  of  Concord's  Dis- 
trict Nursing  Association  from  organ- 
ization,  in    1899,  to  1909;   president 


Mrs.  Frank.  S.  Streeter 

from  1909  to  1913,  when  she  resigned. 
She  is  now  honorary  president;  now 
also  chaplain  for  New  Hampshire 
of  Membership  and  Finance  Commit- 
tee of  National  Association  for  Pub- 
lic Health  Nursery.  Member  North 
American  Academy  of  Political  Sci- 
ence; member  of  Social  Service  Com- 
mission of  Diocese  of  New  Hampshire 
since  its  formation  in  1909,  a  member 
of  Social  Service  Commission  of  Pri- 
mary Synod  of  the  province  of  New 
England,  the  only  woman  on  the 
commission;  member  of  Visiting  Com- 
mittee of  Orphans'  Home  at  St.  Paul's 
School. 

At  the  last  National  Conference  of 


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Charities  and  Corrections,  held  in  Bal- 
timore, May  12,  1915,  Mrs.  Streeter 
gave  a  paper  entitled,  "The  Relation 
of  Mental  Defect  to  the  Neglected,  De- 
pendent, and  Delinquent  Children  of 
New  Hampshire."  She  is  the  only 
woman  who  ever  gave  a  paper  of  this 
kind  at  a  national  conference. 

Mrs.  Streeter  is  a  member  of  the 
Rumford  Chapter,  D.  A.  R.,  and  is 
also  prominently  affiliated  with  the 
Shakespeare,  Friendly,  Golf  and  Coun- 
try Clubs. 

Mrs.  Mary  Smith  Remick 

Of  all  Concord's  leading  women 
among  the  most  prominent  is  Mrs. 
Mary  Smith  Remick.  Probably  no 
other  woman  in  the  city  or,  more 
probably,  in  the  state  is  more  gener- 
ally affiliated  with  woman's  clubs, 
charity  work,  and  social  conditions. 
She  is  known  not  only  in  the  city  of 
Concord  and  the  state  of  New  Hamp- 
shire, but  all  over  the  United  States 
as  a  leader  of  women's  organizations. 

Mrs.  Remick  was  born  in  Bangor, 
Me.,  July,  1862.  When  she  was  twelve 
years  old  her  family  moved  to  Marl- 
boro, Mass.,  where  she  resided  until 
she  reached  the  age  of  twenty-four 
years.  The  Pendletons  then  moved 
to  Hartford,  Conn.  On  December  5, 
1888,  Mary  Smith  Pendleton  married 
James  W.  Remick.  Soon  after  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Remick  moved  to  Littleton, 
where  Mr.  Remick  engaged  in  the 
practice  of  law. 

From  the  first  he  had  remarkable 
success  and  in  the  year  1889  he  was 
made  district  attorney.  In  1901  he 
was  appointed  justice  of  the  supreme 
court.  This  appointment  necessi- 
tated the  removal  of  the  family  from 
Littleton  to  Concord. 

In  Concord  Mrs.  Remick  immedi- 
ately became  prominent  in  all  affairs 
with  which  women  were  connected, 
and  soon  became  a  worker  in  the 
Woman's  Club  and  charity  work. 
In  1911  she  was  elected  president  of 
the  Woman's  Club  and,  upon  election, 
began  to  bring  about  some  needed 
reforms  in  the  city  and  state.   Through 


constant  agitation  she  and  her  co- 
workers succeeded  in  having  the  city 
parks  properly  policed,  a  much  needed 
thing.  Perhaps  the  most  important 
work  carried  on  during  Mrs.  Remick's 
administration  was  the  bringing  about 
of  the  ruling  by  the  Public  Service 
Commission  concerning  the  lowering 
of  the  car  steps  on  the  street-car  lines 
of  Concord.  Through  constant  agi- 
tation and  untiring  labor,  and  only 
after  many  heated  hearings,  did  the 
ruling  come.  The  remarkable  part 
of  the  whole  story  is  that,  although 
the  railroad  had  its  lawyers  and 
conducted  its  case  with  their  legal 
advice,  the  Woman's  Club  had  no 
lawyer  and  the  case  was  wholly  con- 
ducted by  Mrs.  Remick.  As  every- 
one knows  she  won  her  case  easily. 
Today  it  stands  as  a  ruling  all  over 
the  state.  It  was  during  her  admin- 
istration, also,  that  the  movement 
for  the  revival  of  high  school  dances 
in  the  High  School  Hall  was  started, 
which  matured  last  year  and  that  has 
brought  such  general  satisfaction  this 
term. 

During  the  legislature  of  1911,  under 
the  auspices  of  the  Woman's  Club, 
an  illustrated  lecture  was  held  in 
Representatives  Hall,  on  "Weights 
and  Measures. "  Through  Mrs.  Rem- 
ick's influence,  Dr.  Fisher  of  Wash- 
ington, Mr.  Palmer  of  Massachusetts, 
and  Hugh  Henry  of  Vermont,  spoke 
at  the  meeting.  After  this  lecture  a 
public  one  was  held  in  the  Parish 
House,  which  was  largely  attended. 
Strange  to  relate  this  bill  was  killed 
and  has  been  killed  every  time  it  has 
come  up  since.  However,  Mrs.  Rem- 
ick has  not  given  up  and  will  keep  up 
her  fight  until  it  is  passed. 

Four  years  ago  Mrs.  Remick  was 
chairman  of  the  Eastern  Division  at 
the  Council  Division  held  in  Washing- 
ton. One  year  ago  she  took  up  the 
duties  of  chairman  of  the  Industrial 
and  Social  Committee  in  the  General 
Federation  of  Woman's  Clubs.  This  is 
a  federation  of  two  million  women,  with 
an  endowment  fund  of  $100,000. 
One  can  readily  see  the  importance  of 


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this  position.  At  the  last  convention 
of  this  federation  in  Chicago,  at  which 
there  were  ten  thousand  present,  Mrs. 
Remick  had  a  conference  on  "Indus- 
trial and  Social  Conditions,"  at  which 
were  present  representatives  from  all 
over  the  United  States.  Her  con- 
ference was  a  great  success. 

During  the  last  session  of  the 
legislature,  she  was  a  member  of  the 
Legislative  Committee  and  also  is 
secretary  of  the  Conference  on  Chari- 
ties and  Corrections,  of  which  Bishop 
Parker  is  president,  and  Mrs.  Charles 
P.  Bancroft  is  treasurer. 

Besides  holding  these  important 
positions,  Mrs.  Remick  holds  several 
minor  places  of  honor  in  the  many 
organizations  with  which  Concord 
abounds.  She  has  been  a  member  of 
the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Pembroke 
Sanatorium  for  many  years,  and  has 
been  very  active  for  its  welfare.  She 
has  been  a  member  of  the  board  of 
trustees  of  the  Woman's  Hospital  for 
some  time.  She  is  chairman  of  the 
Friendly  Visitors,  a  Concord  charity 
organization  which  has  done  fine 
work;  third  vice-president  of  the 
Friendly  Club,  serving  her  second 
term,  and  at  the  last  annual  meeting 
of  the  New  Hampshire  Federation 
she  was  elected  vice-president. 

Mrs.  William  M.  Chase 
Ellen  Sherwood  Abbott,  wife  of 
Hon.  William  M.  Chase,  daughter  of 
the  late  Aaron  and  Nancy  (Badger) 
Abbott,  was  born  in  Concord  Novem- 
ber 15,  1840,  and  was  educated  in 
the  public  school,  at  Miss  Pickering's 
Young  Ladies'  School  in  Concord,  and 
at  Henniker  Academy,  and  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Judge  Chase,  March 
18,  1863.  She  was  a  sister  of  the 
late  Gen.  Joseph  C.  Abbott,  who 
commanded  the  Seventh  New  Hamp- 
shire Regiment  in  the  Civil  War,  was 
adjutant-general  of  New  Hampshire 
and  later  United  States  senator  from 
North  Carolina.  She  has  been  a  life- 
long resident  of  Concord,  and  a  faith- 
ful and  consistent  member  of  the 
South     Congregational     Church     for 


more  than  fifty  years.  She  has  been 
for  many  years  an  active  and  inter- 
ested member  of  the  Concord  Wo- 
man's Club,  serving  on  its  Philan- 
thropy Committee,  and  as  vice-pres- 
ident and  president  for  two  terms 
each.  She  has  been  a  prominent 
member  of  the  famous  old  Concord 
Charitable  Society,  and  has  been  its 
president,  and  also  served  many 
years  as  secretary  of  the  Seamen's 
Friend  Society.  She  is  a  woman  of 
vigorous  intellect  and  much  strength 
of    character,    with    strong    domestic 


Mrs.  William  M.  Chase 

tastes,  but  neglecting  no  duty  to 
society  or  any  just  demand  of  the 
progressive  spirit  of  the  age. 

Mary  Gordon  Nichols  Thorne 
The  newly  elected  president  of  the 
Concord  Woman's  Club,  Mary  Gor- 
don Nichols  (Mrs.  John  C.)  Thorne, 
was  born  in  Tremont,  111.,  of  New 
England  parentage.  Her  father  is 
Nathaniel  Gordon  Nichols,  born  in 
Boston,  a  branch  of  the  celebrated 
Scotch  Gordons.  Her  mother's  maiden 
name  was  Lucia  Jane  Lovejoy,  a  des- 


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cendant  of  the  well-known   Lovejoy      three    daughters    of    the    late    Capt. 


family  of  New  Hampshire. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  edu- 
cated  at  the   Normal   University  of 


Mrs.  John  G.  Thome 

Illinois,  and  was  married  to  John 
Calvin  Thorne  of  Concord,  July  8, 
1873,  and  has  resided  ever  since  in  the 
Capital  City. 

Mrs.  Thorne  has  been  prominent 
in  philanthropic,  charitable  and 
church  work  for  these  many  years. 
She  was  elected  president  of  the  Con- 
cord Woman's  Club  of  three  hundred 
and  fifty  members,  the  largest  in  our 
state,  at  the  annual  meeting  in  April 
last.  She  has  been  identified  with 
the  club  ever  since  its  organization — 
more  than  twenty  years  ago — serving 
as  a  member  of  many  different  com- 
mittees, and  was  its  vice-president  for 
the  past  two  years.  Her  election  as 
president  at  this  time  is  a  just  tribute 
to  a  most  faithful  and  able  woman. 

Mrs.    Mary   Tucker   Hoague. 
Mrs.    Mary    Tucker    Hoague    was 
born  in  New  York;  the  eldest  of  the 


Richard  and  Mary  A.  Tucker.  She 
was  educated  in  the  schools  of  her 
native  city  and  Plainfield,  N.  Y. 
She  had  also  a  fine  musical  education 
under  the  instruction  of  Navarro. 
She  left  her  parents'  home  to  become 
a  resident  of  Concord  upon  her  mar- 
riage to  Edwin  C.  Hoague,  October 
1881,  and,  in  her  quiet  way,  has  al- 
ways had  an  active  part  in  the  religi- 
ous and  social  life  of  the  city.  As  a 
member  of  the  Baptist  Church,  and  a 
most  successful  teacher  in  its  Sunday 
school,  she  has  always  taken  an  ac- 
tive part  and  a  deep  interest  in  all  its 
activities.  She  was  state  president 
of  the  Woman's  Auxiliarv  of  the 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  from  1893 "to  1899. 
Likewise  she  has  been  state  president 
of  the  Woman's  Home  Missionary 
Society  for  several  years.  She  was 
active  in  forming  the  District  Nurs- 


Mrs.  Mary  T.  Hoague 

ing  Association,  and  has  served  on 
the  board  of  managers  of  the  Friendly 
Club.  Chosen  in  1913  she  con- 
ducted its  affairs  with  marked  success. 


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Mrs.  L.  J.  H.  Frost. 

Mrs.  L.  J.  H.  Frost  (Lucy  Jane 
Hutchins)  has  been  well  and  widely 
known  through  her  practical  writings, 
in  Concord,  and  far  beyond  its  bor- 
ders, for  many  years.  She  has  been  a 
frequent  and  valued  contributor  for 
the  Granite  Monthly  for  a  long 
time,  as  well  as  for  the  newspaper 
press  of  this  and  other  cities.  She 
was  born  in  West  Concord,  August  30, 
1830,  the  only  daughter  of  John  and 
Lucv    Ann    Mills    Hutchins.     When 


Frost  had  written  a  story  which  a 
friend  who  read  the  manuscript  ad- 
vised her  to  send  to  the  Waverly  Mag- 
azine for  publication.  She  finally 
sent  it,  and  awaited,  with  no  little 
anxiety,  the  decision  of  Prof.  George 
R.  Poulton,  who  closely  criticised  all 
matter  of  the  kind  sent  in  for  that 
publication.  To  her  glad  surprise  the 
decision  was  favorable,  and  some 
years  following  her  contributions  fre- 
quently appeared  in  that  paper. 
For  the  last  fifty  vears  she  has  devoted 


Mrs.  L.  J.  H.  Frost 


she  was  three  years  old  her  parents 
removed  to  Billerica,  Mass.,  where 
was  her  home  until  her  marriage  to 
Henry  Frost,  May  28,  1851.  Upon 
the  death  of  her  husband,  eight  years 
later,  she  returned  to  Concord  and 
made  her  home  with  her  parents,  who 
had  also  returned  there  and  estab- 
lished their  home  in  the  city  proper, 
at  16  Downing  Street,  where  she  has 
continued  to  reside  since  their  death. 
Her  only  child,  a  son,  died  when  five 
and  a  half  years  of  age. 

When  about  sixteen  years  old  Mrs. 


much  of  her  time  to  writing,  both 
poetry  and  prose.  She  has  written 
three  books,  of  the  religious  novel 
class,  suitable  for  Sunday  school  li- 
braries, of  which  one,  "Lynda  New- 
ton, or  Life's  Discipline,"  has  been 
published.  Her  poems  and  prose 
writings  have  appeared  in  many 
papers  and  magazines,  and  have  been 
extensivelj7  read  and  appreciated. 
Her  book  of  poems,  "Fireside  Rev- 
eries," issued  from  the  Rumford 
Press  in  1904,  had  an  extensive  sale, 
and  is  still  in  demand. 


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Concord    Female    Charitable 
Society 

One  of  the  organizations,  which 
has  made  a  secure  place  for  itself  in 
the  hearts  of  our  citizens  is  the 
Concord  Female  Charitable  Society 
which  was  formed  in  January,  1812. 

Its  origin  was  most  modest  and 
its  methods  unobtrusive,  but  its 
growth  has  been  constant,  till  the 
society  has  reached  a  usefulness  far 
beyond  the  expectation  of  its  founders. 

Concord  was  then  a  small  town  and 


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Elizabeth  Kneeland  McFarland 

Born  1780  Died  1838 

Rev.  Asa  McFarland  was  pastor  of 
the  First  Congregational  Church. 
Mrs.  McFarland,  moved  by  the  visit 
of  her  husband  to  a  sick  and  destitute 
family,  had  suggested  that  an  organ- 
ized effort  be  made  to  care  for  the  poor 
and  needy.  Progressive  as  this  plan 
must  have  seemed,  twenty  women 
subscribed  to   the   paper  which  had 


been  circulated  and  formed  them- 
selves into  the  above-named  society. 
The  first  officers  were:  president, 
Mrs.  Sarah  Livermore;  secretary, 
Miss  Sarah  Kimball;  treasurer,  Mrs. 
Elizabeth  Thompson. 

Up  to  the  time  of  her  death,  Mrs. 
McFarland,  for  twenty  years  as 
" first  directress"  and  for  six  years 
as  president,  gave  her  loving  service 
in  its  behalf.  It  was  the  ambition 
of  these  earnest  women,  not  only 
to  relieve  suffering  and  want,  but  to 
prevent  it.  The  poor  were  taught 
to  spin  and  weave,  and  were  paid  for 
their  work  in  cloth.  The  taxes  of 
the  members  were  often  paid  in  flax. 

Monthly  meetings  of  the  officers 
and  directors  were  held  regularly  on 
the  first  Tuesday  of  each  month,  a 
custom  which  has  continued  to  the 
present  date. 

The  society  was  incorporated  in 
1853,  and  its  funds  are  derived  from 
membership  fees,  gifts  and  legacies. 
The  first  legacy  was  by  John  Kent 
in  1826,  the  amount  being  $50.  Sub- 
sequent legacies  of  varying  amounts 
have  been  received,  until  at  the  present 
time  the  Permanent  Fund  amounts  to 
$21,050.  During  the  first  year  the 
total  amount  expended  was  $23.38. 
For  1914  the  amount  was  $1,162.93. 

The  society  is  undenominational 
and  has  a  beneficiary  list  of  especially 
worthy  persons  to  whom  five  dollars 
is  paid  quarterly.  Large  sums  have 
been  expended  for  fuel,  groceries  and 
clothing,  also  for  care  of  the  sick,  and 
many  a  home  has  been  brightened  by 
the  kind  ministrations  of  the  faith- 
ful directors. 

The  present  officers  are:  president, 
Mrs.  James  Minot;  vice-president, 
Miss  Abby  G.  Fiske;  secretary,  Miss 
Erhe  M.  Thorndike;  treasurer,  Mrs. 
Grace  E.  Foster. 


THE  SEWEL  HOIT  HOMESTEAD 


Its  buildings  were  being  erected  during 
1835-36,  so  that  with  Concord's  one  hun- 
dred and  fiftieth  anniversary  the  homestead 
celebrates  its  eightieth.  The  three  elm  trees 
were  set  out  in  1836  and  the  cyclone  of  1902 
so  demolished  one  of  them  that  it  had  to  be  cut 
down.  The  place  is  well  preserved;  the  iden- 
tical colonial  paper — a  woodsy  scene  in  green, 
with  deer  and  rabbits  in  gray — which  Sewel 
Hoit  had  placed  on  the  walls  of  the  front  hall 
originally,  is  on  the  walls  today.  The  daugh- 
ter and  her  husband,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George 
W.  Stevens,  are  the  present  owners  and  occu- 
pants of  the  i:  Sewel  Hoit  place."  A  rare 
library,  thousands  of  photographs,  souvenirs 
of  travel,  old  portraits,  ancestral  furniture 
and  four  colonial  fire  places  furnish  the 
home. 

Sewel  Hoit  was  born  at  Sugar  Ball  in 
Hopkinton,  February  2,  1807,  son  of  William 
and  Mary  (French)  Hoyt.     His  father  died 


Sewel  Hoit  was  the  eldest  of  thirteen  chil- 
dren. He  was  apprenticed  to  the  carpen- 
ter's trade  and  served  until  twenty-one  years 
of  age,  at  which  time  he  started  forth  without 


Sewel  Hoit  and  Daughter 

at  the  age  of  twenty-nine  years,  and  his 
mother  married  Enoch  Hoit  and  removed 
with  her  children  to  Enoch  Hoit's  home  at 
Horse  Hill,  near  the  bridge. 


Mrs.  H.  Elizabeth  Nichols-Hoit 

a  copper  in  his  pocket  or  to  his  name  and 
located  in  Concord  as  a  building  contractor. 
After  a  few  years,  having  earned  the  money 
for  purchasing  land  and  building  a  house  for 
himself,  he  married  Catherine  Pillsbury  of 
Boscawen  in  1837.  She  died  in  184-3,  without 
children  and  he  married  his  second  wife, 
Hannah  Elizabeth  Nichols,  daughter  of 
Luther  Western  and  Hannah  (Tompkins) 
Nichols  at  Amherst,  N.  H.,  March  4,  1852. 
There  were  two  children,  both  daughters — an 
infant  who  was  born  and  died  March  6,  1S56, 
and  Jane  Elizabeth,  born  September  23,  1860. 
H.  Elizabeth  Nichols  was  born  in  Boston 
July  12,  1828,  and  lived  there  until  the  year 
before  she  was  married.  When  Elizabeth 
was  twenty-one  years  of  age,  her  mother  be- 
ing in  poor  health,  her  father  retired  from 
business  as  a  dry  goods  merchant  and  bought 
the  "old  bank  building"  at  Amherst,  N.  H. 

For  many  years  Sewel  Hoit  had  one  or  two 
lumber  yards;  he  furnished  fine  building  ma- 
terial, much  of  which  was  imported  from  Can- 
ada. Mr.  Hoit's  health  began  to  fail  him 
at  the  age  of  forty-five  years,  the  outcome, 
perhaps,  of  a  fall  he  had  sustained  years  be- 
fore, while  at  work  on  the  rafters  of  the  old 
North  Congregational  Church,  for  which  he 


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"  The  Sewel  Hoit  Homestead  " 


had  the  contract — this  church  was  burned  in 
1873.  Most  of  his  buildings  have  disap- 
peared but  the  old  American  House  and  a  few 
private  residences  still  stand.  Having  re- 
tired from  the  building  trade  in  1S52  he 
bought  out  various  stores  in  Concord  and 
sold    them    again.     He    ran    a    gentleman's 


George  Washington  Stevens 

clothing  store  for  a  year  or  two;  a  fruit  and 
confectionery  store  four  or  five  \ears,  the 
latter  in  a  little  wooden  building  owned  by 
Cyrus  Hill  beside  the  old  Columbian  Hotel. 
He  is  said  to  have  introduced  coal-oil  or 
kerosene  lamps  into  Concord. 

Sewel  Hoit  was  a  radical  Republican  in 


pohtics  and  served  as  assessor  for  Ward  Four 
in  1858  and  1859.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
old  state  militia  and  of  the  Governor's  House 
Guards,  became  a  member  of  the  North  Con- 
gregational Church  in  1829,  died  in  Concord 
January  22,  1875. 

Jane  Elizabeth  was  born  in  the  old  home- 
stead on  Sunday  morning  September  23, 1860. 
She  received  her  medical  diploma  in  1890 
and  at  this  time  reverted  to  the  original 
spelling  of  the  surname. 

June  26,  1907,  Doctor  Hoyt  married  George 
W.  Stevens  of  Claremont,  N.  H.,  the  cere- 
mony occurred  in  the  "spacious  parlors  of 
the  bride." 

Doctor  Hoyt-Stevens  is  a  suffragist  by 
conviction.  In  1897  she  ran  as  candidate 
for  city  physician  with  Drs.  Parker,  Leete 
and  Adams,  to  succeed  Doctor  McMurphy, 
and  came  within  about  a  dozen  votes  of  win- 
ning. 

Doctor  Hoyt-Stevens  is  a  member  of  many 
medical  and  philanthropic  societies,  college 
clubs  and  women's  clubs.  She  is  a  member 
of  the  National  Geographical  Society,  necrol- 
ogist for  and  life  member  of  the  New  Hamp- 
shire Historical  Society  and  she  also  was  a 
charter  member  of  the  Weetamoo  Outing 
Club  and  chairman  of  its  building  committee. 

George  Washington  Stevens  was  bom  at 
Acworth,  N.  H.,  November  10,  1S43,  son  of 
William   J.   and  Cynthia   (Young)    Stevens. 


The  Ghosts  at  Westminster 


307 


He  first  married  Julia  R.  Bailey  of  Unity, 
N.  H.,  January  12,  1874;  she  died  September 
1,  1903,  without  children.  After  farming  at 
Unity  and  Charlestown,  N.  H.,  four  years  he 
moved  to  Claremont  in  1878,  where  for  thirty 
years  he  was  interested  in  the  sale  of  farm 
implements  and  in  building  and  the  sale  of 
real  estate.  He  was  ssventeen  years  high- 
way surveyor,  eight  years  tree  warden  and 
highway  commissioner;  was  a  member  of  the 


New  Hampshire  house  of  representatives  in 
1905-06,  a  Republican  and  in  favor  of 
suffrage  for  women.  He  was  asked  to  return 
the  next  session  as  senator  but  declined;  ac- 
tive Methodist;  eight  years  Sunday  School 
superintendent.  He  was  a  Methodist  class 
leader  for  many  years,  and  treasurer  of  Clare- 
mont Junction  Union  Camp-meeting  Asso- 
ciation nineteen  years,  to  1908.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Grange,  7th  degree. 


THE   GHOSTS  AT  WESTMINSTER 

By  Fred  Myron  Colby 

In  the  nave  of  the  ancient  fane, 
Heedless  of  joy  and  dead  to  pain, 
Silent  and  cold  they  lie  asleep, 
The  rosebud  princes  Plantagenet, 
Who,  at  the  hands  of  their  uncle,  met 
The  doom  o'er  which  the  centuries  weep. 

All  around  them  the  stained  light  falls, 
On  clustered  columns  and  fretted  walls, 
With  rose  and  trefoil  and  heralds  sign; 
As,  lapped  and  folded  in  marble  grim, 
Their  effigies  lie  there  cold  and  prim — 
Those  luckless  princes  of  royal  line. 

Round  them  lieth,  in  solemn  state, 
Dust  once  quickened  and  animate; 
Kings  and  statesmen  and  warriors  bold, 
Courtiers  supple  and  quick  to  learn 
Trick  of  fashion  and  fortune's  turn, 
Sinners  and  saints  in  common  mold. 

Through  the  long,  long  days  they  slumber  there, 
'Neath  the  cloistered  roof  of  the  Abbey  fair, 
Their  wrongs  forgotten  in  deathly  calm. 
There,  on  their  high  beds  altarwise, 
They  rest  and  wait  with  sealed  eyes, 
Their  cold  hands  folded  palm  to  palm. 

But  when  the  stars  on  the  Abbey  shine, 
And  the  moon  looks  down  with  light  divine, 
On  stained  glass  window  and  vaulted  aisle, 
Then  these  two  step  down,  and,  hand  in  hand, 
So  I  love  to  think,  m  the  moonlight  stand, 
And  waken  each  sleeper,  with  childish  smile. 


308  The  Granite  Monthly 

Ah,  then  the  old  Abbey  sees  again 
Her  great  and  mighty  ones  pale  and  wan. 
The  lords  in  purple  and  in  pall; 
Princes  and  queens,  in  ghostly  gray, 
Passing  the  great  rose  window's  ray; 
Bishops  and  abbots  with  croziers  tall. 

Gallant  and  stately  as  in  a  play 
They  pass  and  repass  the  marble  way, 
Those  silent  ghosts  of  the  long  dead  past. 
They  that  were  foes  in  the  long  ago 
Give  no  hint  in  this  phantom  show, 
But  that  they  are  loving  friends  at  last. 

Queen  Mary  Stuart  makes  no  sign 

To  Good  Queen  Bess  in  the  storied  line; 

And  bluff  King  Hal,  in  the  moonlight's  sheen, 

Meets  Wolsey's  ghost  and  the  sweeping  train 

Of  the  lovely  woman  he  had  slain, 

With  not  a  cloud  on  his  face,  I  ween. 

m 

King  Charles  the  First  who  lost  his  head, 
The  Spanish  princess  great  Edward  wed, 
And  many  a  warrior,  grim  and  tall, 
Pass  out  of  their  niche  to  join  the  line; 
Their  ghostly  forms  in  the  starlight  shine, 
Making  shadows  deep  on  the  chapel  wall. 

Each  night  they  wake  for  their  shadow  play, 

But  ever,  as  dark  wears  on  to  day, 

Their  phantom  figures  droop  and  fade, 

Till  in  the  morning  again  they  sleep, 

Each  in  his  marble  cradle  deep, 

Where  the  light  shines  through  the  cloistered  shade. 

And  they  sleep  and  smile  there,  quaint  and  prim, 
Folded  and  sealed  in  marble  grim, 
The  two  little  princes  Plantagenet. 
They  tell  no  tales  of  the  curtained  death, 
The  moan  in  sleep  and  the  strangled  breath, 
For  their  thoughts  are  e'er  on  the  evening  set. 


THE  CONCORD  AND  PORTSMOUTH 

TURNPIKE 

By  J.  M.  Moses 


Unprofitable  investment  in  the  in- 
terest of  travel  must  be  as  old  as 
the  human  imagination  and  its 
craving  for  excitement.  An  ancient 
example  was  Diomedes,  king  of  the 
Bistones  in  Thrace,  whose  horses 
devoured,  according  to  mythology, 
his  flesh,  or,  according  to  later  higher 
criticism,  his  fortune.  Their  present- 
day  successors  are  the  automobiles, 
which  devour  mortgaged  homes. 

When  the  expenditure  turned  from 
vehicles  to  roads  of  permanent  utility, 
a  debt  of  gratitude  was  imposed  on 
the  public,  which  was  sometimes  paid 
in  post  mortem  honors,  as  in  case  of 
the  builder  of  the  famous  Appian 
Way,  from  Rome. 

Benefactors  of  this  kind  were  the 
builders  of  our  New  Hampshire  rail- 
roads, on  which  our  very  lives  have 
now  come  to  depend,  but  which  were 
seldom  profitable  to  their  original 
proprietors.  The  generation  preced- 
ing the  railroad  builders  had  a  class 
of  road  investors  whose  motives  were 
quite  as  much  infused  with  public 
spirit,  but  whose  expectations  of 
profit  were  even  worse  disappointed, 
— the  builders  of  the  turnpikes. 

It  is  interesting  to  read  in  our  first 
New  Hampshire  Gazetteer,  published  in 
1817,  the  account  of  the  turnpikes- 
then  completed,  under  construction, 
and  projected,  and  the  great  hopes 
entertained  of  them,  as  well  as  of  the 
canals  in  contemplation;  the  railroads 
being  as  little  foreseen  as  autos  and 
aeroplanes.  For  about  one  genera- 
tion the  turnpikes  answered  expecta- 
tions to  a  considerable  degree  as 
promoters  of  trade  and  travel,  but 
not  as  investments.  Their  owners 
were  soon  glad  to  dispose  of  them, 
on  any  terms  they  could  make,  to 
the  towns  through  which  they  passed. 

The  earliest  and  most  important 
turnpikes  were  the  following: 


The  first,  from  Piscataqua  Bridge 
to  a  bridge  over  the  Merrimack  at 
East  Concord,  thirty-six  miles. 

The  second  was  incorporated  De- 
cember 26,  1799.  It  was  developed 
by  branches  into  a  system  of  over  one 
hundred  miles.  Its  main  line  ran 
from  Amherst  through  Mont  Vernon 
and  Francestown,  through  corners  of 
Deering,  Antrim,  Hillsboro  and  Wind- 
sor, and  centrally  through  Washing- 
ton, Lempster,  Unity  and  Claremont 
to  the  Connecticut  River  at  Lottery 
Bridge.  From  Washington  a  branch 
diverged  through  Newport,  Croydon 
and  Grantham,  to  Lebanon.  Another 
branch  went  from  Lempster  through 
Acworth  to  Charlestown.  Another 
from  Newport  to  Cornish. 

The  third  system,  its  first  line  in- 
corporated December  27,  1799,  cen- 
tered in  Keene,  with  lines  southeast 
and  northwest  that  were  later  paral- 
leled by  the  Cheshire  railroad.  There 
were  two  other  lines:  one  north, 
through  Surry,  Alstead,  and  Langdon 
to  Charlestown,  another  easterly, 
through  Marlboro,  Jaffrey  and  New 
Ipswich  to  Townsend,  Mass. 

The  fourth  turnpike,  incorporated 
December,  1800,  ran  northwest,  from 
Boscawen  through  Salisbury,  West 
Andover,  Wilmot,  Springfield,  En- 
field and  Lebanon,  to  White  River, 
Vermont.  A  branch,  almost  as  long, 
incorporated  June  21,  1804,  went  from 
West  Andover  through  Danbury, 
Grafton,  western  Orange  and  Canaan 
to  the  Connecticut  River  in  Lyme. 

The  towns  between  Franklin  and 
Haverhill  weVe  reached  by  two  turn- 
pikes, making  one  line,  both  incor- 
porated December  29,  1803.  This 
road  went  by  the  east  side  of  New- 
found Lake,  through  Plymouth,  Rum- 
ney,  Went  worth,  Warren  and  Pier- 
mont  to  Haverhill.  A  branch  was 
added  from  Went  worth  to  Orford. 


310  The  Granite  Monthly 

The   tenth   turnpike,   incorporated  joining  towns,  but  if  one  wished  to  go 

December  28,  1803,  was  for  the  Port-  farther,    the    route    would    often    be 

land    business.     It    was    built    from  ridiculous.     An  instance  of  this  was 

Bartlett    up    through    the    Crawford  the  road  west  from  Northwood.     It 

Notch,    with    an    extension    through  went    by    a    circuitous    route    from 

Bretton  Woods  and  Jefferson  to  Lan-  Northwood  Narrows  to  the  Old  Cen- 

caster.  ter  in  Epsom.     To  reach  Chichester 

Two  lines  ran  southeasterly  from  one  would  have  to  travel  twice  the 
Concord,  both  incorporated  in  June,  air  line  distance. 
1804.  One  started  from  Butter's  Naturally  the  first  turnpike  pro- 
Corner,  South  Main  Street,  and  went  jected  was  from  the  seaport  and 
through  Bow  to  a  bridge  at  Hooksett,  largest  town  to  the  capital.  It  was 
thence  swerved  easterly  from  the  mainly  a  Portsmouth  enterprise,  as 
river  passing  between  the  Massa-  was  later  the  Concord  and  Ports- 
besic  lakes  and  on  to  Derry,  thence  mouth  railroad,  which  had  the  same 
by  the  line  of  the  Lawrence  rail-  objects  in  view.  Portsmouth's  mer- 
road  to  Massachusetts.  It  prudently  chants  and  mariners  wished  to  hold 
avoided  Manchester,  which  was  not  as  much  as  possible  of  the  up-country 
then  claiming  distinction,  having  but  trade  from  going  down  the  Mer- 
recently  cast  off  its  inglorious  name  rimack  to  Massachusetts.  Ports- 
of  Harry-town.  The  other,  as  incor-  mouth's  people  hoped  for  cheaper 
porated,  was  only  fourteen  miles,  supplies  of  country  produce.  Even 
from  Pembroke  through  Allenstown  charcoal  was  then  hauled  from  Epsom 
and  Candia  to  Chester  Street;  but  and  Chichester  to  Portsmouth.  Now 
this  was  only  one  section  of  a  line  of  coal  is  brought  to  Epsom  and  Chi- 
travel  between  Concord  and  Haver-  Chester  by  way  of  Portsmouth,  and 
hill,  Mass.,  by  one  of  the  oldest  Portsmouth's  country  supplies  come 
routes.  A  cart-way  had  been  cut  mostly  from  beyond  New  Hampshire, 
here  before  1730.  The  conditions  in  Portsmouth  and 

Another  old  line  of  travel  was  the  other  parts  of  New  Hampshire  near 

Province    Road,    built    about    1767,  the  close  of  the  eighteenth  century 

from    Dover    and    Durham    through  were  described  by  Rev.  L.  H.  Thayer 

Barrington  and  Barnstead  to  Oilman-  in  the  Granite  Monthly  of  February 

ton,  and  later  extended  to  Laconia.  1909.     Portsmouth  was   not  a  city, 

This  was  always  a  free  road.     There  but  in  the  decade  1790-1800  it  had 

were  other  turnpikes,  especially  one  nearly   three  times   as   many   people 

through    the    towns    north    of    Lake  as   Concord,   twice  as  many  as  any 

Winnipesaukee;  but  the  most  impor-  other   town   except   Gilmanton,    and 

tant  have  been  named.     Over  fifty  had    these    people   in   a   small    area, 

turnpike   companies   obtained   incor-  while  Gilmanton  then  included  one 

poration.  third  of  Belknap  County.     In  urban 

It  should  be  borne  in  mind  that  qualities    Portsmouth    surpassed    all 

turnpikes  were  built  only  where  the  the  other  towns  beyond  comparison, 

towns    had   failed    to    provide   satis-  It    "was    characterized    by    a    more 

factory  roads.     The  older  towns,  in  elegant  social  life  than  any  other  town 

the  more  level  coast  region,  had  the  in  New  England."    This  elegance  was 

best  roads,  and  so  little  need  of  turn-  supported   by    corresponding    wealth 

pikes.      The   contrary   was   the   case  and  business  enterprise.     Portsmouth 

with  the  little  settlements  back  on  would   do   what   it   could  to  remain 

the  hills,  where  the  people  would  lay  the  metropolis  and  business  entrepot 

out   their  roads   according   to   home  of  New  Hampshire, 

convenience,    with    little    regard    for  To    its    ambitions    for    up-country 

through    travel.       The    home    lines  trade  the  first  great  obstacle  was  the 

would  be  made  to  connect  with  ad-  Piscataqua,    with    its    bays.      These 


The  Concord  and  Portsmouth  Turnpike 


311 


were  navigable  for  only  about  fifteen 
miles  inland.  For  wheeled  traffic 
there  must  be  a  bridge  about  half  a 
mile  long,  over  water  going  down  to 
fifty  feet  in  depth,  with  a  strong  tidal 
current. 

About  as  obvious  as  the  need  of  the 
bridge  was  the  place  where  it  must 
be  built,  which  was  at  Fox  Point, 
Newington.  The  river  was  as  narrow 
here  as  anywhere,  and  construction 
would  be  facilitated  by  two  islands 
in  the  line  of  crossing.  It  would  give 
direct  connection  with  Dover,  as  well 
as  with  the  country  west. 

The  Piscataqua  Bridge  Company 
was  chartered  June  20,  1793.  For  an 
account  of  this  bridge,  see  Mary 
Thompson's  "Landmarks  in  Ancient 
Dover"  and  the  new  History  of 
Durham,  which  last  gives  a  picture 
of  it.  It  was  opened  for  travel  No- 
vember 25,  1794;  was  2,362  feet  long, 
and  of  the  remarkable  width  of  thirty- 
eight  feet;  this  great  width  favoring 
stiffness  to  withstand  the  current. 
It  was  considered  a  masterpiece  of 
construction,  one  of  the  wonders  of 
our  little  New  England  world.  Its 
cost  is  given  as  $65,947.34.  In  1803 
the  legislature  granted  a  lottery  to 
raise  $15,000  more  for  its  repairs  and 
maintenance. 

The  bridge  gave  connection  with 
the  Province  Road  to  Gilmanton,  the 
Mast  Road  through  Nottingham,  and 
other  crooked  and  poorly  built  roads. 
A  good  and  direct  road  to  Concord 
was  felt  to  be  the  next  most  important 
need.  A  line  was  surveyed  which 
made  a  distance  of  only  thirty-six 
miles  to  the  bridge  at  East  Concord. 
June  16,  1796,  the  legislature  passed 
an  act  granting  incorporation  to  a 
company  for  the  construction  of  this 
line  as  a  toll  road,  under  the  name  of 
The  New  Hampshire  Turnpike  Road. 
It  was  the  first  road  to  be  incor- 
porated. 

The  promoters  seem  to  have  been 
a,  little  in  advance  of  public  interest 
in  the  enterprise,  and  construction 
did  not  at  once  begin.  A  few  years 
later  a  turnpike  fever  swept  over  the 


state.  It  was  not  till  October  3,  1800, 
that  proposals  were  issued  for  the 
building  of  the  road.  The  grading 
was  done  in  the  next  two  years,  and 
March  19,  1803,  the  directors  gave 
notice  that  they  had  expended  on  the 
road  the  sums  required  by  law,  and 
would  set  up  the  gates  and  begin  to 
take  toll  on  the  first  day  of  the  follow- 
ing April. 

The  road  thus  opened  ran  through 
Durham,  the  north  end  of  Lee, 
corners  of  Barrington  and  Notting- 
ham the  length  of  Northwood, 
across  Epsom,  Chichester  and  Con- 
cord Plains  to  Federal  Bridge,  which 
was  some  rods  west  of  the  present 
bridge  at  East  Concord.  It  is  now 
the  main  street  of  Durham,  North- 
wood  and  Epsom. 

It  became  an  important  line  of 
travel  during  the  years  before  the 
railroads,  being  the  main  channel  of 
trade  for  the  towns  east  of  Concord, 
and  to  a  considerable  extent  for  Con- 
cord, though  that  town  had  other 
important  connections.  Stories  may 
still  be  heard  of  the  long  journeys  to 
Durham  and  Portsmouth,  with  loads 
of  boards  and  ship  timber,  and  of 
hauling  back  fish,  rum,  molasses  and 
other  imported  goods.  The  cotton 
for  Pittsfield  factory  at  first  came 
this  way. 

The  toll  gates  were  generally  about 
two  miles  apart,  apt  to  be  placed  at 
strategic  points,  as  the  junctions  or 
crossings  of  other  roads.  There  were 
three  of  them  in  Durham  and  one  in 
Lee.  Traditions  place  one  at  the 
Berry  place  at  East  Northwood, 
another  west  of  the  Centre,  at  the 
crossing  of  the  old  road  to  the  Nar- 
rows; another  at  Yeaton's  corner  in 
Epsom,  another  at  Marden's  Corner. 
Probably  toll  could  not  be  collected 
through  central  Northwood,  as  the 
line  closely  paralleled  the  old  road. 

There  were  many  taverns,  and  the 
characteristics  of  old  stage-coach  and 
tavern  days  were  as  well  exemplified 
here  as  anywhere.  The  passenger 
travel  included  many  distinguished 
personages,   among  them   LaFayette 


312 


The  Granite  Monthly 


and  President  Monroe.  I  think  our 
noted  authoress,  Mrs.  Sarah  J.  Hale, 
must  have  passed  this  way  and  been 
impressed  with  the  beauty  of  North- 
wood.  How  else  can  we  account  for 
her  laying  the  scene  of  her  first  novel 
in  a  place  called  Northwood,  about 
halfway  between  Concord  and  Ports- 
mouth, and  making  a  lake  and  moun- 
tain its  principal  physical  features? 
The  story,  however,  does  not  other- 
wise portray  Northwood  more  than 
other  New  England  towns  of  the 
period. 

Toll-taking  lasted  less  than  twenty- 
two  years.  It  is  doubtful  if  traffic 
became  very  heavy  during  this  period. 
The  tolls  were  considerable.  A  load 
of  charcoal  from  Epsom  would  pay 
a  dollar  in  tolls  before  reaching  Pis- 
cataqua  Bridge;  and  a  dollar  was  much 
harder  to  get  then  than  now.  There 
are  traditions  of  long  detours  being 
made  by  economical  people  through 
byroads  to  avoid  the  toll  gates. 

It  is  certain  that  by  1824  the  pro- 
prietors were  thoroughly  disillusioned 
of  their  hopes  of  profit,  and  willing 
to  Sell  their  stock  at  a  great  discount. 
One  of  their  leading  men  was  Jere- 
miah Mason.  A  town  meeting  was 
held  in  Portsmouth  October  7,  1824, 
at  which  he  made  a  speech,  and  per- 
suaded the  town  to  undertake  the 
freeing  of  the  Turnpike.  John  Mc- 
Clintock,  Langley  Boardman  and 
Henry  Ladd  were  chosen  a  committee 
to  raise  money  and  buy  the  road,  and 
were  authorized  to  borrow  $4,000  as 
Portsmouth's  contribution  for  that 
purpose. 

The  stock-holders  had  agreed  to 
sell  for  $8,460,  which  was  $20  on  a 
share.  If  the  shares  were  $100  each, 
the  capitalization  must  have  been 
$42,300.  The  "Landmarks"  state 
that  the  first  cost  was  only  about 
$900  a  mile,  or  $32,400.  There  had 
probably  been  improvements  and 
extensions.  There  was  a  "branch" 
in  Concord,  probably  going  to  one  of 
the  other  bridges. 

Within  three  months  the  commit- 
tee succeeded   in   their   undertaking. 


Portsmouth  gave  $4,000,  Northwood 
$800,  Concord  $500,  Durham  some- 
thing, and  the  rest  was  contributed 
by  the  Piscataqua  Bridge  company 
and  by  individuals. 

January  28,  1825,  the  stock-holders 
held  their  final  meeting  in  the  Court 
House  at  Portsmouth.  Jeremiah 
Mason  presided.  Three  hundred  and 
forty-eight  shares  of  the  stock  were 
represented.  It  was  voted  unani- 
mously, in  consideration  of  the  $8,460, 
"to  relinquish  and  surrender  said 
road  to  the  State  of  New  Hampshire 
for  the  purpose  of  establishing  the 
same  as  a  common  highway.  And 
the  same  is  hereby  surrendered  and 
relinquished  to  said  State  accord- 
ingly for  the  purpose  aforesaid." 

The  Turnpike  doubtless  saw  its 
busiest  years  in  the  next  two  decades, 
before  the  railroads  turned  the  course 
of  trade.  Railroads  from  the  south 
reached  Concord  and  Portsmouth  in 
1840,  Durham  in  1841,  Epsom  in 
1869,  Lee  in  1874.  The  completion 
of  the  Concord  and  Portsmouth  rail- 
road in  1852  ended  the  Turnpike's 
through  travel.  The  great  Piscataqua 
Bridge  was  sold  soon  after  for  only 
$2,000.  When  six  hundred  feet  of  it 
were  carried  away  by  the  ice,  Febru- 
ary 18,  1855,  it  was  not  thought 
worth  repairing,  and  the  remaining 
portion  was  removed. 

In  1850  coaches  were  running  be- 
tween Concord  and  Durham,  and 
probably  Portsmouth.  In  the  sixties 
the  line  east  of  Northwood  had  been 
diverted  to  Newmarket.  After  the 
opening  of  the  Suncook  Valley  rail- 
road, the  coach  did  not  run  west  of 
that,  and  the  Turnpike  became  useful 
chiefly  as  the  main  street  and  outlet 
of  Northwood. 

In  1891  a  substitute  road,  about 
four  miles  long,  by  Suncook  Lake, 
was  opened,  to  avoid  the  hills  in 
Epsom.  Since  the  development  of 
auto  travel  the  whole  line  has  been 
recovering  something  of  its  old  impor- 
tance. Most  of  it  will  sometime  be 
included  in  a  state  boulevard  from 
Concord  to  Dover. 


IN  TULIP  LAND 


A  New  and  Most  Unique  Use  for  Tulips 
By  Maude  Gordon-Roby 


Have  you  ever  been  to  Tulip  Land? 
No?  Then  suppose  we  chat  a  few- 
minutes  about  that  strange  and  most 
delightful  country  across  the  sea, 
where  the  gardeners  still  wear  their 
wooden  shoes  as  they  pass  up  and 
down  the  neat  gravel  paths,  tending 
their  flowers,  famous  the  world  over 
for  their  gorgeous  color. 

Holland  is  justly  noted  for  its  art, 
its  flowers  and  its  cleanliness.  We 
might  talk  for  days  upon  the  subject 
of  Dutch  art,  and  then  find  we  had  not 
adequately  covered  the  ground.  Or 
we  might  endeavor  to  fathom  the 
reasons  for  the  exacting  rules  of  the 
household,  which  require  the  maids 
to  wash  the  outside  of  the  front  doors 
— those  wonderfully  handsome  doors, 
by  the  way — and  also  to  scrub  the 
sidewalk  in  front  of  the  house. 

But,  instead,  let  us  just  talk  of  the 
flowers,  like  bits  of  the  rainbow  spread 
out  on  the  earth.  Such  is  a  flower 
garden  in  Holand.  And  the  tulips, 
how  exquisite  they  are! 

One  of  the  chief  industries  in  Hol- 
land is  the  raising  of  this  bulb.  Hun- 
dreds and  hundreds  are  shipped  every 
year  to  foreign  lands.  But,  how 
would  you  like  to  dig  up  your  tulip 
bed  and  eat  the  bulbs?  Just  cook  in 
the  same  way  as  you  would  cauli- 
flower. It  would  seem  a  bit  out  of 
the  ordinary,  wouldn't  it?  and  most 
of  us  would  prefer  to  go  on  in  the  same 
old  way  seeing  them  grow  and  blos- 
som and  mature.  However,  in  Tulip 
Land  it  was  formerly  the  custom  to 
serve  tulip  bulbs  on  the  table  as  a 
vegetable.  Here  is  an  old  and  valued 
recipe;  in  case  you  may  wish  to  try  it, 
rest  assured  of  success  in  your  at- 
tempts. 

"The  Seedy  Buds  of  the  Tulips." 

"  In  the  spring  (about  the  beginning 
of  May),  the  flowering  leaves  of  tulips 
fall  away,  and  there  remains  within 


them  the  end  of  the  stalk,  which  in 
time  will  turn  to  seed. 

"Take  the  seedy  end,  then  very  ten- 
der, and  pick  from  it  the  little  excres- 
cences about  it  and  cut  into  pieces. 
Boil  these  gently  till  done,  as  you 
would  any  vegetable  of  like  consis- 
tency,  say    for    instance,    peas,   and 


The  clump,  clump  of  their  heavy  wooden  shoes 
may  be  heard  along  the  gravel  path,  as  the  Dutch 
florist  and  his  wife  tend  their  flowers. 


serve  with  a  dressing.  You  will  find 
them  very  palatable,  and  very  sa- 
vory." 

As  the  custom  of  serving  tulips  has 
now  fallen  into  disuse  with  the  ad- 
vent of  a  foreign  market  for  the  bulbs, 
another  custom  quite  as  unique  has 
taken  its  place.  This  year  there  is  a 
great  scarcity  of  flour  in  Holland,  and 
not  to  be  without  their  bread  these 


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thrifty  people  are  grinding  up  tulip  partaken  affirm   that   it   is   delicious 

bulbs  and  mixing  them  with  wheaten  and  inexpensive,  and — who  knows — it 

flour.  may  be  this  is  but  the  beginning  of  an 

Today    you    may    purchase    tulip  industry  which  will  entirely  change 

bread  in  Holland,  and  those  who  have  the  flour  market  of  the  world. 


PARADISE 

A  Poem  for  Memorial  Day. 
By  Maude  Gordon-Roby 

"There  are  no  dead."     The  friends  we  love  so  dear, 
Altho'  to  earthbound  eyes  are  passed  from  here 
Have  but  outgrown  a  weary  dress  of  pain; 
They're  all  alive,  and  we  shall  meet  again. 
For  life  is  just  a  journey,  that  I  ween, 
Where  many  travel  slowly  as  we've  seen, 
'Till  old  they  grow  with  friends  along  the  way; 
While  others  leave  in  infancy,  at  play. 
They  wave  "good-bye"  and  with  a  smile  are  gone. 
O  Heart  of  mine,  I  cannot  be  forlorn 
If  they  are  first  to  reach  that  Outward  Gate; 
Nay,  I'll  rejoice  that  loved  ones  now  await 
My  coming  where  the  roses  do  not  fade, 
And  where  there  are  no  tears!     I'm  not  afraid; 
And  when  at  length  for  me  that  Gate  shall  swing, 
Exultantly  my  soul  shall  upward  wing. 
Up,  up  through  star-dust  and  the  night  I'll  rise, 
Straight  on  to  God,  and  Home  and  Paradise! 


A  NEW-BORN  DAY 

By  L.  J.  H.  Frost 

The  morning  dawns;  a  new-born  day 

Has  come  for  you  and  me; 
Perhaps  the  last  brief  day  on  earth 

We  each  shall  ever  see. 

Then  let  the  day  begin  with  prayer 

And  praise  to  Him  above, 
Who  kept  us  through  the  hours  of  night 

Encircled  by  His  love. 

And  let  us  humbly  ask  of  Him 

Guidance  upon  life's  way; 
That  we  may  never  soil  with  sin 

A  stainless,  new-born  day. 

Put  with  a  doubtless  faith  in  Him 
Pursue  life's  checkered  way; 

Until  the  dawn  shall  usher  in 
Heaven's  bright  eternal  day. 


MAY  BLOSSOMS 

By  Amy  J.  Dolloff 

A  shower  of  petals  from  the  apple  tree, 
And  all  the  glorious  past  comes  back  to  me. 
O  sunshine  of  the  May!     Your  golden  light 
Than  old-time  blissful  joys  is  not  more  bright. 
O  petals,  white  and  pink,  soft  floating  down! 
Your  fragrance  was  the  perfect  year's  rich  crown. 

A  shower  of  petals  from  the  apple  tree 

And  all  my  sorrow  comes  anew  to  me. 

The  sunshine  golden  mocks  me  with  its  light. 

When  those  we  love  are  gone,  no  day  is  bright. 

Yon  petals  wafted  by  the  breeze's  wave 

Seem  like  the  last  flowers  falling  in  a  grave. 

O  memories — that  set  the  heart  aglow! 
Realities — that  pile  it  deep  with  snow! 
You  all  are  mine — all  in  my  soul  have  place 
While  apple  blossoms  brush  against  my  face. 
Fall  fast,  sweet  petals!     Cover,  soothe  me  so 
That  for  one  moment  I  forget  the  woe. 


NEW  HAMPSHIRE  NECROLOGY 


WOODBURY     E.     CORSON 
Woodbury  E.  Corson,  for  the  last  ten  years 
city  electrician  of  Haverhill,  Mass.,  died  in 
that  city  May  6,  1915. 

He  was  born  in  Milton,  N.  H.,  March  25, 
1862.  He  commenced  life  as  a  mill  spinner, 
after  concluding  his  school  days;  was,  later, 
a  stationary  fireman,  and  afterward  was  en- 
gaged with  the  Essex  Electric  and  Power 
Company  of  Haverhill  as  engineer  and  electri- 
cian. Subsequently  he  became  electrician 
for  the  Boston  Steam  &  Power  Co.,  but  soon 
returned  to  Haverhill  as  chief  engineer  of 
the  Haverhill  Electric  Company,  holding  the 
position  twelve  years,  till  his  appointment  as 
city    electrician. 

He  was   a  Mason,   Knight   Templar  and 
Shriner,  and  connected  with  other  organiza- ' 
tiqns.     He  is  survived  by  a  wife,  who  was 
Miss  Lena  Dennison  of  Bangor,   Me.,  with 
two  married  daughters  and  a  son. 

SILAS  C.  STONE 
_  Silas  Call  Stone,  born  in  Webster,  N.  H. 
eighty  four  years  ago,  died,  April  19,  1915,  at 
his  home,  54  Mt.  Vernon  Street  West  Roxbury, 
Mass.  He  was  educated  at  Northfield,  now 
Tilton  Academy,  and  commenced  teaching  at 
Westboro,  Mass.  He  was  afterwards  simi- 
larly engaged  in  Watertown  and  Newton,  and 


later  in  Boston,  where  he  served  first  as  sub- 
master  of  the  Chapman  School  in  East  Boston, 
then  of  the  Lewis  School  in  Roxbury.  When 
the  Sherwin  School  opened  in  Roxbury  in 
1871,  he  became  its  master.  In  1885  he  was 
transferred  to  the  Hyde  School,  and  there 
remained  till  his  retirement  five  years  ago, 
when  he  was  regarded  as  the  dean  of  Boston 
grammar  school  masters,  some  of  his  pupils 
being  grandchildren  of  his  early  ones. 

He  married,  in  1854,  Julia  A.  Pattee  of 
Goffstown,  N.  H.,  who  died  in  1887.  Two 
years  later  he  married  Mrs.  Caroline  Hinckly 
Blake,  who  survived  him,  with  three  children 
by  his  first  marriage — Alaric  Stone,  a  master 
at  the  Boston  Latin  School,  Miss  Abbie 
Stone,  principal  of  a  Philadelphia  cooking 
school,  and  Mrs.  Philip  D.  Sturtivant. 

HON.  URBAN  A.  WOODBURY 
Hon.  Urban  A.  Woodbury,  governor  of  Ver- 
mont from  1894  to  1896,  who  died  at  his  home 
in  Burlington,  April  15,  1915,  was  a  native  of 
New  Hampshire,  born  in  the  town  of  Acworth, 
July  11,  1838,  but  removed  with  his  parents 
to  Vermont  in  childhood. 

He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and 
Academy  of  Morristown,  and  the  medical 
department  of  the  University  of  Vermont, 
from   which   he  graduated  in   1859,   but   his- 


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professional  career  was  interrupted  by  the 
Civil  War,  he  enlisting  in  the  Second  Vermont 
Volunteer  Regiment,  going  out  as  a  sergeant 
in  Company  H.  He  lost  his  right  arm  in  the 
second  battle  of  Bull  Run,  and  was  taken 
prisoner,  but  was  shortly  paroled  and  dis- 
charged. He  again  enlisted  in  November, 
1863;  was  commissioned  captain  in  the  Elev- 
enth Regiment  and  served  through  the  war, 
till  March,  1865.  Returning  to  Vermont,  he 
located  in  Burlington,  engaged  in  practice,  and 
finally  entered  political  life.  He  was  presi- 
dent of  the  board  of  aldermen,  mayor  of 
Burlington  in  1885-86;  later  a  state  senator 
and  president  of  the  senate;  lieutenant  gover- 
nor in  1888-90,  and  governor  in  1894-96.  He 
was  commander  of  the  Vermont  Department, 
G.  A.  R.,  in  1900. 

On  February  12,  1860,  he  married  Pauline 
Xi.  Darling  of  Elmore,  Vt. 

DR.  GARDNER  C.  HILL 
Gardner  C.  Hill,  long  a  leading  physician  of 
Cheshire  County,  and  one  or  the  most  prom- 
inent and  public-spirited  citizens  of  Keene,  died 
at  his  home  in  that  city,  on  Friday,  April  30, 
after  a  long  illness. 

Doctor  Hill  was  a  native  of  the  town  of 
Winchester,  born  March  20,  1829,  having, 
therefore,  attained  the  age  of  eighty-six  years, 
and  remaining  well  and  active  up  to  the 
time  of  his  final  illness.  He  received  his 
education  in  the  schools  of  Winchester,  at 
Mount  Caesar  Seminary,  Swanzey,  and 
Vermont  Academy,  at  Saxtons  River,  and 
graduated  from  the  Vermont   Medical  Col- 


lege, at  Castleton  in  1856.  Subsequently, 
in  1866,  he  took  a  postgraduate  course  at  the 
Harvard  Medical  College.  Meanwhile  he 
had  taught  school  extensively.  He  com- 
menced practice  in  Warwick,  Mass.,  in  1857, 
remaining  ten  years,  and  located  in  Keene  in 
1867,  continuing  there  through  life. 

A  Republican  in  politics,  he  became  active 
in  public  affairs;  was  a  member  three  years, 
and  president  of  the  Keene  common  council, 
two  years;  a  commissioner  for  Cheshire 
County  three  years,  and  treasurer  two  years. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Keene  board  of 
education  for  twenty-five  years,  having  served 
ten  years  in  Warwick  in  the  same  capacity. 
He  was  for  seven  years  Keene's  city  physician, 
and  Cheshire  County  physician  five  years. 
He  was  for  a  long  time  a  member  of  the  Keene 
board  of  examining  surgeons,  for  the  United 
States  government,  and  affiliated  with  the 
Cheshire  County,  Connecticut  River  and 
New  Hampshire  Medical  societies;  also  long 
a  member  of  the  staff  of  the  Elliot  City  Hos- 
pital in  Keene.  He  had  been  president  of 
the  Keene  Savings  Bank  since  April  1,  1897. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  First  Congregational 
Church,  and  a  true  Christian  in  the  fullest 
sense  of  the  term,  serving  his  fellow  men  pro- 
fessionally and  otherwise  to  the  extent  of  his 
ability,  regardless  of  all  thoughts  of  reward, 
except  in  a  sense  of  duty  done.  He  was 
deeply  interested  in  local  and  professional 
history  and  wrote  much  for  publication. 

He  married,  in  1856,  Rebecca  F.  Howard  of 
Walpole,  who  died  in  1893.  In  1894,  he  married 
Carrie  F.  Hutchinsof  Keene,  who  survives  him. 


EDITOR  AND  PUBLISHER'S  NOTE 


This  issue  of  the  Granite  Monthly,  pre- 
viously announced  as  a  double  number  for 
May  and  June,  has  far  outgrown  its  pre- 
scribed limits,  and  is  nothing  less  than  a  sex- 
tuple number,  including  nearly  two  hundred 
pages  of  text  and  nearly  as  many  illustrations, 
making  it  by  far  the  largest  and  most  exten- 
sively illustrated  issue  of  any  magazine  ever 
printed  in  the  state,  and  probably  in  the 
United  States,  if  advertising  pages  are  not 
taken  into  account.  It  is  devoted  almost 
entirely  to  the  One  hundred  fiftieth  Anni- 
versary Celebration,  and  the  professional 
and  business  life  of  the  Capital  City.     It  is 


a  fact  of  no  little  interest  that  herein  are 
presented  more  portraits  of  Concord  people, 
than  were  ever  presented  before  in  any  one 
publication,  and  more  than  are  ever  likely 
to  be  again,  thus  making  it  of  special 
value  as  a  Concord  Souvenir  aside  from  its 
historical  value.  It  is  but  fair  to  the  Rum- 
ford  Printing  Company  to  add,  that  the  work 
upon  this  edition,  completed  from  first  to 
last  in  less  than  twenty  days,  amidst  the 
pressure  of  a  mass  of  other  work,  could  be 
duplicated  by  no  other  printing  house  in 
New  England.  This  also  is  to  the  credit 
of  Concord. 


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Vol.  XLVII,  No.  7  JULY,  1915  New  Series,  Vol.  10,  No.  7 

CHARLES  CARPENTER  GOSS 

By  H.  C.  Pearson 

When  Colonel  Charles  Carpenter  Hanover  he  was  popular  and  promi- 
Goss  died  at  his  home  in  Dover  on  nent,  a  good  student,  but  interested 
Monday,  May  3,  1915,  the  state  of  in  all  the  activities  of  college  life  as 
New  Hampshire  lost  one  of  its  best  well  as  in  his  books.  He  was  a  mem- 
citizens,  one  of  its  most  successful  and  ber  of  the  Phi  Zeta  Mu  society  of  the 
enterprising  business  men,  one  of  the  Chandler  Scientific  School,  now  the 
real  forces  in  its  financial  and  political  Eta  Eta  chapter  of  the  Sigma  Chi 
life.  And  thousands  of  men  and  fraternity,  and  of  the  Tiger  senior 
women  mourned  with  genuine  grief  society.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
the  loss  of  one  whom  they  had  known  Phillips  Club,  served  as  treasurer  of 
and  loved  as  a  genial,  kindly,  help-  the  college  baseball  association,  and 
ful,  sincere  friend.  was    business    manager    of    the    first 

Colonel  Goss  was  born  in  that  part  Dramatic  Club  in  the  history  of  the 

of  the  town  of  Epsom  known  as  Goss-  college,  which  produced  "  The  Rivals" 

ville  on  February  9,  1871,  the  eldest  under  his  direction  with  great  success, 

son  of  John  A.  and  Electa  (Carpen-  From  this  bud  has  flowered  the  fame 

ter)    Goss.      On    both    sides    of    his  which    Dartmouth    now    enjoys      in 

ancestry  he  was  descended  from  early  college  theatricals  and  which  is  typi- 

New    England    colonists    and    Revo-  fied  by  the  beautiful  little  theater  in 

lutionary  soldiers,  sturdy  pioneers  of  Robinson  Hall  at  Hanover, 
central  New  Hampshire.  His  mother's  By  inheritance,  by  inclination  and 

father,  the  late  Charles  H.  Carpenter,  by  training  Mr.   Goss  was  destined 

for  whom  Colonel  Goss  was  named,  for    the    banking    business,    and    he 

was  one  of  the  most  successful  and  entered  upon  it,  his  life  work,  as  soon 

respected  men  of  his  time  and  section,  as  he  had  completed  his  college  course. 

Mr.  Carpenter  was  for  many  years  Previously,  during  school  and  college 
president  of  the  Pittsfield  National  vactions,  he  had  assisted  in  his  father's 
Bank,  and  in  1876  he  made  his  son-  National  and  Savings  banks  at  Pitts- 
in-law  its  cashier,  so  that  the  young  field,  so  that  it  was  not  as  a  neophyte 
Charles  went  in  that  year,  with  his  that  the  young  college  graduate 
parents,  to  Pittsfield  to  reside.  There  went  to  Boston  from  Dartmouth  and 
he  attended  the  public  schools,  sub-  gained  experience  there  in  the  great 
sequently  was  enrolled  at  Phillips  National  Shawmut  Bank. 
Exeter  Academy  and  finished  his  The  last  illness  of  his  father  recalled 
preparation  for  college  with  a  private  Colonel  Goss  from  Boston  to  Pitts- 
tutor,  the  late  Professor  Amos  Had-  field,  there  to  take  his  natural  place, 
ley  of  Concord.  following  his  father's  retirement,   as 

Mr.  Goss  entered  Dartmouth  Col-  the  active  head  of  the  local  banks, 

lege  in  September,  1889,  and  gradu-  This  position  he  held  from  the  first 

ated    in    June,    1893,    receiving    the  with  entire  success,  and  at  once  he 

degree  of  Bachelor  of  Science.     At  became  a  strong  force  in  the  business, 


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political  and  social  life  of  the  town 
and  of  the  region  of  which  it  is  the 
center.  Among  the  offices  which  he 
held  there  was  that  of  town  treasurer. 

In  a  few  years  Mr.  Goss's  energy, 
enterprise  and  enthusiasm  demanded 
a  wider  scope  than  Pittsfield  afforded 
them,  and  in  1900  he  organized  the 
Merchants'  National  Bank  of  Dover 
with  his  grandfather,  Hon.  Charles 
H.  Carpenter,  as  president,  and  him- 
self as  cashier.  A  year  later  he  com- 
pleted the  supplementary  organiza- 
tion of  the  Merchants'  Savings  Bank 
of  Dover  with  Mr.  Carpenter  as 
president  and  himself  as  treasurer. 

For  the  rest  of  his  life  the  young 
founder  of  these  banks  gave  to  them 
a  single-minded  devotion  to  duty  and 
attention  to  detail,  which,  coupled 
with  his  ability,  his  integrity  and  his 
capacity  for  work,  made  their  success 
assured.  Today  they  stand,  sound, 
solid,  important,  influential  financial 
institutions,  as  monuments  to  his 
memory. 

The  feeling  which  he  felt  for  these 
banks,  children  of  his  brain  and  of  his 
industry,  was  shown  in  1910  when 
he  took  personal  charge  of  the  remod- 
elling and  improvement  of  the  bank- 
ing rooms  and  did  not  relax  his  efforts 
until  he  had  made  them  absolute 
models  of  their  kind.  As  in  giving 
them  this  material  equipment,  so  in 
building  their  reputation  and  their 
resources,  Colonel  Goss  was  ever 
ready,  vigilant,  alert;  grasping  firmly 
the  broad  principles  of  finance  and 
applying  them  helpfully  and  con- 
structively to  local  conditions. 

To  show  the  affection,  esteem  and 
respect  with  which  Mr.  Goss  was 
regarded  by  his  associates  in  the 
banking  business  the  following  reso- 
lutions may  well  be  printed  here: 

Resolutions  of  the  Merchants' 
National  Bank  on  the  Death 
of  Charles  C.  Goss 

Resolved:  That  we  have  learned 
with  sorrow  of  the  death  of  our  presi- 
dent, Charles  C.  Goss. 

Resolved:  That,  in  the  death  of  Mr. 


Goss,  this  bank  has  suffered  a  great 
loss.  He  was  its  founder,  its  builder, 
and  the  strong  factor  in  its  successful 
management.  He  watched  its  steady 
growth  and  sucess  with  great  pride 
and  satisfaction.  That  Mr.  Goss 
was  not  only  esteemed  by  his  bank 
and  other  business  associates  as  an 
able  and  strong  financier,  but  was 
universally  regarded  in  the  com- 
munity where  he  lived  and  moved,  as. 
a  strong  man  in  all  the  affairs  of  life. 
He  loved  Dover,  his  adopted  city, 
and  was  interested  in  all  things  that 
pertained  to  its  welfare  and  upbuild- 
ing. 

That  we  have  lost  an  able  and  con- 
servative business  associate,  an  agree- 
able and  jovial  companion,  a  hos- 
pitable neighbor  and  a  loyal  friend;, 
and  the  city  of  Dover,  one  of  its  first 
citizens. 

Resolved:  That  a  copy  of  these 
resolutions  be  forwarded  to  his  family 
with  whom  we  deeply  sympathize  in 
their  great  bereavement,  and  that  the 
clerk  be  requested  to  enter  these 
resolutions  on  the  records  of  the 
bank. 

William  H.  Roberts, 
Harry  P.  Henderson, 
Charles  H.  Farnham. 

Resolutions  of  the  Merchants' 
Savings  Bank  on  the  Death  of 
Charles  C.  Goss 

Resolved:  That,  in  the  death  of  Mr. 
Goss,  we  recognize  the  close  of  a  use- 
ful and  successful  life, — a  life  adorned 
with  those  sterling  qualities  that  are 
admired  by  us  all, — uprightness,  hon- 
esty, and  firmness  in  the  observance 
of  duty.  He  admired  truth  and  frank- 
ness. He  despised  deceit  and  fraud. 
His  modesty  and  kindness  won  him 
many  friends. 

Resolved:  That,  in  his  death,  the 
bank  has  lost  a  strong  executive,  a 
wise  counselor  and  a  tireless  worker 
for  its  growth  and  financial  strength. 

Resolved:  That  the  clerk  be  re- 
quested to  forward  a  copy  of  these 
resolutions  to  his  family  with  whom 
we  deeply  sympathize  in  their  great 


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bereavement,    and    that    a    copy   be 
recorded  with  the  records  of  the  bank. 
William  H.  Roberts, 
Harry  P.  Henderson, 
William  H.  Moore. 

Equally  strong  and  sincere  was  the 
testimonial  paid  his  character,  person- 
ality and  worth,  by  the  directors  of 
the  Pittsfield  Bank,  in  their  set  of 
resolutions,  who  felt  they  had  not  only 
lost  an  efficient  head  but  a  counsellor 
and, friend. 

While  Colonel  Goss's  chief  inter- 
ests were  these  Dover  banks  his  busi- 
ness activities  were  by  no  means  con- 
fined to  them.  At  the  time  of  his 
death  he  was  president  of  the  Pitts- 
field  National  Bank,  in  which  position 
he  succeeded  his  distinguished  grand- 
father. He  was  also  president  of  the 
Lothrops-Farnham  Company,  leading 
mercantile  establishment  of  Dover; 
director  of  the  Pittsfield  Aqueduct 
Company  and  Pittsfield  Gas  Com- 
pany; and  director  of  the  New  Bos- 
ton Railroad  Company,  besides  being 
president  and  director  of  the  Mer- 
chants' National  Bank  and  trustee 
and  treasurer  of  the  Merchants'  Sav- 
ings Bank  and  an  officer  in  the  Dover 
Realty  Company. 

Because  he  recognized  the  impor- 
tance of  cooperation  in  promoting 
the  best  business  conditions,  Colonel 
Goss  was  an  active  member  of  the 
Dover  Board  of  Trade,  and,  as  an 
example  of  the  public  spirit  which  he 
always  was  ready  to  manifest,  may 
be  mentioned  his  interest  in  the  con- 
struction of  east  and  west  state  high- 
ways across  New  Hampshire.  It  so 
happened  that  the  writer  of  this 
article  talked  with  Colonel  Goss  upon 
the  general  subject  of  good  roads  and 
state  development  only  a  short  time 
before  his  death  and  the  vivid  impres- 
sion then  made  of  Mr.  Goss's  broad 
and  sound  views  and  his  optimistic 
good  citizenship  is  still  vivid. 

In  politics  Colonel  Goss  was  a 
staunch  Republican,  thoroughly  be- 
lieving in  the  principles  of  that  party 
and  always  ready  to  work  for  their 


success.  State  leaders  of  the  party 
counted  him  among  their  most  reliable 
lieutenants  and  often  called  him  into 
consultation  upon  points  of  policy 
and  progress.  At  the  request  of 
Governor  Henry  B.  Quinby  he  accept- 
ed a  commission  as  colonel  upon  the 
personal  military  staff  of  the  com- 
mander-in-chief in  1909-10. 

Mr.  Goss  was  elected  treasurer  of 
Strafford  County  in  1906,  served 
until  1912  and  was  reelected  in  1914, 
holding  the  office  at  the  time  of  his 
death.  During  his  term  of  service  a 
new  county  house  of  correction  was 
erected  at  a  cost  of  $24,000,  and  $11,- 
000  were  spent  in  repairs  and  im- 
provements upon  the  county  court 
house  at  Dover.  In  addition  to  these 
unusual  expenditures  and  the  cus- 
tomary running  expenses  of  the  coun- 
ty, a  debt  of  $105,000  was  erased 
during  Colonel  Goss's  term  of  serv- 
ice as  treasurer,  so  that  the  local 
press  had  good  reason  to  praise  the 
"business  basis  upon  which  the  affairs 
of  the  county  have  been  placed  by 
the  capable  treasurer." 

Colonel  Goss  was  of  a  genial  tem- 
perament and  social  disposition,  al- 
though his  devotion  to  his  business 
kept  him  from  giving  as  much  of  his 
time  as  his  friends  wished  that  he 
would,  and  thought  that  he  should, 
to  pleasure  and  recreation.  He  and 
his  family  attended  the  First  Con- 
gregational church.  He  was  a  Master 
Mason  of  Moses  Paul  Lodge,  No. 
96,  a  member  of  Olive  Branch  Lodge, 
Knights  of  Pythias,  and  of  the  Bel- 
lamy Club  of  Dover;  of  the  Derryfield 
Club  of  Manchester,  the  New  Hamp- 
shire Historical  Society,  etc.  Colonel 
Goss  knew  and  loved  a  good  horse 
and  in  recent  years  he  had  been  one 
of  the  myriad  converts  to  the  pleasures 
of  motoring. 

Mr.  Goss  married,  on  June  26, 
1895,  Winifred  Lane,  daughter  of 
Charles  H.  and  Lorena  A.  (Perkins) 
Lane,  of  Pittsfield,  and  their  home 
life,  with  their  son,  Charles  Lane 
Goss,  born  February  24,  1903,  was 
of  the  happiest.    Mrs.  Goss,  who  has 


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been  state  regent  of  the  Daughters 
of  the  American  Revolution,  and  is 
widely  known  in  that  connection  and 
through  her  other  society,  club  and 
church  work,  unites  executive  ability 
of  a  high  order  with  an  engaging 
charm  of  manner  that  marks  both  her 
public  and  her  private  life. 

To  Mrs.  Goss  and  her  son,  and  to 
Mr.  Goss's  surviving  brother,  Mr. 
William  A.  Goss,  cashier  of  the  Mer- 
chants' National  Bank,  there  came, 
following  the  news  of  Colonel  Goss's 
death,  a  wave  of  sympathy  so  wide, 
so  deep  and  so  sincere  as  to  testify 
most  convincingly  to  the  love  and 
esteem  in  which  the  family  were  held 
by  their  community. 

And  an  unusual,  but  well  deserved 
honor  was  paid  the  memory  of 
Colonel  Goss  when  Mayor  George  D. 
Barrett  of  the  city  of  Dover  requested 
that  places  of  business  within  the 
municipality  be  closed  during  the 
hours  of  the  funeral. 

The  funeral,  which  was  held  from 
the  home,  was  attended  by  many  of 
the  leading  men  of  the  state  as  well 
as  of  the  city.  Rev.  Walter  A.  Mor- 
gan, pastor  of  First  Parish  Church, 
officiated,  with  the  assistance  of  Rev. 
William  I.  Sweet  of  Pittsfield  and 
Rev.  George  E.  Lovejoy  of  Lawrence, 
Mass.,  a  personal  friend  and  former 
pastor  of  the  deceased.  The  Lotus 
quartette  of  Boston  sang,  and  the 
bearers  were  Harry  P.  Henderson, 
Clerk  of  Courts  William  H.  Roberts, 
Alderman  James  Marshall,  Colonel 
Thomas  H.  Dearborn,  Hon.  Arthur 
G.  Whittemore,  Herbert  B.  Fischer, 
cashier,  Pittsfield  .  National  Bank, 
Hon.  Frank  B.  Clark,  Fred  A.  Brad- 
bury and  Hon.  Dwight  Hall.  The 
floral  tributes  were  said  to  have  been 
the  most  magnificent  ever  seen  at  a 
funeral  in  Dover. 

Even  more  significant  of  the  spirit 


of  the  occasion  was  the  remark  of  one 
of  the  singers,  that  the  services  were 
the  most  sad  and  impressive  of  any 
in  which  the  quartette  ever  had 
taken  part,  so  pervaded  were  they  by 
the  harmony  of  true  sympathy.  Es- 
pecially fitting,  it  was  felt,  was  the 
striking  simile  of  "The  Builder,'' 
employed  by  Rev.  Mr.  Morgan  in  his 
address  to  show  how  Colonel  Goss 
had  built  up  his  own  character  and  the 
business  and  other  interests  of  the 
community. 

To  the  writer,  who  had  known  Col- 
onel Goss  from  boyhood,  the  charac- 
eristics  of  his  life  and  his  career  seemed 
to  be  his  energy,  his  self  reliance  and 
his  sterling  worth.  As  it  has  been 
well  expressed,  he  "rang  true"  on 
every  occasion  and  in  every  situation. 

At  the  time  of  his  death  the  Dover 
Tribune  said  of  him  that  he  was  "a 
citizen  of  immeasurable  value,  one  of 
the  type  that  makes  for  the  building 
of  communities,  the  uplifting  of  his 
fellow  men.  Only  those  who  had 
business  dealings  with  him  or  culti- 
vated his  enjoyable  acquaintance  can 
fully  testify  to  his  worth;  and  if  any 
one  trait  in  his  splendid  character 
can  be  especially  referred  to  it  was 
his  loyalty  and  unselfish  devotion  to 
friends,  family  and  business  associates. 
To  all  he  was  deeply  attached,  and 
his  single  purpose  during  his  life  in 
Dover  seemed  to  be  to  bear  the  bur- 
dens of  others.  There  was  no  duty 
that  he  ever  shirked,  and  his  sound 
business  judgment,  friendship  and  ad- 
vice were  much  sought." 

"  Dover  has  been  richer  and  brighter 
as  a  consequence  of  his  life  work," 
said  Foster's  Daily  Democrat.  "In- 
herently honest,  at  all  times  upright, 
courageously  frank,  cultivated  and 
broad-minded,  he  has  commanded 
the  respect,  honor  and  esteem  of  our 
people." 


The  Hall  of  Memory  321 

E.  G.  E. 

By  Stewart  Everett  Roice 

'Tis  evening  and,  amid  the  silent  gloom 

That  always  follows  in  the  wake  of  night, 
Alone  I  sit  within  my  dear  old  room, 

Where,  smiling  through  the  tears,  I  planned  life's  fight; 
I  see  a  picture  through  the  shadows  loom 

Upon  the  wall  where  flickers  faint  the  light, 
A  living-likeness  of  a  man  than  whom 

No  soul  on  earth  stands  nobler  for  the  right! 

Grand  friend,  good-bye,  you  came  and  stood  by  me, 

(When  I  was  lost  upon  life's  winding  way) 
To  show  me  foot-steps  where  the  great  have  trod; 

All  that  I  am  and  all  that  I  shall  be, 
In  laughing  life  or  in  pathetic  clay, 

I  owe  to  you,  to  parents  and  to  God! 


THE   HALL   OF  MEMORY 

By  L.J.  H.  Frost 

There's  an  ancient  hall  that  is  long  and  wide; 

It  stands  on  the  bank  of  a  restless  tide, 

Whose  turbulent  waves  as  they  beat  the  shore 

Seem  repeating  the  words,  " Nevermore,"  "Nevermore.''' 

And  many  a  picture  hangs  on  the  wall 
Of  this  silent,  ancient,  time-stained  hall; 
Some  are  so  dark  that  they  seem  to  lend 
Depth  to  the  gloom  that  surroundeth  them; 

Others  so  bright  that  they  seem  to  cast 
A  halo  of  light  over  days  that  are  past — 
Days  that  were  darkened  by  clouds  of  woe, 
In  the  far  away  years  of  the  sad  long  ago. 

The  pictures  that  hang  in  memoes  hall 

Are  the  truest,  sweetest,  saddest  of  all; 

For  they  show  a  vision  of  bj^-gone  years, 

With  their  rainbow  of  hope,  or  their  cloud-rack  of  fears. 

Sometimes  at  night  the  barred  door  open  swings, 
And  a  sound  is  heard  as  of  angel  wings; 
Then  a  noiseless  step  on  the  long  aisle  falls, 
While  a  light  illumines  the  pictured  walls; 


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And  strains  of  rare  music,  low  and  sweet, 
Seem  measuring  time  for  angel  feet; 
Then  floating  out  on  the  still  starlit  air, 
They  pulsate  and  tremble  and  die  away  there. 

Should  a  mortal  pass  through  the  open  door, 
And  with  loitering  feet  tread  the  dusty  floor, 
He  will  hear  the  voices  of  other  days, 
Calling  him  back  from  this  life's  thorny  maze; 

And  forms  of  the  loved  and  lost  he  will  see, 
Who  sailed  with  him  once  on  life's  stormy  sea, 
But  have  moored  their  barque  on  the  shining  strand 
Of  the  measureless  shore  of  the  bright  morning  land. 

He  will  look  and  listen  till  from  afar 
Comes  the  sound  of  waves  on  the  ocean  bar; 
Then  with  folded  hands  at  the  dawn  of  day 
And  a  prayer  on  his  lips,  he  will  steal  away. 


THE  ETERNAL  LOVERS 

By  H.  Thompson  Rich 

Saffron,  king  of  the  sunset, 
Purple,  queen  of  night: 

Fond,  eternal  lovers 
In  the  failing  light! 

Ever,  ever  a-dancing 
Down  the  wide  skyway, 

All  the  dark  behind  you, 
In  your  faces  day; 

Tripping  over  the  mountain, 
Skipping  through  the  dale, 

Maying  in  the  twilight 
When  the  shadows  fail; 

Glad-eyed,  lovely  as  laughter, 
Light-limb,  dainty-toe, — 

All  a-flush  with  loving, 
Hound  the  earth  you  go. 

Saffron,  king  of  the  sunset, 
Purple,  queen  of  night: 
Arm  in  arm  forever     .... 
Ah,  for  such  delight! 


VISITS  OF  FAMOUS  MEN  TO  DOVER 


By  Annie  Wentworth  Baer 


June  6,  1792,  the  State  Legislature 
sat  in  the  new  court  house,  just  built 
in  Dover,  and  Mr.  Scales  says  in  his 
History  of  Strafford  County,  "So 
Dover  was  the  Capital  of  New  Hamp- 
shire." This  was  the  first  and  last 
session  held  in  Dover;  but  the  court 
house  remained  and  is  known  today 
as  Bradley's  Garage. 

In  this  court  house  many  famous 
lawyers  addressed  juries.  Among  the 
number  who  came  to  Dover  we  read 
of  Daniel  Webster,  Jeremiah  Mason, 
Ichabod  Bartlett  and  Jeremiah  Smith. 
It  is  written  that  Daniel  Webster, 
while  living  in  Portsmouth,  would 
ride  horseback  through  Newington, 
across  the  Piscataqua  bridge,  on  to 
Leighton's  hill,  where  he  would  call 
on  William  King  Atkinson,  and  to- 
gether they  would  ride  in  a  most 
friendly  manner  to  the  Dover  court 
house,  where  all  day  they  would  wage 
fierce  legal  battles. 

Here  at  times  the  United  States 
District  Court  convened,  Judge  John 
Sullivan  presiding.  I  am  told  that  no 
"Flower  pot"  judge  accompanied  the 
United  States  Judge. 

My  subject  says:  "Famous  Men," 
and  does  not  advise  me  whether  they 
were  famous  for  their  virtues  or  their 
vices.  Perchance,  with  the  question 
open,  it  will  be  safe  to  mention  a  visit 
and  stealthy  departure  of  the  famous 
(?)  Henry  Tufts,  from  the  jail  on 
"Jail  Hill."  August  26,  1794,"  Theo- 
philus  Dame,  sheriff,  gave  notice  that 
"the  noted  Henry  Tufts  broke  out  of 
jail  on  the  night  of  the  25th."  He 
was  confined  for  his  old  offence,  that 
is,  theft,  and  is  described  as  "about 
six  feet  high,  and  forty  years  of  age, 
wears  his  own  hair,  short  and  dark 
coloured,  had  a  long  blue  coat."  Five 
dollars  reward  is  offered  for  his  arrest. 

Tufts  was  born  in  Newmarket,  in 
1748.  His  grandfather  was  a  clergy- 
man and  graduated  at  Harvard  col- 


lege in  1701.  His  father  was  said  to 
be  a  college  graduate.  Mrs.  Scales, 
in  her  most  excellent  paper  on  this 
famous  (?)  man,  read  before  the 
Northam  Colonists  in  1911,  said  that 
he  seemed  to  have  been  the  only  mem- 
ber of  the  family  who  led  a  disrepu- 
table life ;  but  this  Henry  was  the  most 
noted  vagabond  of  his  day,  and  spent 
much  of  his  time  in  Dover  or  other 
jails  for  the  petty  offences  of  which  he 
was  guilty.  A  history  of  his  life  and 
misdeeds,  making  a  book  of  360 
pages,  was  published  in  or  about 
1807,  from  a  Dover  printing  office, 
written  by  Major  Thomas  Tash  of 
New  Durham,  from  Tufts'  dictation. 
He  was  in  and  out  of  the  army  during 
the  Revolutionary  war  as  suited  his 
mood.  He  died  in  Lemington,  Maine, 
in  1831,  in  the  83d  year  of  a  misspent 
life.  Mrs.  Scales  told  us  that  it  was 
supposed  that  the  descendants  of  this 
man  had  gathered  all  the  copies  of 
this  biography  possible,  and  destroyed 
them;  but  a  very  short  time  ago, 
Miss  Garland,  our  watchful  librarian, 
knew  that  a  copy  of  Tufts'  "Life"  was 
to  be  sold  at  auction  in  Boston  on  a 
given  date.  She  laid  the  matter  be- 
fore the  library  officials,  and  received 
permission  to  bid  $10  for  the  book. 
Woe  is  me!  The  volume  was  worth 
$15  of  someone's  money,  and  Dover 
failed  to  possess  the  book. 

July  17,  1817,  President  Monroe, 
who  took  his  seat  March  4  of  the  same 
year,  made  a  visit  to  New  England, 
going  from  Boston  to  Portsmouth  and 
Portland,  and  returning  by  way  of 
Dover,  which  he  reached  this  day. 
He  was  received  at  the  line  of  the 
state  by  a  committee  appointed  by 
the  town  authorities,  conducted  by 
the  marshals  and  select  escorts,  when 
the  following  address  was  made  to  him 
by  the  Hon.  D.  M.  Durell: 

"Mr.  President:  In  the  progress  of 
your   national    visit,    you    confer    an 


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additional  honor  upon  New  Hamp- 
shire, by  this  day  reentering  the  first 
state  upon  the  records  of  our  union. 
Your  fellow  citizens  of  the  vicinity 
eagerly  seized  the  occasion  for  again 
paying  their  respects  to  the  chief 
magistrate  of  a  great  and  happy  na- 
tion. We  cheerfully  present  you,  sir, 
the  tribute  of  our  most  affectionate 
regards,  and  pray  you  to  accept  it, 
as  the  pledge  of  our  veneration  and 
esteem,  both  for  yourself  and  for  the 
government  over  which  you  are  called 
to  preside." 

The  President  was  then  escorted  by 
the  principal  inhabitants  of  Dover,  a 
part  of  Captain  Lyman's  troops  from 
Rochester  and  Milton,  under  the 
command  of  Col.  Edward  Sise,  and  a 
great  cavalcade  of  citizens  to  this 
town.  On  his  arrival,  he  received  a 
national  salute  from  the  artillery. 
After  passing  a  few  moments  at 
Wyatt's  Inn,  the  President,  attended 
by  his  suite,  proceeded  to  an  eminence 
arranged  for  the  purpose,  near  Colonel 
Cogswell's  decorated  with  evergreen 
and  roses,  where  he  was  addressed  by 
the  Hon.  Wm,  King  Atkinson.  In 
this  speech  Mr.  Atkinson  welcomed 
the  President  to  the  ancient  town  of 
Dover;  told  him  that  the  inhabitants 
duly  appreciated  his  eminent  services 
in  the  various  high  and  honorable 
departments  assigned  him  by  the 
public  voice.  He  said:  "We  have  no 
fortifications,  no  attractions,  for  your 
view.  Our  pursuits  are  principally 
agricultural.  We  turn  in  part  to 
domestic  manufactures.  We  now  give 
you,  sir,  'tis  all  we  can,  a  most  cordial 
welcome  to  this  part  of  New  Hamp- 
shire. We  humbly  implore  the  great 
Parent  of  the  universe,  with  whom  is 
the  destiny  of  nations,  to  take  you  into 
His  holy  keeping."  He  wished  him  a 
successful  administration  for  himself 
and  his  country;  prayed  that  his 
health  be  preserved  and  strengthened 
by  his  present  tour,  and  that  he  have  a 
safe  return  to  his  friends  and  family. 

To  this  address  the  President  made 
an  elegant,  appropriate  and  particu- 
lar answer.     He,  with  great  modesty, 


observed  that  he  considered  this 
attention  not  paid  to  him  as  an  indi- 
vidual, but  to  his  office;  that  he  felt 
himself  honored  by  the  attention  paid 
him  in  this  section  of  the  Union,  and 
united  with  us  in  fervent  prayer  that 
our  government  might  be  administered 
for  the  best  interest  of  the  nation. 

After  this  ceremony,  the  President 
and  suite  were  escorted  back  to 
Wyatt's  Inn  by  the  committee,  with 
whom  he  dined,  and  soon  after  he 
gratified  many  people  by  making  his 
appearance  on  the  streets.  He  passed 
the  evening  and  night  with  the  Hon. 
William  Hale,  who  invited  many  citi- 
zens and  their  wives  to  spend  the 
evening  and  be  introduced  to  the 
President.  Everyone  was  highly  grat- 
ified by  his  dignified  affability.  The 
President  and  suite  left  Dover  on  the 
18th  for  Concord. 

Wyatt's  Inn,  in  1817,  was  the  old 
Dover  Hotel,  and  Colonel  Cogswell's 
house  stood  opposite,  where  the  New 
Hampshire  House  was  built  later,  now 
the  site  of  St.  Mary's  Academy. 

During  the  year  1824,  General 
Lafayette  made  his  third  and  last 
visit  to  this  country  and  was  every- 
where received  with  demonstrations  of 
respect.  A  committee  was  appointed, 
August  30,  to  invite  him  to  Dover. 
This  committee  consisted  of  John 
Waldron,  who  lived  on  the  Page  farm, 
near  Page's  Corner;  Amos  Cogswell, 
a  prominent  lawyer;  Moses  Wingate, 
a  farmer,  living  on  the  Dover  Point 
road  (these  three  men  had  been  sol- 
diers with  Lafayette  in  the  Revolu- 
tion) ;  William  Hale,  a  prominent 
citizen  who  lived  in  the  Episcopal 
Parish  House,  then  standing  where  the 
City  Building  stands  today;  Daniel 
M.  Durell,  who  built  and  lived  in 
the  "Durell  Mansion,"  now  known 
as  the  "Broadway  Hotel";  John 
Wheeler,  a  druggist,  and  John  Wil- 
liams, the  first  agent  of  the  "Dover 
Cotton  Factory,"  incorporated  in 
1812.  This  committee  of  men  waited 
upon  the  General  at  Portsmouth, 
September  1.  In  a  very  earnest  and 
generous  address,  they  requested  the 


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General,  in  the  name  of  their  fellow 
townsman,  to  favor  them  with  the 
opportunity  of  tendering  him  the 
homage  of  their  respect  in  the  village 
of  Dover. 

General  Lafayette  said  in  reply: 
"Gentlemen:  The  warm  reception  I 
have  this  day  experienced  in  the  state 
of  New  Hampshire  is  very  gratifying 
to  my  feelings,  and  the  good  people  of 
the  town  of  Dover  have  done  me 
additional  honor  by  deputing  their 
committee  to  greet  me  on  this  occa- 
sion. When  I  shall  have  the  pleas- 
ure of  again  seeing  this  part  of  the 
Union,  which  I  hope  to  have  in  the 
course  of  the  ensuing  spring,  I  will  do 
myself  the  honor  to  pay  my  respects 
to  the  village  of  Dover." 

June  23,  1825,  the  long  expected 
visit  of  the  nation's  guest  (General 
Lafayette)  was  made  to  Dover.  He 
came  from  Concord,  where  he  had  been 
received  by  the  Legislature,  and  was 
met  near  the  Durham  line  by  the 
Dover  committee  of  arrangements, 
and  a  large  number  of  citizens  in  car- 
riage and  on  horseback.  The  General 
was  introduced  to  the  chief  marshal, 
Hon.  D.  M.  Durell,  by  Major  Walker, 
marshal  of  the  Durham  escort.  The 
procession  was  then  formed  and  the 
General  escorted  into  town.  When 
on  the  hill  near  Captain  Dunn's,  a 
salute  of  thirteen  guns  was  fired  by  the 
Dover  Artillery,  stationed  on  Pine 
Hill.  The  Strafford  Guards,  com- 
manded by  Capt.  Moses  Paul,  and 
the  Rockingham  Guards  of  Ports- 
mouth, commanded  by  Captain  La- 
favour,  did  escort  duty.  Amidst  the 
cheers  of  the  great  crowd  of  people 
who  lined  the  streets,  the  procession 
proceeded  down  Pleasant  Street  (now 
Central  Avenue).  When  the  house 
of  the  late  Hon.  John  P.  Hale  was 
reached,  five  little  girls  dressed  in 
white,  with  blue  sashes,  stood  on  the 
stone  steps  and  sang  the  song,  "Wel- 
come, Lafayette."  These  children 
represented  the  first  families  of  that 
time;  they  were  Clarissa  Pierce,  Lydia 
Pierce,  Martha  Williams,  Harriet 
Riley  and   Elizabeth   Wheeler.     The 


procession  waited,  and  when  they  had 
finished,  the  General  rose  in  his  car- 
riage and  saluted  the  girls. 

At  Tuttle's  Square  the  procession 
passed  beneath  a  grand  arch,  covered 
with  evergreen,  and  trimmed  with  the 
French  flag  and  the  Stars  and  Stripes; 
at  the  new  bridge  (on  Central  Ave- 
nue), was  another  arch,  and  so  on  to 
Franklin  Square,  where  the  procession 
turned  down  Main  Street  and,  by 
way  of  the  Landing,  came  to  the 
Dover  Hotel.  Here  the  General  was 
introduced  to  the  committee  of 
arrangements,  Hon.  William  Hale, 
chairman,  who  addressed  the  General 
in  a  very  cordial  speech,  to  which  the 
General  made  a  very  appropriate 
reply,  which  was  received  with  loud 
cheers  from  the  people. 

After  a  suitable  time  for  rest,  the 
General,  accompanied  by  the  com- 
mittee, the  Governor's  aid,  the  Leg- 
islative committee,  Colonel  Dunlap 
and  Colonel  Emery,  the  aids  of  Gov- 
ernor Parris  of  Maine,  and  a  large 
number  of  citizens,  repaired  to  the 
town  hall  (the  second  floor  of  the  old 
court  house),  which  was  decorated 
with  appropriate  ornaments  and  em- 
blems, where  they  partook  of  an 
excellent  and  sumptuous  dinner,  pre- 
pared by  Mr.  Wyatt  for  the  occasion. 
After  the  cloth  was  removed,  thirteen 
toasts  were  announced  by  D.  M. 
Christie,  Esq.  The  fifth  toast  was: 
"General  Lafayette — May  his  glory 
and  happiness  be  equal  to  his  exertions 
and  sufferings  in  the  cause  of  liberty." 
General  Lafayette,  after  having  ex- 
pressed his  thanks  for  the  welcome  of 
the  people  of  Dover,  for  the  toast  just 
given,  and  for  the  manner  in  which  it 
had  been  received,  proposed  the  fol- 
lowing sentiment : 

"The  town  of  Dover — May  this 
cradle  of  New  Hampshire  for  ever  and 
ever,  and  more  and  more  enjoy  every 
sort  of  agricultural  and  manufactur- 
ing prosperity,  the  happy  results  of 
American  independence  and  Repub- 
lican freedom." 

The  toast  given  by  George  Wash- 
ington Lafayette,  the  son  of  the  Gen- 


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eral,  was:  "Equality  of  rights,  the  cor- 
nerstone of  the  temple  of  liberty." 
by  Mr.  Lavasseur  (the  General's 
secretary):  "Industry,  source  of  pros- 
perity, the  secret  guarantee  of  lib- 
erty." By  S.  Mitchell,  Esq.:  "The 
major-generals  of  our  Revolutionary 
army — The  chief  columns  that  sus- 
tained liberty's  temple  throughout 
the  War  of  Independence — rest  to  the 
fallen — health  to  Lafayette,  the  last 
chief  column  standing." 

After  dinner  the  General  and  suite, 
by  previous  invitation,  went  to  the 
mansion  of  the  Hon.  William  Hale, 
where  were  gathered  much  of  the 
fashion  and  beauty  of  this  and  neigh- 
boring towns,  for  the  purpose  of  meet- 
ing the  distinguished  guest.  Mrs. 
Hale  and  her  daughters  served  a 
supper  in  a  most  elegant  and  tasteful 
style.  The  General  spent  the  night 
in  Mr.  Hale's  house,  and  now  we  have 
the  "Lafayette  House." 

The  General  left  the  Hale  house 
Friday  morning  at  8  o'clock  for 
Maine  with  a  large  escort.  On  arriv- 
ing opposite  the  cotton  factories,  the 
carriages  halted,  the  great  gate  of  the 
factory  yard  was  thrown  open,  show- 
ing a  double  line  of  girls  employed  in 
the  factory  to  the  number  of  two  hun- 
dred, all  dressed  in  white  with  blue 
sashes.  The  General  was  cheered 
repeatedly.  Messrs.  Williams  and 
Bridge  conducted  him  into  the  fac- 
tory, the  porch  of  which  was  beauti- 
fully decorated  with  evergreen  and 
roses.  The  factory  was  still  for  a 
moment,  but  as  if  by  magic  it  was 
instantly  in  full  operation,  attended 
by  the  girls  who  had  received  the 
company.  On  leaving  the  factory, 
the  General  was  conducted  to  his 
carriage,  and  escorted  to  the  line  of 
the  state  of  Maine,  where  he  was  re- 
ceived by  Colonels  Dunlap  and 
Emery,  aids  of  the  governor  of 
Maine. 

September  10,  1834,  Hon.  John 
Quincy  Adams,  ex-President,  passed 
through  Dover  on  his  return  from  the 
White  Mountains,  remarking  to  a 
gentleman  with  whom  he  was  in  con- 


versation, "that  in  all  his  travels  he 
had  never  beheld  natural  secenery  so 
imposing  and  beautiful  as  that  to  be 
met  in  New  Hampshire." 

On  Friday,  July  2,  1847,  President 
James  K.  Polk  arrived  in  Dover  on  a 
special  train  at  9.30  a.  m.,  accom- 
panied by  James  Buchanan,  Secretary 
of  State;  Hon.  Nathan  Clifford  of 
Maine,  Attorney-General;  Edmund 
Burke  of  New  Hampshire,  Commis- 
sioner of  Patents;  Commodore  Stew- 
art of  the  U.  S.  Navy,  and  Captain 
Steen  of  the  U.  S.  Dragoons.  The 
train  stopped  on-  the  Third  Street 
crossing,  where  the  citizens  and  school 
children  went  to  meet  the  President 
for  a  few  minutes. 

Louis  Kossuth,  the  Hungarian  exile, 
came  to  New  England  in  1851-52,  and 
in  that  time  he  came  to  Dover,  and 
spoke  in  the  grove  back  of  the  old 
High  School  building.  He  was  trying 
to  float  Hungarian  bonds,  believing  if 
he  had  financial  aid,  Hungary  could 
be  freed.  He  wore  a  soft  felt  hat 
while  in  this  country,  and  manufac- 
tories perpetuated  his  name  by  mak- 
ing felt  hats  after  the  shape  of  his, 
and  giving  them  his  name.  At  once 
stores  selling  men's  goods  were  filled 
with  Kossuth  hats.  It  must  have 
been  a  becoming  style,  for  ten  years 
after  his  visit  Kossuth  hats  were  in 
the  market. 

March  2,  1860,  Abraham  Lincoln 
delivered  a  speech  in  the  old  city  hall. 
He  came  to  Exeter  to  visit  his  son, 
Robert  T.  Lincoln,  who  was  fitting  for 
Harvard  College  at  Phillips  Academy. 
The  year  before  Mr.  Lincoln  had  had 
his  great  series  of  debates  with  Judge 
Stephen  A.  Douglas,  by  which  he  be- 
came well  known  throughout  the 
country ;  and  when  prominent  Repub- 
licans knew  that  Mr.  Lincoln  was  to 
be  in  Exeter,  the  Republican  Central 
Committee  sent  a  delegation  consist- 
ing of  Walcott  Hamlin,  Esq.,  Hon. 
William  S.  Stevens  and  George  Math- 
ewson,  Superintendent  of  the  Print 
Works,  to  wait  on  Mr.  Lincoln  and 
request  him  to  speak  in  Dover.  Mr. 
Hamlin   was   spokesman   when   they 


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interviewed  Mr.  Lincoln.  In  reply 
Mr.  Lincoln  said:  "I'm  a  poor  man, 
and  ought  to  be  attending  to  my  court 
business  in  Illinois  where  courts  are 
in  session.  I  cannot  afford  to  come 
to  Dover  for  nothing,  as  my  only 
means  for  supporting  my  family  comes 
from  my  law  practice." 

Mr.  Hamlin  told  Mr.  Lincoln  that 
he  would  see  to  it  that  he  suffered  no 
loss  by  delivering  an  address  in  Dover. 
Whereupon,  Mr.  Lincoln  consented  to 
come  to  Dover  the  next  day  and  speak 
in  the  evening.  As  soon  as  the  com- 
mittee reached  home,  they  started  a 
subscription  paper  and  easily  raised 
$150,  Mr.  Joseph  Morrill  being  the 
first  man  to  subscribe.  It  is  recorded 
that  Mr.  Lincoln  asked  only  $25  and 
expenses,  but  the  committee  gave 
him  $100,  and  were  well  satisfied. 
Hon.  Thomas  E.  Sawyer  introduced 
Mr.  Lincoln,  saying:  "Ladies  and 
Gentlemen,  I  have  the  pleasure  of 
introducing  Hon.  Abraham  Lincoln 
of  Illinois,  who  will  now  address  you." 
The  hall  was  cleared  of  settees,  and 
only  voters  were  admitted  to  the  main 
floor.     Women  sat  in  the  gallery. 

Mr.  Lincoln  began  his  speech  of 
two  hours  with  these  words: 

"Mr.  President,  Ladies  and  Gentle- 
men: Whether  you  will  or  no,  negro 
slavery  is  the  great  political  question 
of  the  day,"  and  from  that  on  one 
could  hear  a  pin  drop  in  the  hall. 
Many  agreed  that  it  was  the  greatest 
address  they  had  ever  heard.  He 
said  during  his  talk:  "I  am  not 
ashamed  to  confess  that  twenty-five 
years  ago  (he  was  then  fifty -one)  I 
was  a  laborer,  mauling  rails,  at  work 
on  a  flat  boat,  just  what  might  happen 
to  any  poor  man's  son.  I  want  every 
man  to  have  a  chance,  and  I  believe 
a  black  man  is  entitled  to  a  chance 
to  better  his  condition;  that  he  may 
be  a  hired  laborer  this  year,  and  the 
next  year  work  for  himself,  and 
finally  hire  men  to  work  for  him." 
There  were  many  Democrats  in  the 
hall,  and  Mr.  Lincoln,  expecting  this 
might  be  the  case,  when  he  made  a 
specially    strong    point    against    the 


Democratic  party's  stand  on  the 
slavery  question,  would  say:  "Why 
don't  you  Democrats  'jaw  back,'  as 
we  say  out  West,  if  what  I  have  said 
is  not  true?"  He  repeated  the  ques- 
tion several  times,  but  no  one  "jawed 
back." 

It  is  almost  fifty-five  years  since 
that  great  speech  was  given  in  Dover. 
It  is  estimated  that  1,500  people 
listened  to  him,  all  forgetful  of  the 
passing  of  time.  He  has  gone  to  his 
reward,  and  many  of  his  listeners 
have  followed  him  into  the  Great 
Beyond;  but  we  are  thankful  to  be 
able  to  name  several  who  are  still 
with  us,  and  who  help  to  keep  green 
the  memory  of  Abraham  Lincoln  by 
their  personal  recollections.  We  have 
Col.  Daniel  Hall,  John  B.  Stevens, 
William  H.  Vickery,  Edmund  Lane, 
Albert  M.  Canney,  J.  Frank  Seavey, 
Jeremiah  Y.  Wingate,  John  S.  Dame, 
D.  W.  Hallam,  Thomas  Tolmay, 
Charles  A.  Fairbanks  (then  a  small 
boy),  Samuel  Rackley,  Everett  O. 
Foss,  who  was  a  reporter,  Charles  C. 
Bunce,  and  James  E.  Wentworth, 
who  walked  from  Salmon  Falls,  stood 
up  two  hours  listening  to  the  greatest 
speech  he  ever  heard,  and  would  have 
been  glad  to  have  stood  two  hours 
longer. 

Col.  Daniel  Hall  very  kindly  gave 
us  his  impression  of  Abraham  Lincoln 
when  in  Dover.  He  had  read  reports 
of  the  debate  between  Stephen  A. 
Douglas  and  Mr.  Lincoln  in  1858, 
and  the  great  speech  delivered  at 
Cooper  Institute  in  February,  1859, 
when  he  presented  point  'after  point 
so  clearly  on  the  great  questions  of 
the  day,  slavery  in  particular,  that 
he  made  an  army  of  friends  at  once. 
When  Mr.  Lincoln  came  to  Dover, 
March  2,  1860,  he  gave  the  people 
the  Cooper  Institute  speech  with  a 
few  changes.  After  a  slight  pause, 
Colonel  Hall  said :  "It  was  the  greatest 
speech  I  ever  heard,  so  strong  in  its 
arguments,  so  clear,  and  of  intense 
interest."  Colonel  Hall  spoke  of  the 
wonderful  character  of  the  man; 
never    one    word    against    his    moral 


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character;  his  life  was  without  blem-  Bennett,  William  S.  Stevens,  George 

ish.     He  said:    "It  was  in  the  minds  Colbath,  Benjamin  Gerrish,  Jr.,  Rich- 

of  thinking  people  that  Mr.  Lincoln  ard  X.  Ross,. George  Wadleigh,  George 

would    be    the    next    President,    but  W.   Benn  and   Dr.   Low  as   present. 

Seward  had  a  large  following.     When  All  showed  a  desire  to  talk  to  the  dis- 

the  convention  met,   Lincoln  gained  tinguished  visitor.     Mr.  Lincoln  was 

on  Seward  each  ballot,"  and  he  said:  very  affable;  he  asked  me  some  ques- 

"I  believe  it  was  the  seventh  ballot  tions  about  the  schools  of  Dover,  and 

that   elected    Lincoln.     A    messenger  spoke  highly  of  Phillips  Exeter  Acad- 

went  to  him  and  said :    '  The  seventh  emy,   where  he  had  placed   his  son. 

ballot  is  for,' — here  he  paused — Abra-  He  was  a  lean,  big  man,  loose-limbed, 

ham  Lincoln,  and  not  Mr.  Seward.'  wrinkled,    smooth-shaved;    voice    in 

Mr.  Lincoln  was  silent  for  a  second,  conversation  low,  trailing  off  at  the 

then  started  up  saying:  'There  is  a  end  of  sentence.     When  I  got  above, 

little  woman  up  the  street  that  will  the   hall   was   jammed,   and   I   stood 

be  interested  in  that,'  and  went  out."  under  the  gallery.       There  was  a  tre- 

Colonel  Hall  spoke  of  his  height,  mendous  body  of  elderly  men  seated, 
and  smiled  as  he  said:  "When  Mr.  a  few  boys.  I  cannot  properly  describe 
Lincoln  came  to  Dover,  we — meaning  the  speech, — it  was  different,  some- 
many  Republicans — met  him  at  the  thing  new,  and  the  stories  and  allu- 
depot.  Richard  N.  Ross  was  with  sions  convulsed  young  and  old.  I 
us,  and  Mr.  Lincoln  smiled  when  he  find  it  difficult  to  discriminate  between 
met  him,  saying,  '  You  have  some  tall  what  he  said  and  what  I  have  read 
men  in  Dover,'  and  they  measured  since.  I  was  little  more  than  a  boy, 
back  to  back.  Mr.  Lincoln  was  two  and  I  own  that  I  was  more  impressed 
or  three  inches  the  taller.  Someone  by  Mr.  Lincoln's  personal  appearance 
said :  '  Wait  a  minute,  we  have  a  taller  than  by  his  argument.  He  seemed  so 
man  here,'  and  Deputy  Sheriff  Ed-  honest,  so  simple,  touching  and  con- 
ward  Barnard  of  Farmington,  who  elusive.  I  don't  recall  that  he  moved 
had  come  down  to  hear  Mr.  Lincoln,  much  on  the  stage,  but  distinctly 
was  hunted  up  and  presented  to  him.  I  remember  the  long  arms  swinging, 
They  proceeded  to  measure,  and  Bar-  the  mask-like  face,  the  quick  turn  of 
nard  was  the  taller  by  two  inches  and  body  to  right  and  left  as  he  drove 
a  half,  he  being  six  feet  seven  inches,  home  a  red  hot  rivet  of  appeal;  the 
and  Mr.  Lincoln,  according  to  his  own  mobile  change  in  his  face  from  gravity 
account,  was  six  feet  four  and  one-  to  mirth  suggested  rather  than  exhi- 
half  inches,  strong.  Mr.  Lincoln  was  bited.  But  so  far  as  I  was  concerned, 
delighted,  and  bowed  to  a  taller  man  coming  events  cast  no  shadow  before, 
than  he  was."  Colonel  Hall  said:  At  that  time  it  never  crossed  my  mind 
"I  think  Mr.  Lincoln  the  greatest  that  he  would  be  President.  After- 
'mere  man'  that  ever  lived,"  and  he  wards  I  found  that  everybody  else  was 
spoke  feelingly  of  his  admiration  for  sure  of  it.  It  is  often  thus,  but  I 
him.  remember  enough  to  know  that  the 

Mr.  John  B.  Stevens  says:      "Mr.  speech  was  full  of  freshness  and  origi- 

Lincoln  was  taken  first  to  an  ante-  nality,    and   in   accordance  with   the 

room  of  the  assembly  hall.     Later  he  growing  spirit  of  the  North,  so  there 

was  brought  down  to  the  city  clerk's  was  a  perfect  understanding  between 

office.     There  he  waited  while  the  hall  the  speaker  and  the   mature  part :  of 

filled.     I  was  substituting  for  Clerk  his  audience,  and  Dover  was  deeply 

Wiswall.     Mr.   Lincoln  was  given  a  moved." 

chair  on  the  outside  of  a  long  table.  Mr.  William  H.  Yickery  was  one 

I  kept  my  seat  on  the  inside.     The  of  the  great  crowd  who  heard  Mr. 

room  was  crowded.     I  recall  George  Lincoln    on    that    memorable    night. 

Mathewson,  John  E.  Bickford,  James  He  says:    "I  pushed  and  crowded  my 


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way  into  the  hall;  it  was  jammed  full, 
and  enthusiasm  prevailed,  and  ap- 
plause greeted  his  speech,  as  he  made 
strong  points  about  the  dangerous 
spread  of  slavery;  his  strongest  argu- 
ments were  directed  against  any  fur- 
ther extension  of  slavery. "  Mr.  Vick- 
ery  says  that  the  next  morning 
Thomas  Law  was  the  barber  who 
shaved  Mr.  Lincoln;  his  shop  was  over 
Mr.  Hatch's  store,  corner  of  Orchard 
Street  and  Central  Avenue.  At  that 
time  Mr.  Lincoln  did  not  wear  any 
whiskers,  and  Mr.  Law  had  quite  a 
task  to  scrape  over  the  hills  and  val- 
leys of  the  grand  face.  From  that 
day  to  the  end  of  life,  Mr.  Law  was 
an  ardent  admirer  of  Mr.  Lincoln. 

Among  the  women  who  sat  in  the 
gallery  and  heard  that  celebrated 
speech,  we  have  Mrs.  J.  Alonzo  Wig- 
gin;  and  when  she  came  out  of  the  hall 
she  met  Mr.  Lincoln  on  the  stairway, 
and  was  introduced  and  shook  hands 
with  him.  Miss  Susan  Woodman 
remembers  Mr.  Lincoln's  visit  well; 
she  went  with  her  father  and  sister 
to  hear  him.  During  Mr.  Lincoln's 
stay  in  the  city,  he  was  the  guest  of 
Mr.  George  Mathewson,  who  lived 
in  the  agent's  house  on  the  corner  of 
Nelson  and  Locust  Streets.  Much 
more  could  be  written,  but  we  have 
other  visitors  to  Dover  to  remember. 

March  11,  1848,  Gen.  Sam  Houston 
came  to  Dover  by  the  invitation  of 
the  Democrats,  to  talk  on  the  benefits 
which  would  be  derived  by  the  coun- 
try from  the  annexation  of  Texas,  and 
made  an  effort  to  show  that  the  true 
boundary  between  Texas  and  Mexico 
was  the  Rio  Grande.  He  talked  for 
two  hours  on  this  subject  and  the 
beauties  of  war  and  slavery.  The 
Whigs,  knowing  that  Houston  was  to 
come,  and  hearing  that  Horace  Gree- 
ley was  in  Boston,  sent  a  telegram 
asking  him  to  come  to  Dover,  and 
make  a  speech  to  follow  Houston's. 

Mr.  Greeley  listened  to  Mr.  Hous- 
ton's talk,  took  a  few  notes,  and  in  one 
hour  cleared  the  air  of  war  and  slavery. 

June  23,  1857,  ex-President  Frank- 
lin Pierce  came  to  the  newlv  consti- 


tuted city  of  Dover,  accompanied  by 
James  M.  Mason  of  Virginia  and 
others.  They  arrived  on  the  10 
o'clock  train  from  Boston  on  their 
way  to  the  White  Mountains.  A 
great  crowd  assembled  in  front  of  the 
American  House.  Dr.  Joseph  H. 
Smith  introduced  the  distinguished 
guest.  The  ex-President's  speech  was 
a  happy  one.  A  large  delegation  of 
high  school  girls  was  present,  and  each 
stepped  forward  and  shook  hands 
with  the  speaker.  Then  the  southern 
gentleman,  Mr.  Mason,  was  intro- 
duced. He  was  famous  as  the  author 
of  the  Fugitive  Slave  Law  of  1850,  and 
was  to  figure  four  years  later  with 
John  Slidell,  as  a  guest  of  Captain 
Wilkes  on  the  United  States  steamer 
San  Jacinto. 

Gen.  B.  F.  Butler  addressed  the 
citizens  of  Dover,  March  10,  1865, 
by  invitation.  The  city  hall  was 
crowded,  and  hundreds  were  unable  to 
obtain  admission.  Daniel  M.  Chris- 
tie, Esq.,  presided,  and  introduced 
General  Butler  in  a  few  fitting  re- 
marks, who  then  proceeded  to  address 
the  audience,  speaking  for  an  hour 
with  great  eloquence  and  effect.  He 
closed  his  brilliant  and  patriotic  ad- 
dress by  saying:  "See  to  it  that  New 
Hampshire,  as  she  always  has  been, 
is,  and  is  ever  to  be  found  in  favor  of 
the  Union,  the  Government  of  the 
Right,  and  Liberty  and  Law. " 

Gen.  U.  S.  Grant  was  in  Dover  in 
the  fall  of  1865,  as  he  was  on  his  way 
to  Portland.  It  was  not  generally 
known  that  he  was  to  pass  through 
on  a  regular  train  which  only  made 
the  customary  stop,  and  only  a  very 
few  people  saw  the  General. 

During  the  administration  of  Mayor 
Eli  V.  Brewster,  in  1868-69,  Gen.  Phil 
Sheridan  came  to  Dover  for  a  brief 
visit.  He  spoke  from  the  steps  of  the 
New  Hampshire  House,  and  was  intro- 
duced by  Samuel  M.  Wheeler,  Esq. 

In  1889,  President  Benjamin  Har- 
rison passed  through  Dover.  He  ap- 
peared on  the  platform  of  the  rear  car; 
the  train  did  not  stop,  simply  slowed 
up  as  it  went  through. 


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September  26,  1896,  Messrs.  F.  F. 
Fernald  and  F.  C.  Chase  went  to 
Lawrence  and  induced  William  J. 
Bryan,  then  candidate  for  the  presi- 
dency, to  stop  at  Dover  on  his  way 
through  to  Bath,  Maine.  They  were 
successful,  and  he  stopped  off  ten 
minutes  from  the  train,  arriving  in 
Dover  ten  minutes  past  three. 
Crowd  assembled  before  three  o'clock 
and  filled  Depot  Square.  On  the  ar- 
rival of  the  train,  Mr.  Bryan  immedi- 
ately appeared  at  the  rear  door  of  his 
car,  escorted  by  Mr.  Fernald,  and 
Chairman  Amey  of  the  New  Hamp- 
shire Democratic  Committee.  The 
"orator  of  the  Platte"  went  to  a  bag- 
gage wagon  opposite  the  Dover  Fur- 
niture Co's  store.  He  was  assisted 
into  the  cart,  and  began  his  talk.  He 
was  twice  interrupted  in  his  speech, 
first,  when  Mr.  Arthur  Sewell  of  Bath, 
the  vice-presidential  candidate,  ap- 
peared, and  was  lifted  into  the  cart 
beside  the  speaker;  second,  by  a  dog 
fight  under  the  cart.  Mr.  Bryan 
looked  tired  and  careworn,  and  was 
hoarse  from  much  speaking.  When 
ten  minutes  had  passed,  he  climbed 
down  from  the  cart,  entered  his 
private  car  on  the  end  of  the  regular 
train,  and  faded  from  the  sight  of  his 
admirers.  In  this  train  went  the 
company  of  pickpockets,  whom  some- 
one (not  of  Bryan's  political  faith)  said 
he  brought  with  him.  The  fallacy  of 
this  statement  was  shown,  when  a 
handsome  young  Democrat  was  re- 
lieved of  forty  dollars  by  the  light- 
fingered  gentry. 

August  29,  1902,  President  Roose- 
velt came  to  Dover,  and  was  greeted 
by  crowds  of  people.  Franklin 
Square  was  packed  with  folks  who 
came  to  see  the  first  man  of  our  great 
nation;  and  it  was  said  to  be  the  first 
time  within  the  history  of  the  grand 
old  city  that  a  President  of  the  United 
States  addressed  its  citizens  from  a 
public  platform  on  one  of  the  public 
squares.  The  stand  was  erected  near 
the  old  watering  trough  on  Franklin 
Square,  and  was  handsomely  dec- 
orated    with     the     national     colors. 


About  eleven  o'clock  the  Dover  band 
entered  the  stand  nearby  provided 
for  them,  and  gave  a  fine  program. 

At  eleven  thirty,  Mayor  Whittemore 
and  members  of  the  City  Councils 
asembled  at  the  City  Building,  and 
were  conveyed  in  carriages  to  the 
stand  on  Franklin  Square.  The  Straf- 
ford Guards,  Major  F.  E.  Rollins  and 
Capt.  Lewis  E.  Tuttle  in  command, 
and  the  Sawyer  Rifles,  Lieutenants 
Thayer  and  McLaughlin  in  charge, 
under  the  direction  of  Major  Frank 
H.  Keenan  of  the  First  Regiment  New 
Hampshire  National  Guards,  marched 
to  the  depot  where  they  awaited  the 
arrival  of  the  President's  train.  Mar- 
shal Fogerty  and  his  entire  force  were 
on  hand  early  to  assist  in  preserving 
order.  Comrade  John  A.  Goodwin 
and  Capt.  George  A.  Swain  had  charge 
of  firing  the  salute.  The  field  piece 
was  placed  near  the  old  High  School 
building  on  the  Cocheco  Manufac- 
turing Company's  land,  and  a  salute 
of  twenty -one  guns  was  fired  when 
the  train  rolled  in.  Mayor  Arthur 
G.  Whittemore,  ex-Gov.  Charles  H. 
Sawyer  and  Alderman  Thomas  H. 
Dearborn  received  the  President. 

Carriages  were  in  waiting;  the  first 
one  was  driven  by  Nehemiah  Randall, 
the  occupants  being  President  Roose- 
velt, Secretary  Cortelyou,  Mayor 
Whittemore  and  ex-Governor  C.  H. 
Sawyer.  On  the  box  with  Mr.  Randall 
was  a  secret  service  detective  who 
accompanied  the  President. 

The  line  of  march  was  down  Third 
Street  to  the  square.  When  the 
President  alighted  those  seated  on  the 
stand  arose  and  stood  uncovered  until 
he  was  seated.  Mayor  Whittemore 
introduced  the  President  in  a  brief 
speech.  The  people  greeted  President 
Roosevelt  with  great  applause.  He 
spoke  for  ten  minutes  and  pleased  the 
crowd.  At  the  conclusion  of  the 
speech  the  party  returned  to  the  sta- 
tion where  they  were  received  by  a 
delegation  of  Maine  officials,  who  were 
to  escort  the  President  across  the  line 
into  Maine,  where  Governor  Hill 
would  meet  the  party  at  his  home  in 


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Augusta.     At  12.27  the  train  moved  city,  the  beautiful  gift  in  the  choice 

slowly  out  of  the  station.     President  English  peculiar  to  himself,  expressing 

Roosevelt  stood  on  the  rear  end  plat-  reverent    memory    for    those    whose 

form  with  his  hat  off,  bowing  to  the  "life's  fitful  fever"  was  ended,  and  an 

people  as  the  train  went  by.     Cheer  earnest  desire  to  emphasize  and  per- 

after  cheer  was  given  until  he  passed  petuate     the     principles     for     which 

out  of  sight.  they  had  contended  in   life.     Mayor 

Saturday,    October    19,    1912,    our  Dwight  Hall  accepted  the  gift  in  a 

honored   and   esteemed   citizen,    Col.  most  generous  and  patriotic  speech. 

Daniel  Hall,  presented  his  royal  gift,  The  dedicatory  exercises  by  Charles 

The  Memorial  to  Soldiers  and  Sailors,  W.  Sawyer  Post,  No.  17,  G.  A.  R., 

to  the  city  of  Dover.     A  large  crowd  under    the    command    of    Albert    F. 

of  deeply  interested  people  met  on  the  Stackpole,     were     then     performed; 

grounds  about  the  noble  monument.  Emery's  Military  Band  gave  a  selec- 

Grand  Army  men  gathered  from  all  tion,   and  the  members  of  the  Post 

the  towns  around ;  it  was  really  their  then  took  seats  on  the  platform.     All 

day,  and  other  folk  came  to  pay  their  were  eager  to  get  a  glimpse  of  "Cor- 

respects  to  the  men  who  preserved  us  poral    Tanner,"    when    Colonel    Hall 

as  a  nation.     A  large  stand  accom-  proceeded  to  introduce  this  hero  of 

modated    the    special    guests    of   the  the   Rebellion   to   his   comrades   and 

donor,    and   the   orator   of   the   day,  admirers  as  the  orator  of  the  day. 

Hon.  James  Tanner  of  Washington,  He  told  of  the  invitation  given  and 

D.    C.      The    clouds    were    weeping  the  fear  that  the  orator  would  not  be 

softly,  as  if  in  remembrance  of  the  able  on  account  of  a  proposed  trip  to 

men  to  whom  this  beautiful  monu-  California  to  accept,  and  the  change 

ment  was  raised.  in     plans     that    Drought    "Corporal 

Colonel    Hall   first   introduced    his  Tanner"  to  Dover.     I  have  tried  to 

namesake,  the  apple  of  his  eye,  the  tell  something  of  this  introduction  in 

comrade  of  his  sunset  days,  and  said :  my  own  language  to  save  time,  but  0 

"At  high  noon  on  the  12th  day  of  dear!  the  poverty  of  expression  appal- 

February,  1909,  just  100  years  to  a  led  me,  and  in  justice  to  Colonel  Hall, 

day    and    hour    after    God    gave    us  to  my  audience  and  to  myself,  I  turn 

Abraham  Lincoln,  another  man-child  to  the  author's  own  words,  for  the}' 

made  his  advent  into  the  world,  and  were  like  "apples  of  gold  in  pictures  of 

this,    my   only  grandson,    was   born,  silver."     He  said,  speaking  of  "Cor- 

Not  that  I  needed  him  on  that  day,  or  poral  Tanner,"     "It  is  not,  perhaps, 

any  other,  to  recall  to  me  the  name  qfuite  delicate  to  speak  of  him  in  his 

and  memory  of  the  grandest  man  of  presence  in  a  way  that  the  emotions  of 

the  ages,  the  Preserver  of  the  Ameri-  this  occasion  prompt,  but  I  cannot  for- 

can  Union,  the  immortal  Author  of  the  bear  to   say  that  no  man  living  and 

Emancipation  Proclamation,  and  the  known  to  me  has  suffered  so  much  for 

Orator   of   Gettysburg.     I   need   not  his  country.    Towards  the  close  of  the 

say  that  my  hopes  are  centered  in  this  second  year  of  the  war,  in  that  sanguin- 

little  boy  who  bears  my  name,  and  it  ary  battle  of  the  'Second  Bull  Run,' 

pleases  me  to  commit  to  his  infantile  when  the  Star  of  the  Republic  seemed 

hand  the  unveiling  of  this  monument."  to  be  setting  in  blood,  he  had  the  aus- 

Little  Dan  did  his  part  in  this  great  tere  glory  of  sacrificing  both  of  his  feet 

event,  and  the  noble  proportions  of  and  lower  limbs  to  his  country,  and  after 

the  grand  tribute  to  soldiers  and  sail-  numerous  amputations,  and  enduring 

ors   stood   before   the  people.     Then,  torments  too  horrible  to  relate,  he  has, 

Colonel    Hall,    with   the   oratory   for  with  sublime  courage  and  fortitude, 

which   he   was   noted   in   his   college  made  his  way  in  the  world  on  artificial 

days  and  forever  after,  presented  to  supports,  that  have  allowed  him  never 

Hon.  Dwight  Hall,  the  mayor  of  the  a  day  nor  an  hour  of  comfort  or  sur- 


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cease  from  pain."  He  spoke  of  his 
tour  of  the  American  continent,  of 
the  great  audiences  he  had  thrilled 
by  his  natural  and  spontaneous  elo- 
quence, and  everywhere  had  been  an 
evangel  of  patriotism,  and  the  de- 
fender and  supporter  of  his  comrades. 
"I  have  been  proud  to  be  his  friend 
for  many  years;  he  has  come  here  as 
a  personal  favor  and  compliment  to 
me,  and  I  now  have  the  honor  to  in- 
troduce him  to  you,  the  Hon.  James 
Tanner — -let  me  not  forget  to  give  him 
his  highest  title,  '  Corporal  Tanner,'  of 
Washington,  D.  C." 

A  mighty  cheer  greeted  this  man, 
as  he  stood  uncovered  before  the 
people.  "The  frosts  that  never  melt 
had  gathered  in  his  hair,"  his  face 
was  pale  and  drawn  from  suffering, 
but  his  eyes  burned  with  a  holy  fire. 
He  told  of  the  years  that  had  passed 
since  Sumter  was  fired  on,  and  of  the 
wonderful  growth  of  the  country  in 
fifty  years.  Then  he  told  of  the  awful 
destruction  of  human  life  during  the 
Civil  War.  "Of  the  2,700,000  who 
answered  Liberty's  cry  for  help,  2,- 
100,000  sleep  the  sleep  that  knows  no 
waking  till  God's  Judgment  Day. 
When  Liberty  in  mortal  peril  voiced 
her  cry  for  help  through  the  lips  and 
pen  of  the  greatest  American  of  all 
time — bar  none — Abraham  Lincoln, 
we  had  the  stature,  whether  we  had 
the  years  or  not,  which  enabled  us  to 
answer  that  cry,  for  we  had  1,151,- 
438  soldiers  under  eighteen  years  of 
age."  He  enumerated  by  name  the 
battlefields,  and  said:  "They  were  but 
names  to  the  non-history  reading  ci- 
vilian, but  they  were  the  sacrificial 
altars  of  the  Republic,  on  which,  in 
whose  defense,  we  poured  our  great 
oblations  of  the  best  and  bravest 
blood  in  the  whole  land.  Many  have 
sat  in  the  house  of  worship,  and  been 
thrilled  by  that  famous  hymn,  'Hold 
the  Fort,  for  I  am  coming,'  in  total  ig- 
norance of  the  fact  that  that  sweet 
singer  of  Israel,  P.  P.  Bliss,  the  author 
of  that  hymn,  found  his  inspiration 
in  an  incident  familiar  to  all  veterans. 
"Corse,  holding  Altoona  Pass,  was 


hard  pushed,  and  Sherman  wig- 
wagged at  him  the  message,  '  Hold  the 
fort.  I  am  coming.'  Corse  signaled 
back  an  answer  which  I  have  never 
heard  of  being  set  to  music,  either 
sacred  or  profane.  His  message  was: 
'I  am  short  one  ear  and  part  of  my 
cheekbone,  but  we  can  whip  all  hell 
yet,'" 

He  spoke  of  the  bravery  of  the 
American  soldier,  and  said:  "For 
many  years  the  civilized  world  had 
listened  to  the  story  of  'The  Charge 
of  the  Six  Hundred  at  Balaklava.' 
Somebody  blundered.  We  shall  never 
know  who,  for  the  officer  who  brought 
the  command  was  killed  within  ten 
minutes.  At  the  head  of  the  Six 
Hundred  English  Horse,  there  sat  in 
his  saddle  Lord  Cardigan,  the  last  of 
his  lordly  line.  He  knew  when  he 
read  the  order  that  it  was  a  command 
for  him  and  his  men  to  do  the  impossi- 
ble. He  knew  that  the  gates  of  the 
Eternal  opened  wide  for  them  that 
moment.  But  he  was  a  soldier,  and 
it  was  his  first  duty  to  obey  orders. 
It  is  said  that  just  before  he  gave  the 
order  to  charge,  he  drew  his  sword- 
belt  one  buckle-hole  tighter,  muttered 
in  an  undertone:  'Here  goes  the  last 
of  the  Cardigans,'  gave  the  order  to 
charge,  and  the  Six  Hundred  rode  to 
defeat  and  death.  Can  we  match  it?" 
he  asks.  "Come  with  me  to  that 
awful  day  in  '63  at  Chancellorsville — 
the  line  broken  where  the  11th  Corps 
had  stood,  a  great  gap.  The  eagle  of 
the  Confederacy,  Stonewall  Jackson, 
was  quick  to  grasp  the  situation,  and 
was  rushing  to  throw  his  forces  in  be- 
tween our  severed  lines.  On  one  side 
of  that  break  rested  numerous  pieces 
of  our  artillery,  unaligned;  on  the  far 
side,  there  sat  in  their  saddles  three 
hundred  of  the  8th  Pennsylvania 
Cavalry,  at  their  head  Major  Peter 
Keenan.  Fortunately  for  the  Union 
cause,  there  came  dashing  down  the 
line  that  splendid  soldier  and  gentle- 
man, General  Alfred  Pleasanton. 
One  glance  gave  him  the  situation. 
Without  halting,  he  cried  out  to  the 
officer    in    charge    of    the    artillery: 


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'Align  those  guns,  double  shotted, 
grape  and  canister,  three  second  fuse.' 
Galloping  on  to  'Major  Keenan,'  he 
said,  pointing  to  Jackson's  column, 
'You  must  charge  that  column  and 
hold  it  in  check  five  minutes,  or  the 
field  is  lost.'  Peter  Keenan  was  a 
cultivated  Irish  gentleman.  He  knew 
the  meaning  of  General  Pleasanton's 
command,  and  he  knew  in  all  prob- 
ability he  was  living  in  the  last  mo- 
ments of  his  life.  Rising  in  his  stirrups 
as  he  saluted,  he  said:  'General,  we 
will  do  it,  and  we  will  die,'  gave  the 
order  to  charge,  and  led  the  way. 
Jackson's  rifles  volleyed,  and  the 
saddles  were  empty.  Later  in  the 
day  we  found  that  nine  bullets  had 
entered  Keenan's  breast,  his  adjutant, 
who  rode  by  his  side,  received  fifteen. 
Their  souls  went  to  God  from  the  sad- 
dle. The  time  had  been  gained,  and 
the  day  was  saved." 

Other  instances  of  wonderful  brav- 
ery he  told  of,  as  the  rain  came  softly 
down. 

Lastly  he  said:  "In  the  year  of  our 
Lord  nineteen  hundred  and  twelve, 
your  Uncle  Sam,  by  the  grace  of  God, 
and  through  the  devotion  and  self- 
sacrificing  of  his  sons  living  and  dead, 
sits  on  a  front  seat  in  the  parliament 
of  nations,  co-equal  with  all  the  kings 
and  emperers  of  the  earth." 

October  23,  1912,  President  William 
H.  Taft  and  party  motored  from 
Portsmouth  to  Dover,  on  their  way 
to  Poland  Springs  in  Maine.  Frank- 
lin Square  was  once  more  crowded 
with  people,  vehicles  and  machines. 
Everyone  was  in  good  humor,  and 
divided  their  attention  between  the 
American  House,  where  the  President 
was  to  speak,  and  the  city  building, 
where  they  expected  to  get  the  first 
glimpse  of  the  great  man.  At  once  a 
huge  car  shot  into  view,  with  two  or 
three  more  in  close  pursuit.  The 
steam  road  roller  screamed  a  cordial 
welcome,  and  started  nervous  by- 
standers heavenward.  The  Presi- 
dent's car  whirled  down  Washington 
Street — the    Central    Avenue    bridge 


was  being  built — passed  the  mill, 
where  the  girls,  at  nearly  every 
window,  cheered  the  President,  who 
waved  his  hat  with  vigor,  and  dashed 
around  Nutter's  corner,  up  Main 
Street,  and  was  at  the  American  in  a 
trice.  Here,  so  the  story  runs,  two 
Dover  men  of  affairs  had  ransacked 
the  hostelry  to  find  a  chair  of  gener- 
ous proportions,  and  finally  decided 
on  a  sleepy-hollow.  This  they  pro- 
ceeded to  decorate,  or  rather  cover, 
with  the  Stars  and  Stripes.  It  was 
pinned  on,  and  lashed  on  with  strong 
cords;  and  when  they  had  finished, 
thev  surveved  their  handiwork,  and 
said,  "It  is  well." 

President  Taft  and  party  were  met 
at  the  steps  by  Hon.  Dwight  Hall, 
Mayor,  and  other  prominent  men. 
He  was  conducted  to  this  flag-be- 
trimmed  chair.  The  President  looked 
aghast,  and  said:  "I  cannot  sit  on  the 
flag."  Than  a  dash  was  made  for 
another  chair,  and  one  from  the  office 
was  produced.  This  had  arms  and 
was  not  made  for  a  man  of  such  ample 
proportions  as  President  Taft  thenwas. 
He  bowed  his  thanks,  and  wedged  him- 
self into  the  chair  as  far  as  he  could. 
This  ceremony  of  seating  the  Presi- 
dent being  over,  Mayor  Hall,  in  a 
short  speech,  introduced  the  distin- 
guished guest  to  the  people. 

Acknowledging  the  introduction, 
President  Taft  arose,  and  the  chair 
came  also.  Willing  hands  come  to 
his  aid,  and  after  several  vigorous 
yanks,  the  President  was  freed.  He 
told  the  people  that  he  realized  that 
they  came' to  honor  the  office  he  held, 
and  asked  the  group  of  school  chil- 
dren in  front  of  the  crowd,  if  the  teach- 
ers let  them  out  to  see  the  President. 
They  said  "yes."  "Well,"  he  said, 
"they  did  down  to  Portsmouth,  too." 
Ot  er  remarks  he  made  in  the  few 
minutes  he  tarried,  and  the  people 
cheered.  Then  in  less  time  than  it 
takes  to  read  it,  the  party  was 
whisked  out  of  sight,  and  another 
President  was  added  to  Dover's  list 
of  "  Famous  Visitors." 


THE  TREE  OF  TAMWORTH 

By  David  Alawen 


A  Traveler,  weary  indeed,  but  not 
footsore,  for  his  feet  were  inured  to 
the  steepest  trail  of  the  hills,  was 
nearing,  one  Fourth  of  July,  the  goal 
of  his  steadfast  progress.  He  had 
reached  that  lovely  amphitheatre, 
almost  midway  between  Chocorua 
Peak  and  the  warm,  green,  generous 
slopes  of  Ossipee.  The  broad  valley 
is  traversed  by  several  roads  which, 
if  not  utterly  commendable  as  to 
maintenance,  all  suggest  to  those 
who  are  wise  to  their  lead,  near  or  far 
revelations  of  superbly  individual 
mountains,  shimmering  lakes  in 
stately  forests  and,  finally,  after  the 
years  of  waiting  on  the  part  of  the 
first  roads  that  dared  strike  across  the 
primeval  grandeur,  homes  of  many 
men  whose  wits,  because  they  were  of 
the  separatist,  ideal-seeking,  nature- 
loving  type,  brought  them  to  sure 
havens  of  work  and  rest,  of  labor  and 
fruition,  of  the  ever-open  book  of 
heaven  and  earth's  collaboration,  so 
facile  of  reading  to  the  expert  and 
blank  as  washed  boulders  to  the 
dullard. 

The  name  of  the  amphitheatre  is 
"Tamworth  the  Blessed."  Blessed 
in  her  situation  between  rugged 
mountains  whose  strength  enters  into 
the  hearts  of  the  men  who  know  them 
and  the  tenderer  embrasures  of  hills, 
where  flowers  grow  with  coy  delight 
in  their  own  forms  and  colors ;  blessed 
in  her  amber  waters,  her  noble  groves 
with  music  learnt  in  Eden,  in,  we 
affirm  because  of  no  proved  negation, 
the  good  human  sense  and  ready  intel- 
lect of  her  inhabitants;  in,  finally,  the 
memory  of  that  Spirit  which  came 
from  "Rowley's  hills  of  pines"  to 
found  an  altar  for  the  Eternal  in  her 
midst;  a  Spirit  as  tense  and  unre- 
mitting in  zeal  as  was  Whitefield's, 
and  who  brought  the  humanities — 
too  often  not  paired  with  so-called 
"divinities" — to  Tamworth,  to  estab- 
lish them  for  all  generations. 


The  Traveler  was  a  man  who  had 
been  reared  with  ideals  as  straight  as 
that  line  of  lightning  which  cleaves 
the  face  of  Chocorua  with  one  per- 
pendicular flame  when  the  old  Chief, 
in  righteous  rage,  has  to  belch  forth 
the  old,  old  curse  of  the  betrayed 
which  rankles  in  all  wronged  human 
souls  from  the  days  of  Goshen  down, 
and  is  a  bullet  which  rebounds  unfail- 
ingly to  the  warm  life  on  the  hearth  of 
the  betrayer. 

The  Traveler  had  discovered  that 
the  Straight  Line  had  matched  with 
the  expediencies  of  a  business  career 
as  well  as  it  might  with  a  snake's  glide. 
Still,  as  he  moved  across  the  fields  of 
Tamworth  the  Traveler  was  not 
worrying  over  the  world.  He  gave 
himself  up  to  the  hour  and  the  sky. 
It  was  time  for  the  sun  to  set  on  this, 
the  latest  Fourth  of  Freedom,  and  the 
heavens  were  lit  as  if  willing  to  partici- 
pate in  the  festal  glow  of  America. 
The  entire  northern  half  of  the  sky 
was  one  clear  vault  of  blue,  cloudless 
save  for  a  puff  of  rose  that  rested  in 
the  motionless  air  to  the  left  of  Cho- 
corua's  head,  caressing  it  and  express- 
ing the  smile  which  stays  in  the  heart 
of  the  warrior,  for,  to  the  end  of  time, 
he  will  not  show  it  to  the  folly  at  his 
feet.  The  bird  and  the  sunset  cloud 
know  him,  know  of  it,  tell  it  out, 
unchidden,  and  carry  it  a  thousand 
miles  to  people  who  cannot  read  the 
plain  text : ' '  The  smile  from  Chocorua's 
heart." 

From  Page  Hill  to  Great  Hill  there 
spanned  a  curious  arch  of  finest  down, 
regular,  unbroken,  pearl-white,  fringed 
like  a  mantle  on  the  south,  shortly 
but  exactly,  the  entire  length.  From 
Mount  Whittier  to  Page  Hill  the  sky 
was  one  vivid,  steadfast  rose.  In  the 
southwest  a  slender  crescent,  extend- 
ing her  horns  to  the  evening  star,  hung 
in  a  clear,  unclouded  golden  light. 

Ah  no!  Only  the  Traveler  lived  so 
lost  to  self  and    wordly  calculations 


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in  the  unusual  lights  of  the  setting  sun 
that  he  reckoned  with  time  as  we  do, 
when,  by  altar  or  on  public  platform, 
some  unique  event  unmanacles  us 
from  time  and  space  to  instruct  us  in 
the  eternity  of  the  spirit.  Chocorua 
alone  was  steadfast.  The  rose  flick- 
ered out  by  his  brow,  the  glow  of  the 
south  paled;  Diana  and  Venus,  self- 
interested  goddesses,  sank  to  where 
no  vulgar  eye  could  follow;  the  key- 
stone of  the  great,  white  arch  rolled 
back  from  the  zenith  and  the  Traveler 
counted  the  evening  chimes  from  the 
church  spire. 

"It  is  always  the  Fourth  here!" 
was  the  gay  response  to  remarks  of 
the  Traveler  on  the  quiet  neighbor- 
hood when  he  reached  his  destination, 
a  white  New  England  homestead  with 
deep-foliaged  maples  in  front.  Here 
he  was  to  rest  the  night  and  recall  with 
the  older  members  of  the  family  the 
history  of  Tamworth's  early  days,  a 
task  that  never  palled,  for  he  himself 
was  a  son  of  the  granite  peak  which 
had  worn  the  rose  that  night,  and  the 
whole  valley  was  his  ever-welcoming 
home. 

The  next  morning  we  will  go  with 
our  Traveler  on  an  easy  road  to  the 
holy  ground  of  Tamworth's  history. 
Easy,  though  we  cross  from  main  road 
to  main  road  by  a  trail  leading  through 
sweetfern  and  savin,  past  one  wild 
glen  of  fir  and  pine  that  holds  us 
quietly  awhile  in  its  rugged  beauty. 
In  little  over  half  an  hour  we  reach 
the  "Ordination  Rock,"  just  this  side 
of  the  cemetery  where  the  lots  are 
portions  of  resting-ground  marked  off 
by  names  all  repeated  today  in  the 
village  whose  white  spire  is  visible 
from  the  rock.  In  the  northeast 
corner  is  a  tablet,  horizontally  sup- 
ported on  New  Hampshire  granite 
posts:  under  it  lies  the  dust  of  the 
soldier  and  pastor  who  "came  to  the 
Wilderness  and  made  it  a  fruitful 
field. "  In  the  same  God's  acre  lie  the 
bodily  remains  of  Mrs.  William 
Eastman  who  declared  in  what  was 
then  a  fruitful  orchard  hung  with 
September   fruit,    back   of   the  rock, 


"Mr.  Hidden  shall  be  ordained  today!" 
It  was  the  fiat  lux  of  the  pioneers  and 
— strange  how  quick  the  men  of 
mountains  are — all  gathered  around 
the  mighty  rock  whose  white  obelisk 
today  recalls  the  fight,  the  victory, 
the  life  of  the  community.  Not  be- 
fore, however,  Mr.  Hidden  had  struck 
that  vibrating  key-note  of  the  true 
church  which  is  bright  with  Christ's 
own  o'ermastering  diction:  that  small 
dissensions,  aesthetic  forms,  climatic 
or  local  expediencies  have  naught  to  do 
with  the  love  of  God. 

Argument  had  arisen  over  baptism 
and  its  ceremonial,  but  God's  love, 
which  is  above  and  before  all  rite  and 
ceremony,  was  waiting  to  be  recog- 
nized, and  a  woman  proclaimed  the 
fact.  So  the  grand  union  of  the  prin- 
ciples which  make  for  life  abounding 
was  manifest  in  the  forest  ordination. 

If  ever  a  man  gave  his  life  for  his  fel- 
low-men it  was  Samuel  Hidden,  who 
fought  from  1777  to  1781  for  the 
liberty  of  a  people,  worked  in  order  to 
win  in  Dartmouth  College  that  knowl- 
edge which  "trembles  not  at  the 
threatenings  of  ignorance,"  came  to 
the  far  fastnesses  of  the  pioneer,  and 
was  the  direct  light  and  inspiration  of 
fifty-six  pastors  and  teachers  who 
went  out  from  the  Hidden  Ordination 
Rock,  it  may  be  said. 

The  Traveler  turned  from  the  rock, 
"hurled  from  its  mountain  throne" 
to  symbolize  the  strength  of  a  com- 
munity's spiritual  comfort,  and  saw 
in  front  of  him  Mount  Whittier.  A 
surging  flood  of  thought  possessed 
him  in  the  warm,  nerve-quickening  air. 
Why  could  not  more  men  on  this 
unhappy  earth  be  worthy  of  com- 
memoration— not  by  stone  figures  of 
doubtful  a?sthetic  value  overlooking 
rigid  paths  and  the  crimes  of  a  city, 
but  mountains,  bare  to  heavens  that 
know  no  sin,  rocks  immovable  as  this 
one  where  the  Holy  Spirit  hovered  in 
its  own  hour,  its  own  place — the  heart 
of  a  just  and  loving  man? 

Fragments  of  the  first  poem  on  the 
rock  came  to  the  Traveler  as,  with  his 
fine     surgeon-hand     resting    on    the 


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granite,  he  looked  across  to  the  warm 
green  slopes  of  Ossipee.  Suddenly 
the  deep  gray  eyes  darkened  as  a  con- 
vincing idea  was  born  behind  them. 

"Is  that  thy  brother  on  Plymouth 
Shore?" 

An  oriole's  gold  flashed  by,  clung 
to  a  birch-twig  a  second,  then  hurried 
to  the  blue  beyond  the  hemlock. 

The  Traveler  started,  turned. 
Someone  was  there,  he  knew,  smiling 
behind  him.  Yet,  not  a  human  being 
nearer  than  the  white  homestead  be- 
yond the  cemetery!  Still,  surely  as 
he  saw  no  form,  so  surely  the  smile 
he  had  known  behind  him  had  been 
there.  The  Traveler  shivered  slightly 
in  the  July  sun,  the  impression  had 
been  so  strong.  With  a  strange,  half- 
involuntary  analysis  he  came  to  an 
understanding  of  the  difference  be- 
tween the  two  rocks.  Peril  and  hero- 
ism to  meet  it — that  and  much  more 
is  symbolized  by  the  rock  of  the  land- 
ing but  in  the  wake  of  Tamworth  Rock 
there  is  no  ear-cutting,  no  whipping  of 
women  on  the  naked  body,  no  Wil- 
liam Lloyd  Garrison  in  jail  or  enduring 
gross  abuse,  no  following  up  of  dis- 
traught minds  with  cruelty  and  death, 
no  hanging  for  a  difference  in  creed. 
Tamworth  Rock  was  the  focus  of 
spirits  craving  and  finding  union  in 
the  name  of  one  God,  one  redemption, 
September  12,  1792.  A  later  day  had 
come  and  from  near  that  parish  which 
in  years  of  witchcraft  had  "in  history 
only  the  romantic  corona  of  that  dark 
eclipse  of  reason  and  humanity"  from 
a  neighborhood  whose  enterprise  was 
unexcelled  and  from  which  judges, 
ministers,  historians  and  poets,  scien- 
tists and  reformers,  army  and  navy 
leaders  went  forth  to  all  ends  of  the 
states;  by  way  of  Newburyport,  where 
now  Whitefield's  bones'  lie  beneath 
the  Bible  of  his  own  using,  and 
where,  when  the  soldier-priest  passed 
through,  the  nucleus  was  already 
formed  of  today's  prosperity,  of  which 
one  historian  says:  "No  such  produc- 
tion of  wealth  can  be  found  elsewhere, 
man  for  man  and  woman  for  woman" 
bearing  in  him  the  genius  of  an  in- 


tensely productive  erudition,  with  the 
wide  horizons  of  Dartmouth  and  the 
close,  shoulder-to-shoulder  life  with 
the  laborer  in  nature's  untainted 
fields  of  produce.  Mr.  Samuel  Hid- 
den arrived  in  the  broad  green  valley 
between  Chocorua  and  Ossipee,  to  be 
welcomed  by  the  "hardy  sires  of  a 
sterling  stock"  as  a  man  who  could 
stretch  the  message-wires  between  the 
wilderness  and  all  fair  havens  of  cul- 
tivation, progress  and  spiritual  en- 
lightenment. 

The  Traveler  left  the  Ordination 
Rock  as  the  sun  was  potently  announc- 
ing a  day  of  great  heat  and  started  to 
return  to  the  homestead  by  the  same 
road,  but  crossed  the  pastures  by  a 
different  path,  attracted  toward  a 
deep  forest  of  hemlock  and  pine, 
through  which  he  vaguely  recollected 
an  old  road  leading  from  hill  to  hill. 
He  never  arrived  at  the  said  path  but, 
as  so  frequently  happens  to  the  wan- 
derer, the  revelation  of  a  lifetime 
brought  a  thanksgiving  to  his  lip 
for  his  own  erratic  steps.  Crushing 
the  sweetfern  and  brake  as  he  passed 
he  had  nearly  reached  the  dark 
hemlock  borders  of  the  forest  when 
he  saw  in  front  of  him  a  rock,  not  so 
large  as  the  one  with  the  memorial 
shaft  but  yet  a  noble  mass  of  gran- 
ite, a  Gibraltar,  one  had  thought, 
against  any  force  short  of  dyna- 
mite. But  the  powers  of  nature,  so 
slow  to  myopic  humanity,  so  sure 
and  perfect  of  attainment  to  herself, 
had  been  at  work  in  her  own  sytematic 
unremitting  fashion  of  the  aeons. 
When  the  surgeon  receives  from  the 
manufacturer  his  latest  lancet,  he 
enthusiastically  admires  the  fine  blade 
reduced,  as  it  is  to  the  slenderest  possi- 
ble expression  of  metal.  But  there  is 
a  far.  finer  instrument  than  this  almost 
invisible  edge  which  is  to  eliminate  the 
evil,  an  instrument  used  by  nature 
every  day  for  the  perfecting  of  crea- 
tion, in  elaborating  the  content  of 
microscopic  capillaries,  in  regulating 
the  mysteries  of  the  heart's  innermost 
cell,  the  pulses  of  the  genius  and  the 
thrush,  in  the  cohesion  of  a  clod  and 


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the  diffusion  of  the  mayflower's  frag-  Clouds,  somewhere  in  the  sky,  but 
ranee.  With  the  simplicity  which  the  Traveler's  eyes  were  too  altar- 
marks  all  true  grandeur,  nature  uses  railed  by  thought  to  search  for  cause 
this  same  tool  to  fashion  a  thunder-  while  the  effect  was  a  beautiful  corol- 
bolt  and  to  put  the  bloom  on  a  berry,  lary  to  the  poem  he  was  reading;  clouds 
The  name  of  it  is  Light.  from  somewhere  purpled  the  moun- 
The  rock  was  cleft  by  a  V-shaped  tains  and  Passaconway  stood  in 
aperture,  now  thirty  inches  wide  at  royal  robing;  the  bare  shoulders  of 
the  top,  eight  at  the  bottom  and  out  Chocorua  rose  in  violet  from  the  dark 
of  the  V  grew  a  birch,  a  noble  tree  with  belt  below.  From  pyramid  to  peak 
healthy,  far-reaching  limbs,  abundant  there  hung  the  morning's  latest  mantle 
foliage  and  an  air  of  victory  that  sits  of  God's  light. 

with  no  arrogance  on  nature's  own.  The  power  of  growth  is  light  that 

"I  have  conquered,"  says  this  birch,  can  push  asunder  the  rocks  for  her 

hard  of  texture,  glossy  of  skin.     The  children. 

man  regarding  it  recognized  the  vie-         The  only  royalty  of  the  universe  is 

tory  due  to  all  who  struggle  to  triumph  light,  clothing  the  character  of  granite, 

over   the   death   dealt   out   to   every  the  home  of  song,  the  aspiration  of  the 

individual  aspiration  of  holiness,  every  heights  with  the  vesture  of  unfading 

ideal  of  high  fulfilment,  every  reform  magnificence. 

in    a     country's     government.     The         Remembering  the  man  with  whom 

Traveler  rested  in  front  of  the  tree,  he  had  spent  the  foregoing  evening. 

How  the  hand  of  a  Dore  would  have  the  Traveler  returned  to  the  white 

delighted   in   tracing   on   canvas   the  home  where   he,   the  only  surviving 

massive  roots  which  had  reared  and  grandson   of   the   soldier-pastor,    still 

heaved  through  the  aperture,  so  small  came  for  recuperation  from  the  city, 

in  the  memory  of  man  that  a  hare  He  who   saw  what   the  grandfather 

could  not  sneak  through  it.     Having  foresaw,   the.  home,   the  church,   the 

overcome    "the    oppressor's    wrong"  library,    the   most   recent   inventions 

they  now  support  a  perfect  tree.     As  in  practical  use,  the  "fruitful  field," 

the  roots  curved  and  finally  squared  was  warm  with  all  the  enthusiasm  of 

themselves,   each  inch   of  aggression  any  resident  native  over  Tamworth 

against    such    hostile    force    demon-  and  her  surroundings.     But  the  tales, 

strated    the    power    that    belongs    to  rich  in  local  color,  which  had  unwound 

Light  alone.  as  links  from  the  chain  of  memory  the 

"Behold  your  Instructor!"  night  before,   found  no  sequels  this 

How  many  know  when  Instruction  morning.     The  Doctor  and  the  Trav- 

with  full,  warm  pulses  stands  before  eler,  the  man  with  the  hand  of  a  sur- 

them?     Like  Galahad,  men  do  not  ask  geon,  each  a  son  of  the  hills,  each  with 

the   zealous   questions   of  an   honest  the  heart  of  a  poet  that  so  rarely 

science.     Galahad  began  first  to  ques-  meets  its  fellow,  walked  toward  the 

tion  when  "  Life  had  taught  him  work  village,    the   two   apart   from   things 

and  law"  as  all  the  learning  of  the  mundane,  in  that  converse  the  richest 

nuns,  all  the  worldly  wisdom  of  Gur-  part  of  which  is  the  silence  of  a  pro- 

nenanz,  could  not  do.j  found  understanding. 


From  the  fair,  fertile  upland  of  old  Rowley's  historied  hill 
There  came  to  young  New  Hampshire  an  ardent  conquering  will, 
Came  to  the  wilderness  as  others  said,  to  what  he  knew, 
With  gift  of  prescient  soul,  was  to  align  in  avenue 
And  homes  for  that  posterity  so  dear  to  hope  divine. 
Today  a  rock  of  reverend  height  remains  as  holy  shrine 
Of  him  whose  twofold  soldierhood  gave  twofold  liberty, 
But,  cross  the  rugged  pastures  where  the  thrush's  jubilee 


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Each  summer  evening  rings  the  hymn  which  cheers  Chocorua's  breast, 

Where  purple  carpets  caught  by  briar,  hide  many  a  nest, 

And  there  behold  another  rock  as  earth's  own  monument : 

There  wait  and  know  there  is  a  God.     The  Voice  of  the  Ascent, 

Of  greatest  Love  life  ever  knew,  here  speaks  with  Victory's  spell, 

The  tree  triumphant  over  death  life's  watchword  dares  to  tell: 

"Light  is  thy  life,  0  man,  as  God  is  love  and  only  love." 

Light  is  thy  holy  strength.     (3  cleanse  thy  heart  till  streams  above 

No  purer  leap  the  heights  and,  with  myself,  the  hardest  foe 

That  heart  shall  conquer  well.     Thy  head  shall  bear  o'er  every  woe 

And,  benefactor  of  the  weak, — that  noblest  empire  yet, — 

Know  thou  thyself,  G  man!     The  golden  rays  of  day  that  set 

Beyond  my  hemlock  guard,  shall  find  thee  stark  as  I,  and  young 

When  years  have  taught  thee  work  and  law  as  any  lilt  that's  sung. 

In  vortices  of  faith,  O  man,  let  thy  soul  rise  to  God 

And  time  will  prove  why  Tamworth  paths  thy  feet  this  hour  have  trod. 

The  thunder  of  hell-war  now  rolls  on  roads  of  the  Old  World 

And  dynasties,  all  worn  and  waned  in  Heaven's  sight  unfurled 

Their  flags  in  month  our  freedom  won.     Death!  is  the  watchword  rung. 

Death  rides  apace  for  Teutons,  Slavs  of  the  same  mother-tongue 

Must,  for  a  moth-holed  glove  thrown  down  in  Europe's  campus  fair, 

Put  out  the  life  of  brothers  in  this  sweet  summer  air. 

Death,  then,  is  emperor  now  o'er  gold  of  ripening  field 

And  potentates,  so-termed,  to  war's  insanity  must  yield. 

The  challenge  comes!     Read  right  the  contest  of  the  troubled  fools! 

Awakening  to  your  task,  remember  God  made  men  and  tools 

But  never  said  "Men  are  but  tools,"  o'er  one  babe's  helpless  brow 

Nor  grudged  the  least  pure  reason's  leveling,  freewill  vow. 

America,  art  thou  the  light  and  hope  of  all  the  world? 
Then  let  our  own  well-proven  Stars  be  valiantly  unfurled, 
White  signals  of  the  soul!     Prove  to  the  fight's  red-running  flood 
As  proves  above  this  riven  rock  each  tender  hope-filled  bud, 
The  God  of  all  the  universe  is  God  of  peace  and  home, 
Of  work  well-done,  of  symmetry  of  life,  not  martydom 
Of  men,  not  rags  of  tinsel,  ranting  song,  nor  uniform 
Compelled  upon  the  young,  young  hearts  of  men  all  strong  and  warm 
To  aim  toward  a  perfect  earth  by  valiant  stroke  and  will. 
By  rock  o'ercome,  by  impulse  light  knew  nobly  to  fulfil, 
By  all  the  crowns  our  sweetest  Mays  bring  forth  of  sylvan  green, 
By  all  the  beauty,  all  the  birth  the  patient  years  have  seen, 
The  wing  its  shadow  and  its  rest,  the  nuptial  song  that  stays 
The  human  soul  in  dim,  unworded  wonder  why  no  praise 
Pours  forth  from  human  lip  in  tremor  so  divine  and  pure, 
By  tree  held  sacred  in  the  snow-bound  north,  by  all  its  lure 
Of  power  and  grace,  America,  break  now  the  rock-bound  life 
Of  mind  rebuffed,  o'erdollared,  stunned  in  narrowing,  choking  strife, 
And  let  the  soul  of  every  man  know  its  own  triumph  now, — 
Emancipation  of  itself,  its  own  unfettered  brow. 
America,  there  is  but  one  ideal  for  any  race, 
God's  daughter  to  remain  by  right  of  light,  by  power  of  grace. 
Tamworth,  N.  H. 


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CONCORD  BY  THE  MERRIMACK 

By  Edna  Dean  Proctor 

[Written  for  the  One  Hundred  and  Fiftieth  Anniversary  of  the  Charter  of  Concord.]. 

Serene  amid  the  meadows 

Her  seasons  come  and  go; 
To  north  her  glorious  mountains, 

Her  ocean  tides  below. 
No  capital  she  envies 

Its  peak  or  plain  or  river — 
Fair  Concord  by  the  Merrimack, 

Whose  fame  is  ours  forever. 

She  guards  New  Hampshire's  story 

Within  as  rare  a  shrine 
As  Rome  or  Athens  builded 

To  those  they  held  divine! 
For  her  sons  come  back  to  crown  her — 

Their  ties  they  cannot  sever — 
Fair  Concord  by  the  Merrimack" 

Whose  fame  is  ours  forever! 

Still  may  the  years  bring  wisdom 

And  honor  to  her  halls ; 
Still  her  proud  state  be  eager 

To  serve  when  valor  calls, 
And  see  her  Capital  for  aye 

Of  light  and  joy  the  giver — 
Fair  Concord  by  the  Merrimack 

Whose  fame  is  ours  forever! 


BED-TIME 

By  Frances  M.  Pray 

Win'  am  a-whisperin'  high  in  de  pine  tree, 
Dark  am  a-fallin'  all  quiet  an'  slow, 
Come  now,  ma  honey,  yo  haid  is  so  heavy, 
Cayn't  fool  yo  mammy,  yo'se  tired  I  know. 

All  de  clay  long  yo's  been  runnin'  an'  playin' 
Down  in  de  fiel'  whar  cle  creek  win'  aroun' ; 
Shut  up  dose  eyelids,  yo  cayn't  keep  dem  open, 
Shut  dem  up  close  now,  an'  lay  yo  haid  down. 

Hear  clat  ole  bull  frog  'way  down  by  de  bayou, 
He  say,  "De  clay  am  all  gone,  go  an'  res';" 
Sho,  yo  ain't  skeered,  yo  know  nothin'  gwine  get  yo,. 
Yo  all  is  safe  hyar  on  ole  mammy's  breas'. 

All  through  cle  fiel'  hear  the  crickets  a-hummin', 
Hummin'  to  yo,  chile,  so  sof  an'  so  low, 
Slow  now  dey're  closin'  yo're  brown  eyes  so  sleepy, 
Cayn't  fool  yo're  mammy,  yo'se  tired  I  know. 
Tongaloo,  Miss: 


A  WILDCAT  STORY 


By  L.  E.  Bliss 


They  were  taking  a  tramping  trip 
through  the  mountains  and  stopped 
at  a  famous  hostelry  known  as  the 
White  Mountain  Inn.  Mr.  Ingleside 
was  a  man  whom,  once  seen,  you 
would  never  forget.  He  combined 
the  splendid  physique  of  one  who  had 
been  fond  of  out-door  life  and  sports 
with  the  intellectual  lineaments  of  the 
true  Bostonian.  The  cultured  gentle- 
man was  plainly  visible  in  spite  of  the 
tramp  garb  he  had  donned  for  this 
occasion.  His  son,  however,  pos- 
sessed none  of  the  father's  character- 
istics. Weak  in  face  and  figure,  quiet 
to  the  point  of  inferiority,  he  sim- 
ply followed  where  his  father  led  and 
echoed  all  his  sentiments,  and  replied 
in  monosyllables  to  all  your  questions. 
Yet,  while  less  interesting  than  his 
father,  there  was  a  quiet  something 
that  belied  the  weakness  of  his  face 
and  gave  evidence  of  reserve  strength. 
Nor  could  one  fail  to  note  the  tender- 
ness of  affection  with  which  each  re- 
garded the  other. 

"Frank  will  be  in  presently,"  said 
his  father,  as  he  entered  the  cheery 
dining-room  and  stood  warming  him- 
self in  the  light  of  the  blazing  hearth. 
"He's  quite  an  old  maid  about  ad- 
justing the  contents  of  that  knap-sack 
and  getting  acquainted  with  his  new 
surroundings.  I'll  wager,  though,  he 
could  lay  his  hand  on  any  article 
wanted  at  a  minute's  notice."  Just 
then  Frank  entered  with  a  face  that 
bore  evidence  to  a  good  scrub  and 
neatly  brushed  hair,  and  together  they 
sat  down  to  their  supper  of  smoking 
venison,  roasted  potatoes,  hot  bis- 
cuit, and  maple  sirup. 

"One  doesn't  need  a  tramp  trip  to 
give  him  an  appetite  for  a  supper  like 
this,"  said  Mr.  Ingleside.  Frank 
characteristicly  said  nothing,  but  bus- 
ied himself  assiduously  in  appeasing 
his  hunger. 

After  the  evening  meal  was  ended 


they  sat  before  the  open  fire  with 
maps  and  guide  books  planning  the 
rest  of  the  trip  while  the  other  board- 
ers regaled  them  with  stories  of  ad- 
venture and  tragedy,  having  for  their 
setting  the  background  of  the  White 
Hills. 

"Let's  see — From  Boston  to  Port- 
land, from  Portland  to  Gorham, 
thence  on  to  Randolph,  etc., — Ah! 
Back  through  the  Crawford!  I  have 
it  all  planned,"  said  Frank  handing  a 
slip  of  paper  to  his  father.  "Yes, 
that  suits  me  very  well."  "Have 
you  mended  that  gap  in  my  snow- 
shoes?  Good!  We'll  have  some  hot 
soup  in  that  thermos  bottle  and  it 
will  last  a  long  time.  Any  wildcats  in 
Tuckerman's  Ravine?"  This  laugh- 
ingly to  the  man  who  was  just 
finishing  the  bear  story.  "No  jok- 
ing, stranger,"  said  the  man  in  ques- 
tion, "You  are  likely  to  find  one  this 
season  of  the  year  out  looking  for 
something  to  eat.  They're  danger- 
ous, too,  when  they're  hungry." 

"Ah  well,  I  have  a  trusty  flintlock! 
Now  for  a  night's  sleep." 

Early  in  the  following  morning  the 
two  men  set  off  for  their  long  tramp, 
the  knap-sack  slung  across  the  back 
of  each  by  turns.  The  weather  could 
hardly  have  been  more  favorable,  keen 
and  frosty  enough  to  impart  a  health- 
ful glow,  sunshiny  and  bright  over- 
head, just  enough  crust  to  make  easy 
walking.  With  long  easy  strides  they 
walked  on  in  silence,  pausing  now  and 
then  to  snap  their  kodak  on  an  es- 
pecially Jovely  bit  of  mountain  scen- 
ery. At  noon  they  halted  in  the 
shelter  of  a  clump  of  firs  for  refresh- 
ments and  night  found  them  at  the 
hut  of  the  Appalachian  Club  on 
Mount  Madison.  They  entered,  and, 
exhausted  by  the  day's  tramp,  soon 
fell  into  refreshing  slumber. 

At  midnight  Frank  was  awakened 
by  a  peculiar  sound  and  after  listen- 


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ing  a  few  moments,  awoke  his  father, 
also. 

"Father,  I  thought — I  know — I 
heard  a  scream;  it  sounded  like  a  wo- 
man's voice!" 

"Pshaw — go  to  sleep.  You've  had 
a  nightmare." 

"But  father — there!  Listen!  I  hear 
it  again." 

"Pon  my  word,  I  did  hear  some- 
thing." And  Mr.  Ingleside  rose  upon 
his  elbow  and  listened. 

In  another  second  he  bounded  out 
of  the  bunk,  hastily  dressed,  and 
seizing  his  rifle  and  a  lantern,  started 
for  the  door.  "It  sounds  more  like 
the  howl  of  an  animal  to  me,"  he 
muttered. 

"Hush,  father  go  slow,  don't  do 
anything  rash,  wait  a  minute,  I'm 
coming.  Here,  leave  that  lantern 
and  follow  me  with  this  flashlight — 
down  there  by  the  bushes — oh!" 

He  stopped  short,  while  a  sound, 
half  human,  half  animal,  rent  the  air. 

"Can't  be  a  wolf,  can  it?"  said  Mr. 
Ingleside. 

"No,  no,  that  isn't  the  cry  of  a  wolf, 
its — say,  father,  you  don't  suppose  its 
a  wildcat,  do  you?" 

"By  gad,  its  a  woman.  Hurrv, 
Frank." 

"Nonsense  father,  are  you  crazed? 
how  would  a  woman  get  up  on  this 
mountain  at  midnight  in  the  dead  of 
winter?  Wake  up!  You're  not  in 
Boston.  This  isn't  Ladies'  Night  at 
the  club,  but — well  I  guess  its  wild- 
cat night  at  the  Appalachian  Club  in 
the  heart  of  the  White  Mountains. 
Did  you  hear  that?  By  the  way,  isn't 
there  a  mountain  in  this  region  called 
Wildcat  Mountain?" 

"Don't  stop  to  fire  geography  ques- 
tions at  me — your  flashlight — over 
there  by  the  ledge!" 

"Here  she  goes!  By  the  shades  of 
the  great  Theocritus!" 

Something  they  saw  caused  each 
man  to  stand  as  if  rooted  to  the  spot 
and  a  shiver  caused  not  by  the  cold 
or  mountain  blast  passed  through 
their  frames.  As  if  by  common  im- 
pulse each  turned  a  questioning  glance 


into  the  other's  eye  and  then  without 
speaking  again,  as  if  by  common  im- 
pulse, they  made  a  dash  in  the  direc- 
tion of  the  flashlight. 

On  they  sped  in  silence  grim  and 
foreboding — once  and  again  a  ball 
of  light  would  pierce  the  utter  black- 
ness— once  only  did  Mr.  Ingleside 
pause  to  examine  his  gun,  and  Frank 
stooped  to  dislodge  from  the  ice  two 
rocks  with  jagged  edges.  The  strange 
cry  had  ceased  and  only  for  the  tense, 
drawn  expression  on  the  two  faces  one 
might  have  thought  there  was  nothing 
to  fear. 

"We  must  be  within  a  few  yards  of 
the  ledge,"  said  Frank,  his  voice 
tremulous  with  feeling.  "Oh,  father! 
Oh!" 

Just  then  a  sound  that  seemed 
more  terrible  than  any  they  had  yet 
heard,  a  half  human  cry  that  savored 
of  entreaty,  fear,  and  wild  despair 
mingled  with  animal-like  savageness, 
rose  upon  the  air.  With  faces  white 
as  the  snow  on  which  they  trod  the 
two  men  plunged  on.  Suddenly  they 
stopped  on  a  rise  of  ground  that  over- 
looked a  deep  ravine. 

No  need  of  the  flashlight  now,  for 
out  of  the  clouds  that  opened  as  if  by 
magic  streamed  the  moon's  radiance. 
A  strange  picture  presented  itself. 
The  gleaming  whiteness  beneath,  the 
dark  forms  silhouetted  on  the  hill,  the 
ghostly  ravine  where  two  snarling 
animals  faced  each  other,  beyond  the 
ravine  a  ledge,  on  the  crest  of  the 
ledge — yes,  a  woman ! 

Crack!  One  of  the  wildcats  lay 
lifeless  in  the  valley.  The  other  with 
a  maddening  cry  sprang  up  the  hill- 
side. The  woman  on  the  ledge  stood 
erect  and  motionless  as  if  watch- 
ing the  graceful  panther-like  tread. 
Legend  says  that  if  once  the  wildcat 
captures  the  eye  of  its  would-be  des- 
troyer, it  holds  him  enthralled  as  if  by 
a  wondrous  magic  charm  and  paral- 
yzes the  will.  It  almost  seemed  as  if 
the  story  were  to  be  verified  in  this 
instance,  for  both  figures  on  the 
hillside  stood  as  if  petrified.  Now 
bounding    along,    now    creeping    on- 


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343 


ward  came  the  creature  until  within  a 
few  feet  of  our  friends  it  paused  and 
with  a  strange  purring  sound  crouched 
low  in  the  snow,  its  open,  panting  jaws 
in  full  range  of  Mr.  Ingleside. 

"No,  you  don't,"  said  that  gentle- 
man, as  if  suddenly  aroused  to  life, 
and  crack!  went  a  shot  straight  into 
the  open  jaws.  Infuriated  beyond 
measure,  the  animal  made  the  final 
spring  and  fastened  its  forepaws 
around  Mr.  Ingleside's  waist  in  a 
deathlike  hug.  Soon  both  were  rol- 
ling in  the  snow  made  horribly  red 
with  blood  from  the  wildcat's  dripping 
jaws.  A  desperate  struggle  ensued. 
Frank  seemed  to  have  lost  all  power 
to  move.  No  sound  broke  the  still- 
ness except  the  heavy  panting  of  the 
contestants.  Suddenly  Frank  hurled 
one  of  the  sharp-edged  rocks  in  a 
blind  fashion  toward  the  tumbling 
mass.  The  only  effect  was  to  dis- 
lodge the  rifle  from  his  father's  hands. 
Frightened  into  steadier  aim  he  hurled 
with  all  his  force  the  remaining  weap- 
on of  defence.  This  cut  into  the 
animal's  hide  and  with  a  terrific  howl 
of  pain  and  rage  it  turned  upon 
Frank  who  dodged  the  spring  just  in 
time.  Again  and  yet  again  with  the 
same  result.  But  Frank  was  becom- 
ing exhausted  and  the  most  skillful 
dodging  would  not  avail  in  that  third 
leap. 

Mr.  Ingleside,  stiffened  and  sore, 
had  arisen  to  his  feet  and  now  seizing 
the  rifle  made  his  way  slowly  toward 
the  wildcat,  who,  crouching  low  pre- 
pared for  the  fatal  leap.  But  a  numb- 
ness was  creeping  into  the  fore  feet 
and  shoulders  and  a  great  weakness 
showed  itself  in  a  shiver  that  passed 
through  the  whole  body.  The  short, 
the  terrible  struggle,  the  intense  cold 
were  doing  their  work  and,  crash, 
it  needed  only  that  blow  of  the  rifle 
to  complete  it.  With  a  low  moan 
the  creature  surrendered  its  life  and 
the  rifle,  also,  had  done  its  last  work 
as  it  lay  in  two  pieces  on  the  snow. 

For  fully  five  minutes  Frank  and 
his  father  sat  motionless  looking  at 
the  handsome  thing  at  their  feet,  then 


Frank  went  towards  it  as  if  moved  by 
an  irresistible  impulse,  and  began 
stroking  his  side,  "Poor  creature! 
You  made  a  brave  fight,"  he  said. 
His  father  laughed  uneasily  and  then 
— "By  Jove,  Frank — the  woman, — 
what  in  the  deuce  and  how." 

"I  don't  know,  but  it's  up  to  us  to 
see,"  said  Frank  and  they  made  their 
way  to  the  ledge. 

When  they  at  length  arrived,  the 
woman  was  no  longer  erect,  but  sat 
huddled  on  the  rock  in  a  half-frozen, 
disconsolate  heap,  while  a  big  St.  Ber- 
nard dog  fretted  at  its  chains  which 
were  fastened  securely  to  a  bolt  driven 
into  the  solid  rock. 

Her  story  was  soon  told. 

A  party  of  six  had  set  out  to  cross 
the  range  including  herself,  her  hus- 
band and  brother  and  dog.  She 
was  a  lover  of  botany  and  had  lin- 
gered behind  the  others  to  gather 
rare  specimens  of  mountain  lichen. 
When  her  brother  and  her  husband 
found  the  others  had  lost  them,  they 
told  her  to  wait  on  the  ledge  while 
they  found  the  others  and  left  the 
dog  with  her  for  protection.  As 
night  came  on  they  failed  to  appear 
but  not  so  the  wildcats,  who  had 
frightened  her,  she  said,  trying  to 
laugh  through  her  tears,  out  of  a 
year's  growth.  The  dog  had  howled, 
she  had  tugged  in  vain  at  the  chains, 
the  wildcats  had  snarled,  and  she  had 
shrieked.  The  combination  of  sounds 
had  drawn  Frank  and  his  father 
thither.  Then  she  began  to  sob  as 
she  feared  she  knew  not  what  for  her 
father  and  brother — yes,  and  the 
rest  of  the  party. 

Frank  and  his  father  looked  puz- 
zled, "The  hut  is  the  only  solution 
I  can  see,"  said  Mr.  Ingleside.  "We 
can't  leave  her  here  to  freeze." 

"I  think  I  can  manage  the  dog's 
chains,"  said  Frank,  "and  we  shall 
have  to  take  the  path  around  this 
side  of  the  ledge." 

It  was  four  o'clock  in  the  morning 
when  they  drew  near  the  hut.  They 
were  surprised  to  see  smoke  curling 
from  the  chimney.     The  St.  Bernard 


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with  sudden  bound  pulled  the  chain  of  the  party  were  here  and  had  stepped 
from  Frank's  hand  and,  barking  gaily,  out  to  get  some  moonlight  pictures, 
ran  to  the  door.  A  moment  later  So,  completely  wearied  by  their  long- 
he  returned  and  with  him  the  stal-  tramp,  they  slept  soundly  and  had 
wart  forms  of  two  men.  "Father,  heard  nothing  till  the  barking  of  the 
brother"  "Lucy"  all  in  one  breath,  dog  aroused  them. 
"And  oh,  here  are  Emma  and  Sue  Lucy's  husband  and  brother,  how- 
and  Dick.  But  how — I  don't  under-  ever,  had  slept  not  at  all.  They  had 
stand — I" — Lucy  had  fainted.  heard  the  howling  of  the  animals  and 
The  sequel  is  not  hard  to  guess,  had  started  back  to  rescue  Lucy.  By 
At  the  early  breakfast  they  told  how  some  awful  blunder  they  had  missed 
Emma  and  Dick  and  Sue  had  arrived  their  way  and  by  a  circuitous  route 
at  the  hut.  It  must  have  been  just  stumbled  upon  the  hut  at  daybreak, 
after  Frank  and  his  father  left  the  while  thinking  they  were  going  toward 
place.     They   had   taken   the   wrong  the  ledge. 

path  and  that  accounted  for  the  late-  "All  roads  lead  to  Rome"  in  Italy. 

ness  of  the  hour.     Seeing  the  hut  had  All  roads  lead  to  the  hut  in  the  moun- 

been  occupied,  they  imagined  the  rest  tains  of  New  Hampshire. 


A  BUTTERCUP  IDYL 

By  L.  Adelaide  Sherman 

On  a  sea  of  buttercups,  golden-bright, 

I  am  drifting  on  to  my  heart's  delight, 

Where  daisies  scattered  far  and  free 

Are  the  tossing  foam  of  this  yellow  sea, 

And  my  light  dream-shallop  rocks  and  swings. 

With  its  vision-sails  like  fairy  wings. 

The  apple  orchards  are  islands;  these 
Are  fairer  than  famed  Hespirides; 
Yet  pause  I  not,  but  sail  away 
To  the  open,  shining  gates  of  day, 
Where  the  rising  sun  has  lightly  spread 
Her  scarf  of  amber  and  gold  and  red. 

I  know  if  I  pass  through  that  wide-flung  door 
That  I  and  my  boat  return  no  more; 
For  the  rainbow  land  that  beckons  me 
Is  the  other  shore  of  a  soundless  sea; 
So  over  this  trembling  pathway  1  right 
I  am  sailing  back  to  my  heart's  delight. 
Contooeook,  N.  H. 


OLD  DAYS  AT  LAKE  WINNIPESAUKEE 


By  Bertha  Greene 


Winnipesaukee,  the  largest  lake  in 
New  Hampshire,  is  four  hundred  and 
seventy-two  feet  above  sea  level,  and 
its  waters  cover  an  area  of  about 
seventy  square  miles,  being  in  places 
two  hundred  feet  deep;  dotted  with 
islands  to  the  number  of  three  hun- 
dred. The  broken  shore  line  is 
about  one  hundred  and  eighty-two 
miles  around  the  lake.  Eight  New 
Hampshire  towns  lie  along  those 
shores;  eight  mountain  peaks  are  to 
be  seen  from  the  center  of  its  waters, 
Mount  Washington,  the  loftiest  peak 
of  the  White  Mountain  range,  being 
one  of  these. 

One  summer  day  I  sailed  over  this 
lake  called  "Smile  of  the  Great 
Spirit."  No  fairer  sheet  of  water  has 
it  been  my  lot  to  view,  from  all 
points;  along  the  indented  shore, 
across  the  broad  reaches,  or  from 
the  lake  side  of  the  attractive  towns, 
along  its  banks. 

The  mountains  blend  with  a  deeper  hue, 
In  variable  shades  to  the  azure  blue. 
I  drifted  and  dreamed  with  half-shut  eyes, 
Till  the  sun  hung  low,  in  the  cloudless  skies: 

while  my  mind  swung  back  to  the  time 
when  this  wild  and  beautiful  mountain 
and  lake  region  was  inhabited  by  the 
red-man.  Long  before  the  pale-face 
crossed  the  Great- Water  it  was  their 
fishing-ground  for  years. 

Here  it  was  the  Indian,  his  natural  shelter 
found : 
Here  he  cut  his  bow  and  arrow:  carved  and 
shaped  them  for  the  fray, 
Brought  his  squaw  and  built  his  wigwam, 
Fished  and  drifted,  through  the  season:  till 
came  winter  on  its  way. 

After  the  advent  of  the  white  man, 
these  waters  have  carried  the  dusky 
savage  in  his  bark  canoe,  and  reflected 
from  its  surface,  skulking  bands  at 
midnight,  stealing  down  tathe  settle- 
ments toward  the  south,  where  from 
the  inhabitants  of  those  plantations 
along  the  rivers  and    bays,    did   the 


savage  take  toll  of  the  people.  There 
in  great  numbers  did  they  suffer  tor- 
ture, captivity,  and  death.  The  set- 
tlers, living  as  they  did  along  the 
sea-shore,  and  the  banks  of  its  tribu- 
tary rivers,  were  in  no  position  to 
contend  against  an  enemy  whose 
strong-hold  was  in  a  wilderness  of 
danger;  but  many  brave  men  have 
followed  them,  through  its  wild  and 
hidden  paths  in  summer,  and  when 
the  wind  howled  across  the  lake  in 
mid-winter,  many  times  their  only 
means  of  progress  through  drifting 
winter  storms  being  snow-shoes.  The 
camp-fires  of  peace,  and  of  war,  have 
burned  on  the  surrounding  mountain 
tops.  These  old  hills  have  heard  the 
savage  war-cry,  borne  on  the  breeze 
across  the  lake,  and  echoing  from  hill 
to  hill. 

When  the  earliest  settlers  of  New 
England  landed  on  our  wild  and  rock- 
ribbed  shores,  this  region  was,  in 
springtime,  the  meeting  place  of  a 
number  of  different  tribes  of  Indians. 
This  lake  was  the  great  breeding 
ground  of  the  shad  fish;  it  was  here 
they  deposited  their  eggs,  and  so  they 
multiplied,  the  Indians  curing  enough 
to  last  the  long  winter  through.  They 
built  weirs,  which  were  young  trees 
driven  into  the  mud,  and  interwoven 
with  grasses  and  the  willow.  At  the 
west  side  of  the  lake  is  the  village  of 
Weirs.  It  was  there  a  fish  weir  stood, 
built  of  stone.  It  is  said  to  have  been 
there  hundreds  of  years.  By  whom 
built  is  not  known,  or  how  many 
races  of  men  it  had  helped  to  provide 
with  fish. 

A  band  of  Indians,  composed  of  a 
number  of  different  tribes,  controlled 
these  fishing  grounds,  having  as  their 
chief  Passaconaway,  who  was  called 
"The  Statesman  Sagamore."  They 
united  against  their  mutual  enemy, 
the  Mohawks,  in  defence  of  this  fishing 
ground,  being  known  as  the  Penacook 


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Nation.  In  the  spring,  when  the  shad 
were  running,  Passaconaway  sent  for 
all  the  tribes  belonging  to  this  nation, 
the  old  chieftain  being  there  in  full 
trappings.  They  came,  the  Agawams 
from  the  south;  the  Ossipees  from 
their  mountain  top,  overlooking  the 
lake  on  the  east;  the  Androscoggins 
from  the  river  region  in  what  is  now 
Maine;  bringing  with  them  their 
squaws,  medicine-men,  prophets,  their 
paraphernalia  of  battle,  and  the 
dance.  Here  the  summer  through 
they  lived,  and  some  died. 


Here  lies  a  brave  chief  in  his  lonely  grave, 
His  death  dirge,  a  chant  by  the  breaking  wave, 
His  cover  a  coat  of  the  buck-deer  skin, 
And  his  weapons  of  war  were  put  therein. 

So  this  day  I  idly  sailed  and  drifted, 
over  one  of  Nature's  beauty  spots, 
with  a  feeling  that  our  ancestors, 

Even  through  the  work  and  hardship;  with 

the  fear  that  they  endured, 
They  lived  then  as  we  are  living;  life  and  love 

with  love  assured. 
For  our  life  is  what  we  make  it,  children  of 

the  sons  of  men; 
Loving,  sighing,  laughing,  crying,  even  now  as 

it  was  then. 


SUNSET  ON  THE  CONNECTICUT 

By  Edith  M.  Child 

Day's  rush  and  action  are  over; 

The  silence  of  evening  falls, 
And  to  our  weary  spirits 

The  glory  of  sunset  calls 
To  the  brink  of  a  westerning  hillslope, 

'Neath  which  the  river  flows, 
And  beyond,  the  grandeur  of  mountains, 

Flanked  by  dying  day's  orange  and  rose. 

Below,  calm  and  deep  winds  the  river; 

Scarce  a  ripple  it's  surface  feels, 
And  the  shadow  gloomily  deepening 

Solemnly  farther  steals. 
The  wondrous  beauty  of  sky  and  water 

Enchanted  the  eye  to  behold ; 
No  marvel  is  it  the  river 

Should  it  close  to  her  breast  enfold. 

It  seems  the  mysterious  glory 

Is  more  than  one's  soul  can  bear, 
When  into  the  shadow-edged  mirror 

Are  cast  the  moon  and  a  star. 
Mountain-top  o'erhung  by  the  crescent 

Met  mountain-top  and  star  at  its  feet, 
Both  bathing  in  a  pool  of  opal 

As  sky-tints  the  river's  length  greet. 

Too  soon  does  the  vision  vanish, 

Softly  sinking  into  night's  mystic  shade. 
E'en  our  gaze  of  awe  cannot  stay  it, 

The  rich  hues  reluctantly  fade. 
O,  heart,  imprison  the  beauty — 

Let  the  morrow's  tasks  lighter  seem 
For  this  pageant  of  the  sunset, 

This  touch  of  a  heavenly  gleam. 
Hanover,  N.  H. 


NEW  HAMPSHIRE  NECROLOGY 


HON.   GEORGE   F.   TINKER 
Hon.  George  F.  Tinker,  ex-mayor  of  New 
London,  Conn.,  died  at  his  home  in  that  city, 
May  4,  1915. 

Mr.  Tinker  was  a  native  of  the  town  of 
Marlow,  born  February  13,  1834,  son  of 
Nathan  and  Mary  Ann  "(Stone)  Tinker.  He 
received  an  academical  education,  taught 
school  for  some  time,  and  in  1855  removed 
with  his  father  to  New  London  and  engaged 
with  him  in  the  meat  business,  continuing 
the  same  after  his  father's  death  for  many 
years.  He  was  also  extensively  engaged  in 
the  manufacture  of  brooms. 

He  was  a  Republican  in  politics,  casting 
his  first  vote  for  John  C.  Fremont  for  presi- 
dent. He  served  several  years  in  each  branch 
of  the  New  London  City  government  and 
was  chosen  Mayor  in  1888.  He  also  served 
as  a  member  of  the  legislature  and  upon  the 
commission  which  erected  the  new  Connecti- 
cut State  Capitol  at  Hartford.  In  religion 
he  was  a  Congregationalist,  being  a  prominent 
member  of  the  First  Church  of  New  London, 
and  for  thirty  years  superintendent  of  the 
Sunday  School.  He  was  deeply  interested 
in  benevolent  and  charitable  work,  and  is 
reputed  to  have  given  more  for  worthy  causes, 
in  proportion  to  his  means,  than  any  other 
man  in  New  London.  He  married  Augusta 
R.  Coombs  of  Winchester,  N.  H.,  who  sur- 
vives, with  one  son,  Rev.  C.  Perlev  Tinker  of 
New  York,  and  one  daughter,  Mrs.  C.  E. 
Stone  of  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

BENJAMIN   F.   DUTTON 
Benjamin  F.  Dutton,  president  and  one  of 
the  founders  of  the  well-known  Houghton  & 
Dutton   Company,    of   Boston,    died    at   his 
home  in  Maiden,  Mass.,  June  2,  1915. 

Mr.  Dutton  was  born  in  Hillsborough, 
N.  H.,  October  11,  1831,  son  of  Ephraim  and 
Phebe  (Wilson)  Dutton.  He  was  educated 
in  the  town  schools  and  at  Norwich,  Vt.,  and, 
in  1851,  opened  a  commercial  school  in  Alex- 
andria, Va.,  where  he  was  successful  for  a 
time,  but  was  called  home  by  his  father's  ill 
health,  and  engaged  in  the  "management  of 
the  store  in  Hillsborough,  owned  by  the  latter. 
In  1859  he  went  to  Boston  with  the  late 
John  B.  Smith,  where  they  opened  a  small 
wares  and  millinery  jobbing  house  on  Devon- 
shire Street.  Mr.  Smith  soon  retired  to  enter 
manufacturing,  and  one  Wyman  became  a 
partner  in  the  concern.  Subsequently  he 
had  other  partners,  till,  in  1874,  he  united 
with  Samuel  S.  Houghton  in  the  firm  of 
Houghton  &  Dutton,  whose  remarkable  suc- 
cess in  business  has  had  few  parallels  in  the 
mercantile  history  of  New  England.  This 
firm  is  reputed  to  have  been  the  first  in  the 
country  to  employ  women  behind  the  counter. 
Mr.   Dutton  had  a  magnificent  estate  in 


Maiden,  embracing  seventy-five  acres,  known 
as  "Glen  Rock,"  which  was  adorned  by  every 
device  of  the  landscape  gardener's  art,  and 
in  which  he  took  great  pride,  as  he  did  in  his 
large  stable  of  fine  horses.  He  was  a  Demo- 
crat in  politics,  his  first  vote  being  cast  for 
Franklin  Pierce,  also  a  native  of  Hillsborough, 
for  president.  In  religion  he  was  a  Congre- 
gationalist. He  was  prominent  in  Masonry 
and  a  member  of  De  Molay  Commandery, 
K.  T.  of  Boston. 

Mr.  Dutton  was  twice  married.  His  first 
wife  was  Harriet  Hatch  of  Hillsborough,  and 
his  second,  who  survives  him,  Harriet  M. 
Conant.  He  leaves  seven  children,  two  sons 
and  five  daughters.  Harry  Dutton  of  Mai- 
den is  first  vice-president,  and  George  C. 
Dutton,  also  of  Maiden,  is  second  vice-presi- 
dent of  Houghton  &  Dutton  Company.  The 
daughters  are  Mrs.  J.  B.  Claus  of  Maiden, 
Mrs.  B.  D.  Peaslee,  of  Hillsborough,  N.  H., 
Mrs.  Alfred  Lounsburv  of  Washington, 
D.  C,  Mrs.  Alexander  MacGregor  of  Maiden, 
whose  husband  is  treasurer  of  Houghton  & 
Dutton  Company  and  Mrs.  L.  C.  Jones  of 
Falmouth,  Mass. 

HON.   GEORGE   H.   STOWELL 
Hon.  George  H.  Stowell,  born  in  Cornish, 
October  28,   1835,  died  in  Claremont,  May 
19,  1915. 

Mr.  Stowell  was  the  son  of  Aniasa  and 
Betsey  (Spaulding)  Stowell.  He  located  in 
Claremont  in  early  life,  where  he  was  long 
and  successfully  engaged  in  the  hardware 
business,  and  later,  in  manufacturing,  and 
amassed  a  handsome  fortune.  He  was  also 
prominent  in  public  life.  A  comprehensive 
biographical  notice  of  Mr.  Stowell  appeared 
in  the  November-December  number  of  the 
Granite  Monthly  last  year.  He  married, 
December  25,  1857,  Sarah  G.  Field  of  Chester, 
At.,  who  died  in  1908,  their  only  daughter 
having  previously  deceased. 

Mr.  Stowell  left  the  main  portion  of  his 
large  estate,  estimated  at  about  a  quarter 
of  a  million  dollars,  for  a  hospital  in  Clare- 
mont. though  he  made  several  other  bequests, 
including  $10,000  as  an  endowment  for  the 
Stowell  Free  Library  in  Cornish,  which  he 
gave  his  native  town  a  few  years  since,  and 
$5,000  for  the  Universalist  church  of  Clare- 
mont. 

COL.   ALBERT   H.   HOYT 
Albert    Harrison    Hoyt,    for   nearly   forty 
years  past  a  clerk  in  the  United  States  Sub- 
Treasury  at   Boston,   died  of  heart  failure, 
June  10,  1915. 

He  was  a  native  of  Sandwich,  N.  H.,  born 
December  6,  1826.  He  was  educated  at 
Wesleyan  University,  and  received  the  degree 
of  A.  M.  from  Dartmouth  College  in  1878.    He 


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served  as  commissioner  of  Common  schools 
for  Rockingham  County  in  1S52-3,  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1855,  and  practised  at 
Portsmouth  from  1857  to  1861,  serving  as 
city  solicitor  in  1857-9.  At  the  outbreak  of 
the  Civil  War  he-was  appointed  a  paymaster 
in  the  army,  served  throughout  the  contest, 
and  was  brevetted  colonel. 

In  Boston,  Colonel  Hoyt  was  for  many 
years  actively  connected  with  the  New  Eng- 
land Historic  Genealogical  Society.  He  was 
an  Episcopalian  and  a  communicant  of  St. 
Paul's  Cathedral.  He  married  in  1860  Sarah 
F.  Green,  of  Elizabeth,  New  Jersey,  who 
died  in  June,  1893.  They  had  one  son,  who 
died  in  infancy. 

HON.   WILLIAM   P.   CHAMBERLAIN 

William  Perry  Chamberlain,  born  in  Swan- 
zey,  June  2,  1833,  died  at  his  home  in  Keene, 
June  9,  1915. 

He  was  a  son  of  John  and  Sylvia  (Perry) 
Chamberlain,  and  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  and  Keene  Academy.  In  early  life 
he  was  deeply  interested  in.  music,  and  was  a 
member  of  a  musical  company  organized  by 
the  famous  Ossian  E.  Dodge,  in  which  he 
was  first  tenor.  While  with  this  company 
he    composed    the   patriotic    song    "Hurrah 


for  Old  New  England."  Later  he  organized 
the  Chamberlain  Concert  Company,  which 
he  managed  for  several  years,  but  retired 
from  the  musical  field  in  1861  and  engaged 
in  mercantile  business,  first  in  Felchville, 
Vt.,  but  removed  to  Keene  in  1869,  where  he 
was  in  the  shoe  trade  for  a  time,  but  later 
engaged  in  the  dry  goods  business,  in  which 
he  was  very  successful.  For  more  than 
twenty  years  past,  his  son-in-law,  Frank 
Huntress,  has  been  his  partner  in  a  chain  of 
stores  known  as  the  Chamberlain  syndicate, 
in  New  Hampshire,  Vermont  and  Massa- 
chusetts. 

Mr.  Chamberlain  was  a  Republican  in 
politics  and  active  in  public  life.  He  served 
in  the  Keene  city  council,  in  the  legislature 
in  1878-9  and  in  the  State  Senate  in  1885-6. 
He  was  a  special  railroad  commissioner  several 
years,  long  president  of  the  trustees  of  the 
Keene  public  library,  a  Congregationalist, 
and  prominent  in  Masonry. 

January  8,  1857,  Mr.  Chamberlain  mar- 
ried Harriet  Elizabeth  Person,  who  died 
August  17,  1895,  leaving  one  daughter,  Berdia 
Alice,  wife  of  Hon.  Frank  Huntress  of  Keene. 
Another  daughter  died  in  infancy.  He  was 
again  married  March  16,  1S97,  to  Ellen  M. 
At  wood,  who  survives  him. 


EDITOR  AND  PUBLISHER'S  NOTES 


The  next  important  town  anniversary  cele- 
bration to  be  held  in  the  state,  so  far  as  known, 
is  the  one  hundred  and  fiftieth  anniversary 
celebration  of  the  town  of  Hopkinton.  The 
town  was  incorporated  one  hundred  and  fifty 
years  ago,  on  the  10th  of  January,  last,  but  it 
was  deemed  advisable  to  defer  the  celebration 
till  the  summer  season,  with  a  view  to  a  gen- 
eral reunion,  on  that  occasion,  of  the  sons  and 
daughters  of  the  old  town,  of  whom  there  are  a 
goodly  number  in  all  parts  of  the  country.  It 
has,  accordingly,  been  determined  to  cele- 
brate on  Sunday  and  Monday,  August  29  and 
30,  immediately  following  Old  Home  Week, 
the  union  religious  service  occurring  on  Sun- 
day evening,  and  the  celebration  proper  on 
Monday,  both  services  being  held  at  Hopkin- 
ton Village.  It  is  understood  that  the  Rev. 
Charles  E.  Harrington,  at  one  time  pastor  of 
the  South  Congregational  Church,  Concord, 
and  now  engaged  in  educational  work  in  the 
South,  who  is  a  native  of  the  town,  will  give 
the  principal  address. 


have  fallen  into  line  and  are  arranging  for 
fitting  observance  of  this  now  widely  popular 
institution. 


Reports  thus  far  received  indicate  no  re- 
laxation of  interest  in  Old  Home  Week, 
which  occurs  this  year  August  21  to  28  in- 
clusive, the  third  Saturday  in  August  occur- 
ring on  the  first  mentioned  date.  While  some 
towns  holding  observances  last  year  will  not 
do  so  this,  others  not  heretofore  celebrating 


The  annual  summer  outing  of  the  New 
Hampshire  Board  of  Trade  will  be  held 
this  year  on  Thursday,  July  29,  the  town  of 
Jaffrey,  in  the  grand  Monadnock  region,  being 
the  objective  point,  which  will  be  reached, 
generally,  by  auto,  from  the  central,  south- 
ern and  western  parts  of  the  state.  A  public 
meeting  will  be  held  in  the  afternoon,  which 
will  be  addressed,  it  is  expected,  by  ex-Public 
Service  Commissioner  Benton,  Commissioner 
of  Agriculture  Felker,  Senator  Hollis  and  Con- 
gressman Wason. 


The  Governor  and  Council  have  ap- 
pointed William  T.  Gunnison  of  Rochester, 
law  partner  of  ex-Governor  Felker,  a  member 
of  the  Public  Service  Commission,  to  succeed 
John  E.  Benton  of  Keene,  term  expired. 
The  Governor  desired  Mr.  Benton's  reap- 
pointment, but  the  Council  refused  confirma- 
tion Confirmation  was  also  refused  in  the 
case  of  Edmund  Sullivan,  of  the  old  license 
commission,  whom  the  Governor  desired  as  a 
member  of  the  new  excise  board.  Robert 
Jackson  of  Concord  was,  therefore,  named  as 
the  minority  member,  along  with  H.  W.  Keyes 
of  Haverhill  and  Frank  W.  Ordway  of  Milford. 


COMMODORE   GEORGE   H.    PERKINS 
As  a  Young  Naval  Officer 


The   Granite    Monthly 


Vol.  XLVII,  No.  8 


AUGUST,  1915 


New  Series,  Vol.  10,  No.  8 


HOPKINTON  CELEBRATION 

The  Old  Town  Observes  its  One  Hundred  and  Fiftieth 

Anniversary 


Prominent  among  the  several  New 
Hampshire  towns  combining  their  Old 
Home  Day  observance,  this  year, 
with  their  one  hundred  and  fiftieth  an- 
niversary celebration,  is  the  good  old 
Merrimack  County  town  of  Hopkin- 
ton,  once  the  rival  of  Concord  in  bus- 
iness importance,  as  well  as  in  the 
candidacy  for  the  location  of  the 
state  capital,  in  which  latter  it  might 
have  been  successful,  as  is  reputed, 
had  one  of  its  own  citizens  been  faith- 
ful to  its  interests.  However,  it 
remains  a  goodly  town;  is  peopled  by 
loyal,  enterprising  citizens,  all  the 
year  round,  and  is  the  summer  home 
of  many  more  who  find,  in  its  healthy 
atmosphere  and  amid  its  beautiful 
scenery,  an  ideal  vacation  resort. 

Hopkinton  was  originally  granted 
by  the  provincial  legislature  of  Massa- 
chusetts, January  16,  1735,  being 
Number  5  in  a  "line  of  towns"  laid 
out  between  the  Merrimack  and 
Connecticut  rivers.  The  proprietors 
were  mostly  citizens  of  Hopkinton, 
Mass.,  and  the  grant  was  subsequently 
called  "New  Hopkinton,"  till  its 
incorporation  by  the  legislature  of 
New  Hampshire,  January  11,  1765,  as 
Hopkinton.  Just  when  or  by  whom 
the  first  settlement  was  made  is  not 
definitely  determinable,  but  tradition 
has  it  that  one  Joseph  Potter  was  the 
first  actual  settler,  locating  here  early 
in  1737.  The  first  meeting  of  the 
proprietors,  held  in  the  township, 
occurred  October  19,  1738,  at  the 
house  of  Henry  Mellen,  Joseph 
Haven  being  moderator,  and  Henry 


Mellen,  clerk,  who  was  also  made 
chairman  of  a  committee  to  lay  out 
highways,  among  those  ordered  being- 
one  from  Rumford  (Concord)  line  to 
the  "meeting  house  spot"  (no  church 
had  been  built,  but  a  site  had  been 
located)  and  another  to  the  Contoo- 
cook  river,  "on  the  west  side  of  the 
meeting-house  hill." 

The  settlement  proceeded  with 
reasonable  rapidity,  so  that,  in  less 
than  forty  years,  in  1775,  there  were 
1,085  inhabitants  in  the  town,  most  " 
of  whom  were,  of  course,  engaged  in 
agriculture,  though  in  later  years  the 
excellent  water-power  at  Contoocook 
and  West  Hopkinton  was  developed, 
and  various  manufacturing  enter- 
prises engaged  in,  especially  after  the 
advent  of  the  railroad,  in  1850. 

Hopkinton  has,  in  fact,  always  been 
regarded  as  one  of  the  best  agricul- 
tural towns  in  the  state.  The  soil  is 
generally  strong  and  productive,  and 
though  the  surface  is  uneven,  most  of 
the  land  is  susceptible  of  cultivation.. 
Some  of  the  most  successful  and  best 
known  farmers  of  the  state  have  been 
Hopkinton  men,  the  late  Joseph 
Barnard  and  James  M.  Connor  being- 
notable  examples.  Stock-breeding, 
dairying  and  fruit-growing  have  been 
leading  specialties,  and  the  two  latter 
are  yet  extensively  pursued.  George 
M.  Putnam's  "Mt.  Putney  Dairy," 
for  instance,  has  a  wide  reputation, 
and  Robert  T.  Gould,  of  "Gould  Hill 
Farm,"  although  not  confined  to  that 
branch,  has  been  especially  successful 
as  a  fruit-grower.     Mr.  Gould,  by  the 


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way,  is  a  descendant,  in  the  fifth  gen- 
eration, from  Joseph  Gould  of  Hop- 
kinton,  Mass.,  one  of  the  original  pro- 
prietors, whose  five  sons  settled  in  this 
town.  Of  these  Gideon,  the  eldest, 
settled  on  Beech  Hill.  Among  his 
descendants  are  Alfred  J.  Gould  of 
Newport,  and  the  editor  of  the  Gran- 
ite Monthly.  Moses  located  on 
Gould  Hill,  and  from  him  Robert  T. 
descended,  through  Moses,  Jr.,  and 
Captain  Charles.  Frank  Cressy,  presi- 
dent of  the  Concord  Board  of  Trade  is 
also   a   descendant   of   Moses;    while 


Mention  of  Daniel  Webster  sug- 
gests the  fact  that  many  lawyers  of 
prominence  have  been  Hopkinton 
men.  The  town  was  once  included  in 
Hillsborough  County,  and  was  for 
many  years  a  shire  town  jointly  with 
Amherst,  which  made  it  a  desirable 
location  for  members  of  the  legal  pro- 
fession. Baruch  Chase,  John  Harris, 
Matthew  Harvey  and  Horace  Chase, 
all  eminent  in  their  profession,  were 
Hopkinton  lawyers,  though  none  of 
them  natives  of  the  town.  John 
Harris  was  much  in  public  life;  was 


Early  Home  of  Grace  Fletcher 


Edna  Dean  Proctor,  the  poetess,  is  a 
great-granddaughter  of  Elias,  another 
of  the  Gould  brothers. 

No  church  was  erected  in  Hopkin- 
ton till  1766,  although  the  first  min- 
ister, Rev.  James  Scales,  was  settled 
in  1757.  Rev.  Elijah  Fletcher,  father 
of  Grace  Fletcher  who  was  the  wife  of 
Daniel  Webster,  was  the  minister  from 
1773  till  1786.  The  house  in  which  he 
dwelt,  and  in  which  his  daughter  was 
born  (January  16,  1782),  is  still  stand- 
ing, but  the  old  church,  which  was 
standing  in  a  dilapidated  condition  a 
few  years  since,  has  disappeared. 


solicitor  for  Hillsborough  County, 
Judge  of  Probate  for  both  Hills- 
borough and  Merrimack,  and  an 
Associate  Justice  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  New  Hampshire.  Matthew 
Harvey,  a  native  of  Sutton,  who  spent 
most  of  his  professional  life  in  Hop- 
kinton, was  a  Representative  in  Con- 
gress, governor  of  the  state,  and  Judge 
of  the  United  States  District  Court. 
Horace  Chase,  a  native  of  Unity,  who 
studied  with  Matthew  Harvey,  and 
practiced  in  Hopkinton  many  years, 
held  many  town  offices,  and  was 
Judge   of  Probate  many   years,   and 


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compiled  and  published  the  Probate 
Directory.  He  was  particularly  ac- 
tive and  eminent  in  Free  Masonry. 
Hamilton  E.  Perkins,  though  exten- 
sively engaged  in  other  business,  was 
an  able  lawyer  in  practice  for  several 
years,  but  was  finally  made  Judge  of 
Probate  and  removed  to  Concord,  as 
did  Judges  Harvey  and  Chase.  Most 
prominent  among  the  later  lawyers 
of  the  town,  was  Herman  W.  Greene, 
a  native  of  Hopkinton,  son  of  Her- 
man H.  Green,  who  practiced  for 
some    years    in    Boston,    but    finally 


and  Concord,  was  Judge  of  Probate 
for  Merrimack  County  and  postmas- 
ter of  Concord;  Clinton  W.  Stanley  of 
Manchester,  long  eminent  in  practice 
and  an  Associate  Justice  of  the 
Supreme  Court,  Alpheus  R.  Brown, 
long  a  distinguished  member  of  the 
Massachusetts  bar,  residing  in  Lowell 
and  Somerville,  and  Moses  T.  Clough 
of  Troy,  N.  Y. 

Many  prominent  clergymen  have 
been  born  in  Hopkinton,  perhaps  the 
most  distinguished  having  been  the 
Rt.  Rev.  Carlton  Chase,  long  bishop 


House  Built  by  Gideon  Gould  Before  the  Revolution,  on  Beech  Hill 


located  in  his  native  town.  He  served 
in  the  legislature,  was  for  five  years 
solicitor  of  Merrimack  county,  and 
held  various  town  offices.  He  was  a 
vigorous  speaker,  and  often  heard  on 
the  stump.  He  was  twice  married, 
his  first  wife  being  Frances  Adaline 
Willard,  who  died  leaving  one  son — 
Willard  T.  Subsequently  he  mar- 
ried Anstis  Irene  Clark,  by  whom  he 
is  survived,  his  death  occurring  March 
1,  1896. 

Among  lawyers  born  in  Hopkinton 
and  practicing  elsewhere,  were  War- 
ren Clark,  who  practiced  in  Henniker 


of  the  Episcopal  diocese  of  New 
Hampshire,  born  January  20,  1794, 
son  of  Charles  and  Sarah  (Currier) 
Chase.  Others  of  distinction  include 
Rev.  Franklin  W.  Fisk,  an  eminent 
Clergyman  and  instructor,  who  be- 
came president  of  the  Chicago  Theo- 
logical Seminary,  in  1887;  Rev.  Horace 
F.  Brown,  at  one  time  president  of  the 
New  Hampshire  Conference  of  Bap- 
tist Ministers;  Rev.  Clarion  H.  Kim- 
ball, and  Rev.  Charles  E.  Harrington, 
D.  D.,  the  historian  of  the  day  for 
the  one  hundred  and  fiftieth  anni- 
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Hopkinton's  first  physician  was 
John  Clement  who  located  on  Putney's 
Hill,  and  gained  a  wide  practice  and 
much  popularity.  He  was  followed 
by  a  line  of  worthy  successors,  too 
numerous  to  mention,  the  oldest 
resident  physician  now  being  Dr. 
George  C.  Blaisdell  of  Contoocook. 
Many  sons  of  Hopkinton  abroad,  have 
been  or  are  engaged  in  the  medical 
profession,  the  most  noted  of  all, 
perhaps,  having  been  the  late  Dr. 
Charles  P.  Gage,  long  a  leading  phy- 
sician of  Concord. 

Hopkinton  has  always  ranked  high 
from  an  educational  point  of  view. 
It    was    in    Hopkinton    Village    that 


patronage,  but  was  finally  succeeded 
by  a  town  high  school,  located  in  that 
village. 

Hopkinton  has  had  its  full  share 
of  influence  in  public  affairs,  and 
been  creditably  represented  in  all 
branches  of  the  state  government. 
It  has  had  but  one  governor — Mat- 
thew Harvey — but  another  came  of 
Hopkinton  stock,  Anthony  Colby  of 
New  London,  whose  grandfather,  of 
the  same  name,,  was  one  of  the  early 
settlers  of  the  town.  It  has  had 
several  representatives  in  the  Execu- 
tive Council,  three  at  least  serving 
inside  of  a  single  quarter  of  a  century — 
Edward  D.  Burnham,  Grosvernor  A. 


View  of  Kearsarge  Mountain  from  Gould  Hill 


Master  John  0.  Ballard  kept  his 
famous  private  school,  at  which  a 
large  number  of  men  who  afterward 
became  successful  in  life  received  in- 
struction, the  school  continuing  for 
some  thirty  years  from  1816.  Hop- 
kinton Academy,  established  in  1827, 
continued  for  nearly  half  a  century 
with  varying  degrees  of  success,  and 
ranked  at  one  time  among  the  best 
secondary  schools  in  the  state,  having 
more  than  one  hundred  and  fifty 
pupils.  The  late  Prof.  Dyer  H. 
Sanborn,  one  of  the  most  famous 
educators  of  the  state,  was  its  princi- 
pal for  a  number  of  years.  In  1856 
an  academy  was  established  in  the 
village  of  Contoocook,  and  had  for  a 
number  of  years,  a  very  considerable 


Curtice  and  Walter  S.  Davis;  while 
no  less  than  ten  of  its  citizens  have 
served  in  the  State  Senate — Joshua 
Bailey,  Thomas  W.  Colby,  Matthew 
Harvey,  Bodwell  Emerson,  Nathaniel 
Knowlton,  Abram  Brown,  John  Burn- 
ham,  Walter  L.  Davis,  Arthur  J. 
Boutwell,  and  William  A.  Danforth, 
the  present  incumbent.  Its  repre- 
sentation in  the  House  of  Represen- 
tatives has  generally  been  able  and 
at  times  most  influential,  especially  in 
the  earlier  days.  Matthew  Harvey 
was  Speaker  of  that  body  in  1818-20. 
Accustomed  to  the  bearing  and 
use  of  arms  during  the  early  years  of 
the  settlement,  of  necessity,  for  de- 
fence against  the  savages  who  made 
several  attacks  upon  them  before  the 


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Revolution,  killing  some  and  taking 
others  captive,  the  men  of  Hopkinton 
have  done  more  than  their  full  part 
in  every  emergency  when  military 
service  has  been  required  by  the 
country.  Twenty-seven  Hopkinton 
soldiers  fought  at  Bunker  Hill,  and 
more  than  a  hundred,  altogether,  were 
actively  in  the  service,  at  one  time  or 
another,  during  the  Revolution.  The 
patriotism  of  the  town  was  fully 
demonstrated  by  the  fact  that  161 
of  its  male  citizens  over  21  years  of 
age  were  signers  of  the  famous  "  Asso- 


Commodore  Perkins 

The  most  distinguished  son  of  Hop- 
kinton unquestionably,  was  that  gal- 
lant officer  of  the  United  States  Navy, 
Commodore  George  Hamilton  Per- 
kins, son  of  Judge  Hamilton  Eliot 
and  Clara  Bartlett  (George)  Perkins, 
born  October  20,  1836.  His  father 
was  a  native  of  Hopkinton,  a  promi- 
nent lawyer  and  man  of  affairs,  resid- 
ing many  years  at  Contoocook  where 
he  had  a  fine  old  homestead  and  one 
of  the  best  farms  in  the  county. 

Young  George  H.  received  his  pre- 


Birthplace  of  Commodore  George  H.  Perkins,  Contoocook 


ciation  Test."  Few  towns  in  the 
state  had  as  many  men  enrolled  in  the 
service  in  the  War  of  1812,  as  did 
Hopkinton,  and  the  response  to  the 
call  for  defenders  of  the  Union,  in 
1861-5,  was  no  less  hearty  and  spon- 
taneous. It  may  properly  be  said, 
moreover,  that  no  two  New  Hamp- 
shire men  rendered  more  signal  and 
efficient  service  in  the  Civil  War 
than  those  distinguished  sons  of 
Hopkinton,  Brigadier  General  Joab 
N.  Patterson  and  Commodore  George 
H.  Perkins,  in  the  military  and  naval 
forces  of  the  republic  respectively. 


liminary  education  in  the  Hopkinton 
and  Gilmanton  Academies,  and  under 
a  private  tutor,  till  his  entrance  to  the 
United  States  Naval  Academy  at  An- 
napolis, in  October,  1851,  to  which  he 
had  been  given  an  appointment, 
through  Congressman  Charles  H. 
Peaslee,  and  from  which  he  graduated 
in  1856. 

After  several  brief  periods  of  serv- 
ice on  different  vessels  and  various 
expeditions  to  the  Isthmus  of  Panama, 
the  Newfoundland  fishing  fields,  the 
Mediterranean,  and  South  America, 
he   was,    in    1858,    appointed    acting 


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master  and  served  an  the  Sabine  at 
Montevideo,  and  on  the  Sumter  on  a 
cruise  on  the  African  coast.  He  was 
promoted  master,  September  5,  1859, 
and  lieutenant  February  2,  1861,  and 
ordered  to  the  Cayuga,  on  which  he 
was  second  in  command.  This  vessel 
was  made  the  flag  ship,  and  Lieuten- 
ant Perkins,  as  pilot,  led  the  first 
division  of  gunboats  in  the  famous 
passage  of  Forts  Jackson  and  St. 
Philip,  April  24,  1862,  the  Cayuga 
receiving  the  first  fire,  passing  under 
the  walls  of  Fort  St.  Philip  and  sink- 
ing the  Confederate  steamer,   Gover- 


ordered  north,  but  voluntarily  as- 
sumed command  of  the  monitor, 
Chickasaw,  in  the  battle  of  Mobile 
Bay,  where  he  captured  the  Con- 
federate armored  ram,  Tennessee, 
and  was  largely  instrumental  in  the 
reduction  of  Forts  Powell,  Gaines  and 
Morgan.  He  was  superintendent  of 
ironclads  at  New  Orleans,  in  1865-6; 
executive  officer  of  the  Lackawanna, 
in  the  Pacific,  1866-9  and  in  the 
ordnance  department  at  the  Boston 
Navy  yard,  1869-71.  He  was  pro- 
moted commander,  January  19,  1871, 
and  was  assigned  to  the  command  of 


Street  View  in  Contoocook 


nor  Moore,  and  the  ram,  Manassas. 
On  the  following  morning  it  led  the 
fleet  up  the  river  and  received  the 
surrender  of  New  Orleans,  Captain 
Bailey  and  Lieutenant  Perkins  walk- 
ing alone  and  unattended  to  the  city 
hall.  He  was  executive  officer  of  the 
Cayuga  from  October,  1862  to  June, 
1863,  having  been  promoted  lieuten- 
ant commander  December  31,  1862. 
In  June  and  July,  1863,  he  com- 
manded the  gunboat  New  London,  on 
the  Mississippi,  and  ran  the  batteries 
at  Port  Hudson  five  times.  He  as- 
sisted in  the  blockade  of  Sabine  Pass, 
and  was  in  blockade  duty  on  the 
Scioto  off  the  coast  of  Texas  from 
July,  1863  to  April,  1864,  when  he  was 


the  store-ship  Relief,  conveying  con- 
tributions to  the  French.  Subse- 
quently he  was  on  duty  at  Boston  as 
ordnance  officer  and  lighthouse  in- 
spector. He  commanded  the  Ashuelot 
of  the  Asiatic  squadron  1879-81; 
commanded  the  torpedo  station  at 
Newport,  R.  I.,  in  1882,  March  10, 
of  which  year,  he  was  promoted  cap- 
tain. He  commanded  the  Hartford  of 
the  Pacific  station,  1885-86.  He  was 
placed  on  the  retired  list  October  I, 
1891 ;  and  was  promoted  commodore 
on  the  retired  list,  May  9,  1896,  for 
distinguished  services  during  the  re- 
bellion. He  married,  September  12, 
1870,  Anna  Minot  Weld,  daughter  of 
William  F.  Weld  of  Boston.    He  died 


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in  Boston,  October  28,  1899,  leaving 
a  daughter,  Isabel  Weld — now  Mrs. 
Larz  Anderson  of  Brookline,  Mass. 

Commodore  Perkins  was  a  loyal 
son  of  New  Hampshire,  and  spent  no 
little  time,  in  his  later  years,  within 
its  borders,  having  developed  a  beau- 
tiful country  estate  in  the  town  of 
Webster,  not  far  from  his  birthplace, 
where  the  breeding  of  fine  horses,  for 
which  he  had  a  fondness,  was  a  special 
diversion. 

An  heroic  statue   of   the   Coramo- 


Hampshire  villages.  Its  wide  and 
splendidly  shaded  Main  street  and 
fine  old  nouses  are  the  admiration  of 
all  who  pass  that  way.  There  were 
many  spacious  and  substantial  resi- 
dences built  in  town,  outside  the  vil- 
lage, many  of  which  are  now  occupied 
as  summer  homes  by  former  residents 
or  other  people,  while  elegant  modern 
homes  have  been  erected  by  others, 
who  have  found  the  town  a  most 
desirable  vacation  resort.  Of  the 
latter  class  is  the  fine  summer  home 


Baptist  Episcopal 

Hopkinton  Village  Churches 


Congregationalist 


dore,  a  gift  to  the  state,  from  his 
daughter,  stands  at  the  west  front  of 
the  State  House  in  Concord. 


Hopkinton  Village,  where,  as  has 
been  mentioned,  but  for  the  defection 
of  one  of  the  town's  own  leading  citi- 
zens, the  permanent  capital  of  the 
state  might  have  been  established, 
was  not  only  a  place  of  considerable 
commercial  importance  a  century 
ago,  and  later,  but  remains  to  the 
present  time  one  of  the  most  beautiful 
and  attractive  of  our  old-time  New 


erected  in  the  village  a  quarter  of  a 
century  ago  by  Horace  Gair  Chase,  a 
son  of  Judge  Horace  Chase,  long  a 
successful  business  man  of  Chicago, 
who  died  a  year  or  two  ago,  and  which 
is  still  held  by  the  family.  Louis  M. 
Grant,  a  Chicago  lawyer,  son-in-law 
of  Mr.  Chase,  has  also  recently  built, 
on  Gould's  Hill,  commanding  a  mag- 
nificent view,  one  of  the  finest  and 
most  substantial  summer  homes  in 
the  state.  Many  people  who  have 
no  homes  of  their  own  in  the  town, 
come  here  for  their  vacations,  never- 


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theless,  and  are  well  cared  for  by 
those  who  find  the  business  of  enter- 
taining them  both  pleasant  and  prof- 
itable. The  "Mount  Lookout 
House,"  on  the  slope  of  Putney's 
Hill  is  the  best  known  of  several  re- 
sorts patronized  by  this  class. 


At  the  annual  town  meeting  last 
March,  the  citizens  of  Hopkinton 
initiated  a  movement  for  a  fitting 
celebration  of  the  one  hundred  and 
fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  incorpora- 
tion of  the  town.     On  motion  of  Mr. 


day.  Various  sub-committees  were 
named  to  carry  out  the  details  of  the 
work,  the  full  list  of  committees  being 
as  follows : 

General  Committee 

Frank  I.  Morrill,  Chairman, 

Horace  J.  Davis, 

Willard  T.  Greene, 

George  M.  Putnam, 

J.  Arthur  Jones. 

Religious  Observance.  —  Rev. 
Lucian  Kimball,  Rev.  F.  M.  Buker, 
Rev.    E.    T.    Gough,    Rev.    C.    L. 


View  in  Hopkinton  Village 


Frank  I.  Morrill  it  was  voted  that 
such  celebration  be  held,  and  the 
sum  of  $500  was  appropriated  to 
meet  the  expenses  of  the  same.  A 
General  Committee  was  appointed  to 
take  full  charge  of  the  matter,  fix  the 
time  and  place  and  make  the  neces- 
sary arrangements.  This  committee, 
after  due  consideration,  determined 
upon  Sunday  and  Monday,  August 
29  and  30,  as  the  days  for  the  celebra- 
tion, the  same  to  be  held  at  Hopkin- 
ton Village,  appropriate  religious  exer- 
cises being  held  on  Sunday,  and  the 
anniversary  exercises  proper  on  Mon- 


Snow,  George  Lord,  Mrs.  Delia  A. 
Bonahan. 

Invitations. — C.  C.  Davis,  Dr. 
Dodge,  James  O.  Straw,  Orren  Fuller, 
Miss  Carrie  Carr,  Joseph  Clough, 
Mrs.  Warren  Barton,  Robert  T. 
Gould,  Eben  F.  Dustin,  Miss  Rhoda 
F.  Barnard,  Mrs.  Chas.  Holmes,  Geo. 
E.  Barnard,  Edward  G.  Runnells, 
Henry  H.  Crowell,  Mary  Flanders, 
Elbridge  G.  Kimball,  Mrs.  Herman  W. 
Greene,  Miss  Ellen  Colby,  Mrs.  Alice 
Young,  Miss  L.  A.  C.  Stanwood,  Mrs. 
Carlos  G.  Hawthorn,  Henry  D.  Dustin. 

Reception. — Dr.  Arthur  W.  Good- 


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speed,  Gen.  William  M.  Graham,  Sr., 
Mrs.  Robert  Kimball,  Dr.  George  C. 
Blaisdell,  Mrs.  Mary  Clark  Darrach, 
Miss  Ellen  C.  Roberts,  Arthur  C. 
Huntoon. 

Refreshments. — Franklin  P.  John- 
son, Arthur  Colby,  Joseph  Derry, 
Mrs.  Margaret  Kimball,  Mrs.  Henry 
Eaton,  Mrs.  Mary  E.  Gueren,  Mrs. 
Noyes  Johnson,  Parker  Flanders. 

Music— Mrs.  W.  T.  Green,  Mrs. 
Dexter  Ladd,  Mrs.  Vira  C.  Derry, 
Mrs.  Geo.  Barnard,  Mrs.  W.  N. 
Davis,  Mrs.  Geo.  Butman,  Miss 
Gladys  L.  Davis,  Mrs.  Chas.  Dalby, 
Mrs.  D.  F.  Fisk,  Mrs.  Jessie  Johnson. 

Grounds. — Eugene  Dunbar,  Chas. 
A.  Mills,  Walter  F.  Hoyt,  Marl  D. 
Chase,  Frank  F.  Hoyt,  Lerman  R. 
Mills,  Frank  C.  Mills,  Ira  Putney. 

Decorations. — Herbert  J.  French, 
William  A.  Baker,  Will  C.  Russ,  Mrs. 
Kate  P.  Kimball,  Frank  L.  Flanders, 
Mrs.  Chas.  C.  Weston,  Mrs.  Mary 
Clark  Darrach,  Mrs.  Chas.  Kimball, 
Mrs.  C.  L.  Snow,  Leon  Kelley,  Joseph 
Tilton. 

Sports. — Samuel  Chase,  Chas. 
Preston,  Frank  H.  Reed,  Arthur  C. 
Call,    Benj.    C.    Wescott,    Byron    K. 


MhiM^^^^ 

Photo  by  Harold  M.  Render 

First  Parsonage  in  Hopkinton 

On  Putney  Hill.     Taken  in  1896 

Symonds,  Joseph  A.  Wiggen,  Roy 
Kimball,  Arthur  E.  Dunbar,  Nathan- 
iel A.  Davis,  Wallace  H.  Tarbell, 
M.D.,Harley  Boutwell,Roy  Emerson. 


Advertising. — Arthur  G.  Symonds, 
Herbert  W.  Kimball,  Arthur  J.  Bout- 
well,  Henry  Eaton,  Richard  B. 
Clough,  John  C.  Burnham,  Chas.  R. 
Putnam. 

Fire  Works  and  Salute. — Lewis 


Bishop  Carlton  Chase 

A.  Nelson,  Hugh  T.  Skelley,  Chas.  C. 
Kimball,  E.  R.  Gueren,  John  F.  Carr. 

Grand  Army. — Frank  J.  Mudgett, 
Geo.  M.  Barnard,  Lewis  H.  Dearborn, 
H.  H.  Crowell,  Woodbury  Hardy. 

Parade. — Joseph  Derry,  Jack  Put- 
ney, Herbert  French,  Arthur  C. 
Huntoon,  Thomas  E.  Davis,  Dr. 
Wallace  Tarbell,  Harry  Dimon, 
Paul  Coolidge. 

The  various  committees  soon  got 
at  their  work  and,  under  the  capable 
and  energetic  direction  of  Chairman 
Morrill  of  the  General  Committee, 
had  the  plans  perfected  and  all  details 
arranged  in  due  season. 

Religious  Observance 

The  religious  exercises  on  Sunday 
were  held  in  the  Congregational 
Church,  opening  at  10.45  a.  m.,  the 
programme,  as  arranged,  being  as 
follows : 


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Bridge  at  Contoocook 


DOXOLOGY 

INVOCATION 

ANTHEM 
United  Church  Choirs 

SCRIPTURE  READING 

ANTHEM 

PRAYER 

Rev.  Mr.  Spiers,  formerly  of  Hopkinton, 

now  of  Virginia 

HYMN 

ADDRESS 

Rev.  Lucian  Kimball 

THE  CHURCH  IN  THE  TOWN 

Pait,  Rev.  Mr.  Kimball 

Present,  Rev.  F.  M.  Baker 

Future,  Rev.  E.  T.  Gough 

HYMN 

BENEDICTION 


The  anniversary  programme,  for 
Monday,  August  30,  was  arranged  as 
follows: 

Salute  at  sunrise,  on  Mt.  Putney, 
near  the  Mt.  Putney  Garrison,  150 
guns. 

Civic  Parade,  Dr.  Wallace  Tarbell, 
Marshal;  Hopkinton  Band,  10  a.  m. 

Sports. 

Historical  Exercises,  in  front  of 
Town  Hall,  1  p.  m. 

Introductory  Address,  Chairman, 
Frank  I.  Morrill. 

Prayer,  Rev.  E.  T.  Gough,  pastor 
M.  E.  Church,  Contoocook. 

Historical  Address,  Rev.  Charles 
E.  Harrington,  D.  D.,  Holliston,  Mass. 


Music,  Hopkinton  Band. 

Short  addresses  by  other  speakers, 
including  Judge  Charles  R.  Corning, 
Levin  J.  Chase,  and  H.  H.  Metcalf, 
of  Concord,  and  George  Ira  Tarr  of 
Rockport,  Mass. 

Music,  Band. 

Continuation  of  sports  at  Chase's 
Field. 

A  concert  by  Nevers'  full  band  of 
Concord  was  scheduled  for  the  even- 
ing, with  fireworks  in  Hopkinton 
Square,  the  concluding  music  being — ■ 

"Long  may  our  land  be  bright 
With  Freedom's  holy  light." 


New  Jerusalem  Church,  Contoocook 

Following  is  the  Historical  Address 
by  Rev.  Charles  E.  Harrington,  D.  D. : 


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One  hundred  and  fifty  years  takes  us  half- 
way back  to  the  landing  of  the  Pilgrim 
Fathers  at  Plymouth.  One  hundred  and 
fifty  years  beyond  that  would  bring  us  to 
the  discovery  of  America  by  Christopher 
Columbus.  Such  a  discovery  could  but  stir 
the  sum  of  life  throughout  the  whole  of  Chris- 
tendom. On  the  one  hand  avarice  and  greed; 
and  on  the  other  ambition  and  a  desire  to 
extend  the  Kingdom  of  God  would  be  aroused. 
Men  of  action  and  the  spirit  of  adventure, 
with  such  virgin  soil  challenging  their  cour- 
age, would  be  eager  to  found  new  families, 
and  acquire  landed  estates;  to  explore  new 
wildernesses  and  subdue  them;  to  establish 
new  states  and  govern  them. 

But  who  owned  this  new  land?  Perhaps 
the  Chinese,  whose  ancestors  were  driven 
across  the  Pacific  by  the  storms  that  swept 
it.  Perhaps  the  Asiatics  who  crossed  the 
narrow  waters  of  Behring's  Strait  in  search 
of  adventure.     Who  knows? 

The  people  found  in  the  new  world  by  the 
white  men  were  copper  colored,  long,  coarse, 
blackhaired  men  and  women,  with  high 
cheek  bones,  square  forehead,  deep-set, 
shining  eyes,  thick  lips  and  broad  nose — 
"whose  Doctor  was  Death  and  whose  hospi- 
tal was  the  grave."  These  they  called 
Indians. 

If  occupancy  gives  title,  then  were  these 
Indians  owners  of  the  new  world,  for  they 
possessed  the  continent  from  the  Arctic  seas 
to  the  Strait  of  Magellan.  Possibly,  too, 
this  continent  belonged  to  the  Indian  by 
conquest,  for  in  various  of  its  parts,  from  the 
Great  Lakes  to  the  gulf,  the  white  man  found 
extensive  earth  works  evidently  thrown  up 
for  defence.  It  is  clear  that  before  the  Pil- 
grim Fathers  came  here  in  the  Mayflower  or 
Columbus  touched  our  shores,  the  continent 
had  been  the  home  of  people  who  "built 
cities,  spun  and  wove  cotton,  worked  in  gold, 
silver  and  copper  mines,  labored  in  fields  and 
organized  governments. "  And  yet  the  white 
men  paid  little  heed  to  titles  which  had  been 
acquired  by  conquest  and  confirmed  by  pos- 
session. They  claimed  title  because  their 
subjects  had  visited  the  new  shores  and 
taken  possession  in  their  sovereign's  name. 
They  claimed  the  coast  and  "all  the  land 
that  lay  behind  it  even  to  the  Pacific  sea." 
With  a  title  no  better  supported,  King  James 


of  England  gave  away  territories  ten  times 
as  large  as  his  own  little  realm  at  home,  and 
drew  charters  which  extended  from  "sea  to 
sea  and  from  the  river  to  the  ends  of  the 
earth."  Any  one  who  has  studied  the  early 
history  of  New  Hampshire  knows  that  it  is 
more  difficult  to  follow  the  line  of  grants  or 
patents  issued  to  the  first  settlers  than  to  find 
one's  way  through  an  Egyptian  maze  or  to 
solve  a  Chinese  puzzle.  He  must  give  up 
all  hope  of  being  consistent,  and  head  off  a 
line  here  and  take  up  another  somewhere 
else,  content  if  he  come  out  somewhere, 
having  made  a  kind  of  progress. 


Methodist  Church,  Contoocook 

Professor  Sanborn  says:  "A  belt  extending 
from  Cape  Fear  on  the  coast  of  North  Caro- 
lina to  Halifax  was  set  apart  by  James  I  in 
1606  to  be  colonized  by  two  rival  companies. " 
This  territory  was  divided  into  two  nearly 
equal  parts:  one  called  North  Virginia,  ex- 
tending from  the  forty-first  to  the  forty- 
fifth  degree  of  north  latitude;  the  other 
extending  from  the  thirty-fourth  to  the 
thirty-eighth  degree  north  latitude,  called 
South  Virginia.  The  former  of  these  was 
granted  to  a  company  of  knights,  gentlemen 
and  merchants  from  the  West  of  England, 
called  the  Plymouth  Company;  the  southern 
part  was  granted  to  "noble  men,  gentlemen 


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and  merchants"  called  the  London  Com- 
pany. But  the  King  himself  claimed  that 
he  alone  was  the  real  sovereign  of  these  im- 
mense territories.  He  was  also  a  sort  of 
feudal  lord  because  he  expected  from  the 
inhabitants  homage  and  rent,  thus  granting 
lands  to  which  he  had  no  title  and  exacting 
rents  to  which  he  had  no  real  claim. 

Later,  in  November  1620,  the  Plymouth 
Colony  received  a  new  charter  granting  all 


territory  between  the  Merrimack  and  the 
Kennebec  Rivers  with  all  the  islands  within 
three  miles  of  the  coast.  Subsequently, 
Gorges  and  Mason  divided  their  grant: 
Gorges  taking  the  unoccupied  lands  east  of 
the  Piscataqua  River,  which  he  called  Maine; 
and  Mason  holding  the  rest  of  the  territory, 
together  with  what  he  had  obtained  by  a 
new  patent  from  the  council  of  Plymouth, 
which   he  named  New  Hampshire  in  honor 


Frank  I.  Morrill 

Chairman  General  Committee 


lands  between  the  fortieth  and  the  forty- 
eighth  degree  of  north  latitude,  from  the 
latitude  of  Philadelphia  to  the  St.  Lawrence 
river  and  "from  sea  to  sea. "  And  this  terri- 
tory was  called  "the  New  England  of 
America." 

In  1622,  Ferdinando  Gorges,  a  man  of 
superior  intellect  and  dauntless  courage,  and 
John  Mason,  at  one  time  governor  of  New- 
foundland, a  man  of  enterprise  and  zeal, 
obtained   by    grant   from    King   James,    the 


of  Hampshire  in   England  which  had  been 
his  home. 

These  two  men  had  experiences  which  are 
common  to  pioneers.  Their  hopes  came 
and  went;  they  brightened  and  faded.  It 
would  take  us  too  far  afield  to  follow  them 
through  their  alternations  of  sunshine  and 
shade.  But  as  we  have  seen  the  "New  Eng- 
land of  America"  carved  out  of  the  continent 
and  the  colonies  of  Maine  and  New  Hamp- 
shire cut  out  of  New  England,  we  shall  next 


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see  the  colonies  divided  into  townsh'ps. 
Several  of  these  were  first  numbered,  then 
named.  For  example  the  town  of  Warner 
was  first  called  Number  1;  and  the  town  of 
Henniker,  Number  6. 

The  Mason  claim  was  maintained  from 
1622  to  1691,  when  it  passed  by  purchase 
into  the  hands  of  one  named  Samuel  Allen. 
Nearly  fifty  years  after  this,  one  of  the  lineal 
descendants  of  Mason,  John  Tufton  Mason, 
by  name,  set  up  a  claim  to  his  ancestor's 
estate  and  successfully  defended  this  claim, 
and  in  1746  sold  out  to  twelve  leading  men 
of  Portsmouth  for  £1500. 

In  1715  a  township  was  incorporated  in 
the    Province   of   Massachusetts   which   was 


this  may  have  been  one  of  the  reasons  why 
the  people  from  that  town  chose  this  as  a 
place  of  settlement.  On  one  of  these  hills, 
called  Saddle  Hill,  was  the  birth-place  in 
1747  of  Daniel  Shay,  leader  of  what  is  known 
as  Shay's  rebellion.  The  founders  of  our 
Republic  had  declared  in  1776  that  whenever 
any  form  of  government  becomes  destructive 
of  the  inalienable  rights  of  men,  "it  is  the 
right  of  the  people  to  alter  or  even  abolish 
that  government  and  to  institute  a  new 
government"  to  secure  these  rights.  The 
colonists  carried  on  a  great  war  for  seven 
years  to  defend  this  proposition,  and  they 
had  carried  on  that  war  successfully,  but 
when  peace  was  declared,  and  the  colonists 


Dam  at  Contoocook 


called  Hopkinton  in  honor  of  Edward  Hop- 
kins, one  of  the  early  governors  of  Connecti- 
cut. This  town  is  situated  on  the  highest 
land  between  Boston  and  Wachusett  Moun- 
tain. It  was  from  this  township  that  the 
town  whose  anniversary  we  celebrate  today 
was  named.  That  we  may  the  better  appre- 
ciate the  character  of  the  men  from  whose 
loins  so  many  of  the  early  settlers  of  our 
Hopkinton  sprang,  I  devote  some  time  to  the 
history  of  that  township. 

If  you  go  there  today,  the  people  will  give 
you  a  cordial  welcome,  and  point  out  to  you 
their  places  of  interest.  You  will  find  the 
surface  of  the  town  diversified  with  hills  and 
valleys  much  as  our  town's  surface  is,  and 


undertook  to  organize  such  a  new  govern- 
ment, they  found  they  had  no  easy  task  on 
hand.  How  to  make  the  national  govern- 
ment strong  and  yet  preserve  the  independ- 
ence or  the  rights  of  the  several  states,  did 
not  readily  appear  and  the  consequence  was 
that  one  day  they  would  have  one  nation 
with  thirteen  states  and  the  next  day  they 
would  have  thirteen  independent  states  and 
no  nation.  Moreover,  jealousies  existed 
between  the  several  states. 

A  heavy  debt  had  been  incurred  by  the 
war  for  independence,  and  there  was  no 
money  with  which  to  pay  this  debt.  Con- 
gress had  no  power  to  levy  taxes.  It  could 
only  ask  and  urge  the  people  to  pay;  but 


Frank  I.  Morrill,  chairman  of  the  General  Committee  of  the  anniversary  celebration,  to  whose  energetic  direc- 
tion its  success  is  largely  due,  was  born  in  Hopkinton,  November  30,  1848,  the  son  of  George  W.  and  Laura  Ann 
(Bacon)  Morrill.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  Contoocook  Academy,  New  Hampton  Institution,  and 
the  Boston  University  Law  School,  graduating  B.  L.  in  1873.  He  was  admitted  to  the  Massachusetts  bar  in  1874, 
and  practiced  his  profession  in  Boston  for  twelve  years,  when  he  removed  to  his  old  home  in  Contoocook  where  he 
has  since  resided.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  has  served  as  moderator  and  supervisor;  was  a  representative  in 
1893;  has  been  twenty  years  a  trustee  of  the  Hopkinton  Free  Public  Library,  and  was  postmaster  under  the  admin- 
istration of  President  Taft. 


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they  were  too  jealous  of  Congress  to  heed  the 
request.  In  New  England  large  bodies  of 
men  assembled,  refusing  to  pay  their  taxes, 
and  even  threatening  to  overthrow  the  new 
government.  Moreover,  the  government 
was  accused  of  extravagance,  and  growing 
more  so;  court  expenses  increased;  lawyers 
fees  enlarged ;  and  the  salaries  of  the  governor 


did  not  succeed.  And  yet,  as  Brown,  no 
doubt,  hastened  the  coming  of  freedom  by  his 
rash  act,  so  Shay  probably  helped  to  bring 
about  relief  from  the  oppressions  of  which  he 
and  so  many  of  his  fellow-countrymen  com- 
plained, by  his  rebellion.  The  people  of  Hop- 
kinton,  Massachusetts,  will  also  point  out  to 
you  the  place  where  John  Young,  father  of  far- 


Rev.  Charles  E.  Harrington,  D.  D. 

Historian  of  the  Day 


and  other  state  officials  added  to  the  burdens 
which  the  people  were  carrying.  Some  one 
said  that  "the  allegations  multiplied  and  the 
allegators  became  more  and  more  violent." 
And  the  famous  Daniel  Shay,  resident  of 
Hopkinton,  seeing  no  hope  in  the  courts,  tried 
to  stop  the  abuses  by  force,  as  John  Brown, 
the  abolitionist  and  hero  of  Ossawattomie 
tried  to  free  the  slaves  of  this  nation  at  Har- 
per's Ferry  in  1859.     But,  like  Brown,  Shay 


famed  Brigham  Young,  the  apostle  of  Mor- 
monism,  was  born.  Here,  too,  were  the 
country  homes  of  Sir  Harry  Frankland  and  his 
friend,  Commissioner  Price,  to  which  Sir  Harry 
brought  the  fair  and  fascinating  Agnes 
Surriage  who  figured  as  a  real  heroine  in 
saving  the  life  of  her  lover,  who  was  buried 
under  the  ruins  of  a  church  destroyed  by  the 
great  earthquake  of  Lisbon  in  1775.  And 
with  a  sort  of  pride  the  people  of  old  Hopkin- 


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ton  will  take  you  to  see  the  house  which 
once  stood  on  the  common,  as  a  school- 
house,  from  one  of  whose  windows  "the 
large  boys,"  according  to  a  custom  some- 
what common  in  those  days,  dropped  their 
teacher  into  a  snowbank,  the  teacher  who 
afterward  became  famous  as  a  preacher, 
Henry  Ward  Beecher.  On  this  same  com- 
mon, the  noted  evangelist,  George  White- 
field,  once  preached. 

The  town  is  beautiful  for  situation,  and 
for  many  years  furnished  interesting  subjects 
for  poets,  artists  and  novelists.  It  was  the 
scene  of  many  of  the  incidents  of  Harriet 
Beecher  Stowe's  "Old  Town  Folks,"  and  its 
famous  Frankland  Hall,  the  wealth  and 
beauty  of  its  natural  advantages,  its  fame  as 
a  health  resort,  brought  hosts  of  people  here 
on  annual  pilgrimages,  and  made  it  the  scene 
of  many  a  rout  and  revel  and  the  gathering 
of  brave  men  and  women. 

The  people  of  that  town  were  preeminently 
patriotic  from  the  very  beginning.  For  the 
West  Indian  expedition  of  1741,  eleven  men 
and  one  boy  marched  away,  not  like  the 
storied  men  who  "marched  up  the  hill  and 
then  marched  down  again,"  but  like  the  brave 
six  hundred  immortalized  in  Tennyson's 
poem,  "The  Charge  of  the  Light  Brigade," 
eleven  men  and  one  boy  marched  away — and 
all  but  one  man  and  the  boy  marched  into 
the  jaws  of  death.  Twenty-six  men  were  in 
the  rank  and  file  of  the  war  of  1744.  In  the 
French  and  Indian  wars  of  1754-1763,  large 
numbers  served  with  distinction;  from  1775 
to  the  battle  of  Lexington  and  Concord,  three 
companies  "armed  and  equipped  as  the  law 
requires"  were  kept  up  to  the  fighting  point, 
and  when  Paul  Revere  made  his  renowned 
midnight  ride,  these  men  true  and  trained 
marched  away  to  meet  the  emergency.  In 
1776,  when  the  voters  put  on  record  their 
position  respecting  the  mother  country,  they 
declared  themselves  unanimously  "independ- 
ent of  the  Kingdom  of  Great  Britain."  In 
1812  the  town  furnished  its  full  quota  to 


fight  against  England;  in  1861-5  it  sent  425 
soldiers  or  sixteen  more  than  its  quota  to 
fight  for  "liberty  and  union."  So,  from  the 
days  of  Indian  troubles  to  the  last  war  of  the 
Republic,  its  record  for  patriotism  has  not 
been  surpassed  by  that  of  any  town  in  the 
state  or  in  the  country. 

Standing  on  the  highest  point  in  the  town, 
in  the  center  of  the  village,  and  looking  around, 
one  sees  numerous  towns  and  villages  and 
many  church  spires,  while  the  view  eastward 
stretches  away  to  the  Blue  Hills  of  Milton 


Hon.  Abram  Brown 

and  over  and  beyond  them  to  the  gleaming 
waters  of  Massachusetts  Bay. 

From  this  town  have  gone  forth  to  that 
top  where  Webster  said  there  was  "plenty  of 
room,"  manufacturers,  merchants  and  bank- 
ers who  have  been  a  credit  to  their  town, 
men  who  have  taken  conspicuous  places  in 
the  various  professions,  and  served  their 
town  and  state  and  nation  with  honor  and 
distinction.     We  may  well  point  with  satis- 


Rev.  Charles  E.  Harrington,  D.  D.,  Historian  of  the  day,  though  a  native  of  Concord,  born  October  5,  1846, 
son  of  Moses  B.  and  Betsey  P.  (Moores)  Harrington,  removed  with  his  parents  to  Hopkinton  in  early  childhood, 
where  he  was  reared  and  educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  at  Hopkinton  and  New  London  Academies.  He 
engaged  for  some  time  in  teaching  and  was  principal  of  the  Farmington  and  Littleton  High  Schools.  Subsequently 
he  decided  to  enter  the  Congregational  ministry,  pursued  his  studies  at  the  Bangor  Theological  Seminary,  and  had 
his  first  pastorate  at  Lancaster,  1874  to  1878.  From  1878  to  1882  he  was  pastor  of  the  South  Congregational 
Church  in  Concord.  From  1882  to  1885  he  preached  in  Dubuque,  Iowa,  and  at  Keene,  N.  H.,  for  a  number  of 
ye*ars  following.  He  has  since  held  several  pastorates  outside  the  state,  his  last  service  being  at  St.  Petersburg, 
Fla.  He  served  for  a  time  in  the  Civil  War,  in  the  18th  N.  H.  Regiment,  being  mustered  out  as  a  sergeant,  June 
13,  1865.  While  in  Concord  he  was  for  years  chaplain  in  the  N.  H.  N.  G.  He  received  the  honorary  degree  of 
A.  M.  from  Dartmouth  College  in  1878,  and  that  of  D.  D.  from  Iowa  College  in  1889. 


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faction  and  pride  to  the  hills  of  Massachu- 
setts from  whence  has  come  our  strength. 

The  Great  and  General  Court  for  His  Maj- 
esty's Province  of  Massachusetts  Bay  as- 
sembling in  May,  1735,  and  continuing  until 
December  31,  received  a  report  from  a  com- 
mittee of  both  houses,  on  certain  petitions  for 
townships  on  a  proposed  line  between  the 
Merrimack  and  Connecticut  rivers.  Novem- 
ber 24,  1736,  it  was  voted  by  this  court  that 
"  John  Jones,  Esq.,  of  Hopkinton,  Mass.,  be 
fully  authorized  and  impowered  to  assemble 
and  convene  the  grantees  of  township  Num- 


town,  Putney's  Hill.  Other  hills  of  lower 
elevation  or  sections  of  these  higher  places 
were  named  Brier,  Emerson's,  Gages,  Kast, 
Rowell  and  Sugar  Hills.  Those  early  settlers 
found  a  fair-sized  river  flowing  through  the 
western  and  along  the  northern  part  of  their 
township  to  which  was  given  the  Indian 
name  Contoocook,  into  which  flowed  the 
water  from  many  brooks.  The  hills  and 
valleys  were  covered  with  forests  of  both 
hard  and  soft  wood,  many  trees  being  of 
stately  height  and  great  proportions.  Bears, 
wolves,  lynxes,  wildcats  and  panthers  roamed 


Summer  Residence  of  H.  G.  Chase,  Hopkinton  Village 


ber  Five" — our  Hopkinton — to  chose  a  mod- 
erator, a  clerk  and  a  committee  to  allot  and 
divide  their  land. 

The  said  John  Jones  issued  a  call  in  due 
form  and  without  delay.  The  proprietors 
obeyed  the  call  and  transacted  the  necessary 
business.  And  thus  were  taken  the  first 
steps  for  the  legal  settlement  of  the  town 
whose  anniversary  we  are  observing.  When 
those  settlers  came  to  their  new  home  they 
found  a  surface  diversified  like  that  of  the 
town  from  which  they  had  emigrated.  On 
the  east  was  a  hill  which  was  named  Beech 
Hill;  in  the  southeast,  Dimond's  Hill;  in  the 
south,  Hoyt's  Hill,  and  near  the  centre  of  the 


these  forests  unharmed  and  unmolested  while 
moose  and  'deer  furnished  meat  for  the  set- 
tlers' tables.  Birds  built  their  nests  and  sang 
in  the  branches  of  the  trees.  These  were 
divided  into  the  predaceous  birds,  like  the 
eagle,  hawk,  owl  and  crow,  and  the  harmless. 
Wild  turkey,  pigeon  and  grouse,  contributed 
to  the  luxuries  of  the  table.  The  streams 
swarmed  with  fish.  Pike,  perch  and  trout 
were  taken  in  great  numbers;  sturgeon  were 
abundant,  and,  especially  in  the  spawning 
season,  salmon  and  shad  were  very  plentiful. 
Snakes  and  other  kinds  of  reptiles  were  numer- 
ous, the  only  venomous  kind  being  the  rattler. 
No  doubt  this  was  more  frequently  spoken 


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about  than  seen  and  yet,  on  the  29th  of  May, 
17-10,  twentj'-five  years  before  the  town  was 
incorporated,  it  was  voted  to  pay  eight  shil- 
lings per  day  to  those  who  spent  their  time 
killing  such  snakes  in  town. 

We  commonly  think  of  the  greatest  perils 
of  the  early  settlers  of  New  England  as  arising 
from  the  Indians,  and  many  of  them  were 
from  this  source,  as  any  trustworthy  history 
of  the  development  of  the  English  Colonies 
will  show.  But  the  Indians  were  by  no  means 
the  only  people  against  whom  the  Colonists 
were  obliged  to  protect  themselves.  The 
Indians  whom  the  Pilgrims  first  met  were 
friendly.  The  first  word  the  white  man  at 
Plymouth  heard  the  red  man  say  was,  "Wel- 
come!" It  was  the  salutation  of  Samoset  in 
the  name  of  Massasoit,  his  chief.  And  the 
treaty  of  peace  then  signed  lasted  fifty  years. 
It  was  not  until  Massasoit  died  that  trouble 
broke  out  with  the  Indians,  and  the  white 


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man  fortified  his  house  with  palisades,  carried 
his  gun  with  him  when  he  went  to  the  field 
to  work,  and  when  he  went  to  the  meeting- 
house to  worship. 

It  was  the  Frenchman  who  disturbed  the 


peace  of  the  English  at  about  the  time  of  the 
settlement  of  New  Hampshire.  But  the 
French  were  the  allies  of  the  Indians,  and  so, 
against  the  red  man,  the  early  settlers  of  Num- 
ber five  built  three  garrisons.     The  first  of 


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these  was  called  Kimball's  garrison  on  the 
main  road  from  Hopkinton  to  Concord,  near 
the  Jewett  Road;  the  second,  on  Putney's 
hill,  and  the  third  Woodwell's,  half  a  mile 
east  of  Contoocook.  And  yet  the  Indians 
made  incursions  into  the  land  of  the  white 
men,  killing  some,  carrying  others  into  cap- 
tivity and  terrifying  all.  . 

In  1763  the  treaty  of  Paris  was  signed,  and 
peace  and  safety  were  for  a  time  assured. 
Two  years  after  this,  steps  were  taken  to 
incorporate  the  new  town,  for  which  the 
Governor  and  the  King's  Council  had  been 
petitioned.  For  some  time  previous  to  this, 
the  town  of  Bow  had  claimed  a  section  of 
Number  five  situated  in  the  southeast  part 
of  the  township.  On  account  of  this  claim 
there  arose  a  long-continued  controversy. 
But  when  authority  was  given  to  incorporate 
the  town,  now  named  New  Hopkinton  from 
Hopkinton,  Massachusetts,  as  the  colony 
was  called  New  Hampshire  from  Hampshire 


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"The  Homestead,"  Residence  of  the  late  John  Shackford  Kimball 


in  old  England,  it  was  enacted  by  the  Gov- 
ernor, Council  and  Assembly  that  that  land 
which  Bow  claimed  and  which  lay  within  the 
boundary  of  Hopkinton,  be  united  with  the 
rest  of  Hopkinton  and  that  all  the  persons 
who  inhabit  the  same  be  incorporated  to- 
gether into  a  town  which  shall  be  called 
Hopkinton. 


John  Shackford  Kimball 


This  charter  was  passed  in  the  House, 
January  10,  1765,  and  in  the  Council  January 
11,  1765,  and  then  approved  by  the  Governor 
of  the  Province,  Benning  Wentworth,  and 
a  list  of  the  grantees  contains  several  names 
which  have  been  prominent  in  the  history  of 
the  town  down  to  the  present  time  such  as 
Bailey,  Jones,  Kimball,  Gould  and  Knowlton. 

The  census,  taken  at  frequent,  yet  irregular 
intervals,  showed  an  encouraging  growth  of 
the  town.  The  original  grant  had  been  made 
to  sixty  proprietors;  in  1767,  two  years  after 
the  incorporation,  the  inhabitants  numbered 
473;  during  the  next  six  years,  the  number 
increased  to  943;  at  the  beginning  of  the 
Revolutionary  war  in  1775,  it  was  1,085; 
at  the  end  of  the  war  it  was  1,488;  in  1786  it 
had  risen  to  1,537;  in  1790  the  population 
was  1,715,  and  at  the  beginning  of  the  new 
century  the  enumeration  showed  2,015.  By 
this  time,  according  to  Mr.  C.  C.  Lord,  Hop- 
kinton had  become  "a  prominent  station  on 
a  direct  line  of  travel  between  Boston  and 
Montreal,  and  the  centre  of  a  traffic  that 
encouraged  population  and  wealth.  Its  ele- 
vation to  the  position  of  a  half-shire  town  gave 
a  special  impulse  to  prosperity,  bringing  hither 
county  judges,  lawyers,  county  officials  of 
various  grades,  and  a'l  the  assemb'age  of 
clients  and  attendants  at  the  different  ses- 
sions of  county  judicature.  Moreover,  the 
General  Court  of  New  Hampshire  had  met  at 
Hopkinton  twice  before  the  end  of  the  cen- 


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tury,  and  the  temporary  advent  of  state 
officials  and  other  influential  persons,  thus 
occasioned,  aided  eminently  the  social  dis- 
tinction of  the  town.  It  was  hoped  that 
Hopkinton  would  become  the  permanent 
capital  of  the  state. 

"In  1800  the  territory  of  Hopkinton  was 
largely  appropriated  by  thrifty  farmers. 
The  hills  and  vales  were  scenes  of  prosperous 
rural  industry,  while  flocks  and  herds  of 
thousands  of  sheep  and  cattle  roamed  in  fer- 
tile pastures,  or  were  sheltered  in  the  com- 
modious barns  of  their  owners.  There  were 
various   mills   and   manufactories   upon   the 


districts   of    the    township.     The    village    of 
Hopkinton  at  that  time  was  probably  not 


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John  Stevens  Kimball 

important  streams  of  the  town,  while  shops  of 
different  sorts  were  located  in  the  numerous 


Robert  R.  Kimball 

far  from  its  present  extent,  although  the 
number  of  buildings  was  perhaps  somewhat 
less.  From  the  village  square,  roads  led 
outward  in  all  directions  as  now,  excepting 
that  the  present  direct  highway  to  Contoo- 
cook  had  not  been  opened  between  the  village 
and  Putney's  Hill.  There  were  then  three 
meeting-houses  in  Hopkinton.  Besides  the 
easterly  and  westerly  Congregational  meeting- 
houses, there  was  a  Baptist  meeting-house  at 
the  junction  of  several  roads  at  a  point  about 
a  mile  southwest  of  the  village."  There 
were  then  two  lawyers  in  the  village  and  five 


Kimball  is  a  name  well  known  in  Hopkinton,  in  all  stages  of  its  history.  Numerous  families  in  town  have  borne 
it,  among  the  best  known  in  later  years  being  that  of  John  Shackford  Kimball,  and  his  three  sons.  Mr.  Kimball 
was  a  native  of  Pembroke,  educated  for  the  law,  and  for  a  time  was  the  partner  of  Robert  Rantoul,  in  Boston.  On 
account  of  his  health  he  gave  up  his  practice  and  engaged  in  mercantile  business.  In  1854  he  purchased  the  old 
Governor  Harvey  house  in  Hopkinton  Village,  and  there  established  his  residence,  dividing  his  time  between  Hop- 
kinton and  Boston.  He  was  prominent  in  public  affairs,  represented  Hopkinton  in  the  legislature  in  1866-7,  and 
was  a  member  of  the  staff  of  Gov.  Walter  Harriman.  He  married  Mary  Eldredge,  daughter  of  Dr.  John  Stevens. 
Thev  had  five  children,  John  Stevens,  Robert  Rantoul,  Mary  Grace,  Kate  Pearl  and  George  A.  S.  He  died  April 
18,  1888. 

John  Stevens  Kimball  was  born  in  Boston,  July  31,  1845,  was  educated  in  the  Phillips  Grammar  School,  Hop- 
kinton Academy  and  the  Taghconic  Institute  at  Lanesboro,  Mass.  He  was  engaged  in  mercantile  business  in 
Boston  and  Hopkinton  with  his  father  and  brother;  was  register  of  deeds  for  Merrimack  from  1879  to  1SS1,  repre- 
sented Hopkinton  in  the  legislature  of  1883,  and  was  a  trial  justice  of  the  peace  for  many  years.  He  died  some 
years  since,  having  been  twice  married,  first  to  Clara,  daughter  of  Reuben  E.  French  of  Hopkinton,  who  died  leaving 
a  son,  John  P.,  and  later  to  her  sister,  Margaret  A. 

Robert  Rantoul  Kimball,  born  in  Boston,  March  7,  1849,  was  educated  in  that  city,  at  Lanesboro  and  West 
Newton.  He  also  took  an  interest  in  mercantile  affairs  early  in  life  and  was  actively  engaged  in  trade  in  Boston 
and  Hopkinton.  For  thirty  years  previous  to  his  death,  which  occurred  Mary  2,  1904,  he  had  been  associated  with 
the  famous  Boston  firm  of  Brown,  Durrell  &  Co.  He  married  October  30, 1872,  Ella  Louise,  daughter  of  Robert  B. 
and  Eliza  M.  (WTinans)  Currier,  and  a  granddaughter  of  Dr.  Stephen  Currier,  an  early  physician  of  the  town. 


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'Elmhurst,"  Residence  of  Mrs.  Robert  R.  Kimball 


Geo.  A.  S.  Kimball 

City  Marshal  of  Concord 


physicians  in  the  town  and  nine  mill  owners 
of  different  kinds.  There  were  two  taverns. 
There  were  at  least  half  a  dozen  merchants,  a 
tanner,  a  bookbinder  and  bookseller,  a  black- 
smith and  a  cabinet-maker.  The  public  im- 
portance of  the  town  attracted  the  attention 
of  people  in  all  parts  of  the  state,  and  stage- 
coaches visited  the  town  daily,  coursing  the 
the  great  1  ne  of  travel  running  from  north  to 
south.  Hopkinton  could  well  be  called  in 
1800  "a  centre  of  political,  social  and  business 
enterprise."  There  were  few  special  advan- 
tages such  as  some  towns  enjoy  at  the  present 
time,  and  the  people  of  this  .town  had  good 
reasons  for  hoping  and  expecting  their  town 
would  become  one  of  the  largest  and  most 
important  places  in  the  state.  And  this 
expectation  did  not  fade  out  for  thirty  years 
after  the  new  century  was  ushered  in.  The 
question  of  the  permanent  location  of  the 
capital  was  a  vital  question  as  late  as  1814. 
In  1806  and  again  in  1807  the  legislature 
assembled  in  Hopkinton.  In  1814  a  com- 
mittee of  three  persons  was  selected  by  the 


Geo.  A.  S.  Kimball  was  born  in  Boston,  November  26,  1859.  He  was  educated  at  Allen's  English  and  classical 
School,  West  Newton,  Mass.,  and  Chauncy  Hall  School,  Boston.  He  was  employed  by  the  Charles  B.  Lancaster 
Shoe  Co.,  as  bookkeeper,  five  years;  kept  a  general  store  in  Hopkinton  from  April  1,  1882,  to  January  1,  1905;  was 
deputy  sheriff  six  years,  post  master  of  Hopkinton  eight  years;  elected  sheriff  of  Merrimack  County  at  the  Novem- 
ber 1904,  1906,  and  1908  elections;  and  was  appointed  city  marshal  of  Concord,  July  1,  1905,  which  latter  position 
he  still  occupies. 


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369 


legislature  to  take  the  matter  into  serious 
consideration .  There  were  three  towns  which 
desired  this  distinction — they  were  Hop- 
kinton, Concord  and  Salisbury,  and  the  legis- 
lative committee  was  made  up  by  choosing 
one  member  from  each  of  these  towns  and 
the  lot  fell  on  Concord. 

For  more  than  ten  years  the  number  of 
inhabitants  of  the  town  continued  to  increase. 
In  1810  it  was  found  that  the  population  was 
2,216;  in  1820,  2,437,  and  in  1830,  it  was 
2,474,  an  increase  of  only  37  in  a  period  of 
ten  years.  It  was  evident  that  the  star  of 
hope  had  passed  its  zenith. 

But  the  failure  to  secure  the  capitol  was 
not  the  only  thing  that  foretold  the  decline. 
For  several  years  Hopkinton  was  half-shire 
town  of  Hillsborough  County,  the  other  half 
being  Amherst.  In  1823  Hopkinton  lost 
this  distinction  and  with  it  lost  an  important 
advantage.  About  this  time  also  large  com- 
mercial and  manufacturing  centres  began  to 
attract  the  young  people,  more  stores  and 
larger  ones,  more  mills,  more  shops  appealed 
to  young  minds,  and  won  recri  its,  and  Hop- 
kinton was  just  large  enough  to  be  too  small 
to  hold  its  young  men  and  women.  Then, 
too,  the  great  prairie  states  of  the  west  were 
crying  "Come  West,  young  men."  That 
the  increase  in  the  population  should  be 
arrested  was  inevitable.  Last  of  all  came  the 
day  of  the  pessimist.     "The  Glory  of  Hop- 


kinton is  departed."     The  star  of  hope  had 
set. 

It  was  characteristic  of  the  early  settlers 


Hon.  Herman  W.  Greene 

of  New  England  to  give  prominence  to  matters 
relating  to  religion  and  education.  We  are 
not  surprised,  therefore,  that  in  the  report 


YVillard  T.  Greene  and  Grandson 


Willard  T.  Greene,  whose  picture,  with  that  of  his  grandson,  William  Herman  Western,  and  a  glimpse  of  hia 
residence,  "The  Willows,"  appears  above,  is  the  clerk  in  charge  of  the  Hopkinton  postoffiee,  a  warden  of  St.  Andrew's 
Episcopal  Church,  and  a  member  of  the  General  Committee  of  the  celebration.  He  is  a  son  of  the  late  Hon. 
Herman  W.  Greene. 


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Hon.  Walter  S.  Davis 


made  to  the  General  Court,  recommending 
the  granting  of  land  for  the  new  township,  it 
was  specified  that  within  the  space  of  three 
years  the  grantees  should  build  and  finish  a 
convenient  meeting  house  for  the  public 
worship  of  God,  and  settle  a  learned  and 
orthodox  minister,  by  which  was  meant  a 
minister  who  had  received  a  college  educa- 
tion, and  who  subscribed  to  the  creed  of  the 
church  of  the  standing  order,  otherwise  called 
Congregational.  Of  the  sixty-three  lots  laid 
out  for  the  earliest  settlers,  one  should  be 
for  the  first  minister,  one  for  the  second  minis- 
ter and  one  for  the  school.  At  the  first 
meeting  of  the  proprieters  it  was  voted  "that 
when  tenn  familys  are  settled  the  proprietors 
will  maintain  preaching. ' ' 

In  the  Clerk's  book  is  a  list  of  the  original 
grantees  with  the  number  of  each  man's  lot ; 
and  the  meeting-house  is  mentioned  four 
times  as  the  point  at  which  the  enumeration 
begins.  "On  the  north  range  beginning  at 
the  meeting  house  on  the  west  side,"  lot- 
number  1  is  the  minister's  lot,  so  also  is  lot 


Walter  S.  Davis  Residence,  Contoocook 

Hon.  Walter  Scott  Davis,  long  a  prominent  citizen  of  Hopkinton,  resident  at  Contoocook,  where  he  had  one 
of  the  finest  residences  in  town,  was  a  native  of  Warner,  born  July  29,  1834.  He  removed  to  Contoocook  in  1874. 
He  was  extensively  engaged  in  manufacturing,  and  had  also  perfected  several  valuable  patents.  He  was  promi- 
nent in  public  affairs  and  served  in  both  branches  of  the  legislature  and  in  the  Executive  Council.  He  married 
Dolly,  daughter  of  Daniel  Jones  of  Warner,  by  whom  he  had  three  sons  and  a  daughter. 


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Number  five,  and  Number  six  is  the  school 
lot.  For  several  years,  after  the  settlement 
of  the  town  there  was  no  meeting-house, 
although  preaching  was  supported  at  intervals. 
In  May,  1737,  it  was  voted  to  grant  thirty 
pounds  for  preaching,  and  that  the  sum  of 
sixty  pounds  be  raised  for  the  building  of  a 
public  meeting  house.  And  yet  such  a  house 
was  not  built  until  1766  or  twenty-nine  years 
after  the  above  mentioned  vote.  One  reason 
may  have  been  the  financial  condition  of  the 
people  owing  to  several  causes,  but  the  princi- 
pal reason  evidently  was  the  inability  of  the 
proprietors  to  agree  upon  the  location  of  the 
house. 

The  meeting-house  which  it  was  voted  to 
build  in  1739  was  to  be  thirty-five  feet  long, 
twenty-five  feet  wide,  and  eight  feet  between 
the  joints.  In  1757,  or  eighteen  years  later, 
it  was  again  voted  to  build  a  meeting-house 
and  finish  it  within  six  months.  The  pro- 
prietors were  moved  to  vote  in  this  manner, 
because  they  were  about  to  call  a  minister. 
The  minister,  Mr.  James  Scales,  was  called 
and  ordained,  but  the  meeting-house  was 
not  built.  September  8,  1757,  arrangements 
were  made  for  the  ordination  of  Mr.  Scales. 
But  at  the  same  time  it  was  "voted  not  to 
build  a  meeting  house  at  present."  Mr. 
.Scales  was  ordained  November  23,  1757.  On 
the  same  day  a  church  was  organized  with 
ten  members.     At  a  meeting  of  the  inhabi- 


hill  about  six  rods  north  of  the  burying  ground. 
It  was  to  be  fifty  feet  long,  thirty-eight  feet 
wide  and  twenty-two  feet  high.     It  was  to  be 


Capt.  Charles  Gould 

framed  and  raised  by  September  1,  1766. 
Twenty-five  hundred  pounds  old  tenor  was  to 
be  raised  to  defray  the  expense  of  the  build- 
ing, and  Captain  Matthew  Stanley,  Lt.  John 


Old  House,  Gould  Hill  Farm 


tants  of  the  town  held  at  the  house  of  Lt. 
John  Putney,  March  5,  1765,  "Voted  to 
build  a  house  for  the  public  worship  of  God." 
This  house  was  to  be  built  on  the  top  of  the 


Putney  and  Ensign  Jonathan  Straw  were  to 
constitute  the  committee  to  have  charge  of 
the  work. 

February  3,  1766,  the  vote  relating  to  the 


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Residence  of  Robert  T.  Gould 


location  of  the  meeting-house  was  rescinded, 
and  then  it  was  voted  that  the  place  for 
building  a  meeting-house  is  north  of  Ezra 
Hoyt's  house,  on  the  said  Hoyt's  land,  "by 
the  Road  that  go  to  the  saw  mill  within 
Twenty  Rods  of  the  Road  that  go  to  Concord," 


house  had  been  built  the  location  was  a  live 
subject  for  lively  discussion;  people  were 
divided  in  their  opinion  and  so  acute  was  the 
interest  that  on  the  4th  day  of  June  1787  it 
was  "voted  that  the  meeting  house  shall 
stand  where  it  now  stands."     Neither  did 


The  Eben  Loveren  Homestead,  Property  of  Mrs.  Mary  E.  (Buswell)  Sanborn 


and  tins  vote  was  confirmed  at  a  meeting  held 
the  following  month.  Evidently  the  meet- 
ing-house was  built  according  to  this  vote,  on 
the  plain  near  the  spot  where  the  Congrega- 
tional Church  now  stands  and  not  on  the  top 
of  the  hill  where  it  was  first  voted.  And  yet 
for  more  than  twenty  years  after  the  meeting- 


this  settle  the  matter,  for  eighteen  months 
later,  December  15,  1788,  "Voted  to  Chuse  a 
Committee  of  twelve  men  ...  to  Con- 
sult together  and  agree  on  a  Plac  for  the 
meeting  Hous  and  report  to  the  next  Town 
meeting."  This  committee  was  increased 
by   two  members,   and   these  fourteen   men 


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373 


performed  their  difficult  task,  and  in  about 
six  weeks  reported  that  having  considered 
the  matter  they  were  of  the  opinion  that  "the 
meeting  Hous  ought  not  to  be  moved. " 

Within  three  days  after  this  report  had 
been  made  the  meeting-house  burned.  A 
warrant  was  immediately  issued  for  a  town 
meeting  to  be  held  at  the  tavern  of  one  Mr. 
Isaac  Babson.  Having  assembled  and  taken 
such  steps  as  they  thought  best  to  try  to 
discover  how  the  fire  which  destroyed  their 
meeting-house    originated,     they    voted    to 


the  first  selectmen  in  the  three  following 
Towns,  Namely,  Gilmanton,  Linesborough 
and  Washington."  These  men  undertook 
the  task  and  on  the  2d  day  of  March,  1789, 
about  one  month  after  the  meeting-house 
was  burned,  were  ready  to  make  their  report. 
The  voters  assembled  at  Babson's  tavern, 
but  immediately  adjourned  to  "Babson's 
barnyard — "no  doubt  a  wise  step  and  there 
the  controversy  which  had  disturbed  the 
people  of  the  new  town  for  nearly  a  generation 
began  to  draw  to  an  end.     The  committee 


Davis  Paper  Company's  Plant,  West  Hopkinton 


build  another  meeting-house.  Voted  next, 
to  see  if  they  would  have  it  on  the  Common 
lot  on  Putney's  Hill  and  the  vote  "Past  to 
the  negative  59  for  134  against."  Next  it 
was  voted  whether  to  have  the  new  meeting- 
house "near  Lt  E.  Straws.  Past  to  the  nega- 
tive for  it  62  against  it  129."  Then  it  was 
"voted  to  have  it  wheare  the  meeting  hous 
was  Burned  or  within  a  few  Rods  129  for 
62  against."  But  the  dissatisfaction  of  the 
minority  was  so  intense  that  it  was  seemed 
advisable  to  leave  the  location  of  the  meeting- 
house to  people  who  were  disinterested. 
And  the  meeting  voted  "to  have  it  Left  to 


rendered  their  report  in  the  following  very 
formal  and  solemn  manner. 

To  the  Town  of  Hopkinton,  Gentlemen  : 
"Your  Committee,  appointed  to  fix  upon  a 
Suitble  Plac  in  Your  town  for  you  to  build  a 
meeting  hous  upon  do  Report  that  we  have 
taken  a  view  of  the  Principle  part  of  your 
Town  and  the  situation  of  each  part  of  the 
same  and  have  found  it  to  be  attended  with 
Difficulty  Rightly  to  settle  the  matter  in  Such 
a  way  that  Each  Part  of  the  Town  should 
have  theare  Equality  of  Privilege.  .  .  . 
Therefore,  we,  the  Subscribers  are  unanimous 
of  the  oppinion  that  near  the  spot  wheare 


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the  old  meeting  Hous  stood  will  be  the  most 
convenient  Plac  for  you  to  build  a  meeting 
Hous  upon." 

Peter  Clark, 
Ezekiel  Hon, 
Jeremiah  Bacon, 

Committee. 

The  Committee  was  not  mobbed,  nor  do 
they  appear  to  have  left  the  town  under  the 


what  they  had  so  well  done,  but  to  vote  that 
the  meeting-house  be  sixty-two  feet  long; 
forty-six  feet  wide,  with  a  Porch  at  each  end 
about  twelve  feet  square. 

Two  persons  were  suspected  of  having  set 
fire  to  the  former  meeting-house  and  were 
tried  on  this  charge,  one  of  these  was  conyicted 
and  sent  to  jail.  The  other  was  adjudged 
innocent. 

This   was   only   one  ~of   the   controversies 


Brig. -Gen.  Joab  N.  Patterson 


■cover  of  darkness — nor  the  protection  of 
armed  men.  A  perfect  hush  seems  to  have 
fallen  upon  the  people.  They  acted  as  though 
the  gods  had  come  down  and  spoken  to  them. 
And  as  soon  as  they  recovered  enough  to  do 
anything  they  voted  "to  build  a  meeting 
house  agreeable  to  the  report  of  the  Commit- 
tee;" next  to  choose  a  Committee  of  five  and 
then  that  Captain  Bailey,  Captain  Chase, 
Mr.  Hill  and  Captain  Greeley  be  a  committee 
to  make  a  draft  of  the  meeting-house  and 
made  a  sale  of  the  pews  and  build  the  house. 
The  next  week  they  reassembled  not  to  undo 


through  which  the  people  of  Hopkinton 
passed.  They  were  not  quarrelsome,  but 
they  had  opinions  and  courage  to  support 
them.  They  thought  about  matters  per- 
taining to  politics,  religion,  and  education. 
And  what  they  thought  they  stated. 

Their  first  minister  was  Mr.  James  Scales 
who  was  ordained  November  23,  1757,  and 
continued  in  the  office  until  June  25,  1770. 
He  was  a  native  of  Boxford,  Mass.;  a  gradu- 
ate of  Harvard  in  the  class  of  1733;  a  member 
of  the  Congregational  Church  in  Concord; 
for  some  time  a  resident  of  Canterbury,  while 


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Barnard  Homestead,  Meadow  View  Farm 


there  was  town  clerk,  and  engaged  in  trade 
with  the  Indians,  practiced  law  and  medicine, 
became  a  resident  of  Hopkinton  some  time 
prior  to  his  ordination  to  the  ministry; 
erected  the  first  building  in  Henniker  in  1760; 
exchanged  his  clerical  robes  for  the  ermine 
and  died  July  31,  1776  known  as  James 
Scales,  esquire.  The  next  minister  was  Eli- 
jah Fletcher,  a  man  of  culture  and  of  grace,  a 


graduate  of  Harvard  at  the  age  of  twenty-one, 
settled  over  the  church  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
five  and  continuing  thirteen  years  when  he 
was  removed  by  death.  He  lived  in  the 
house  still  standing  a  short  mile  from  the 
meeting-house  on  the  main  road  to  Concord, 
and  its  general  appearance  is  nearly  the  same 
as  when  the  minister  of  the  town  occupied 
it.     Here  four  children  were  born  to  Mr.  and 


Birthplace  of  Gen.  J.  N.  Patterson 


Gen.  Joab  Nelson  Patterson,  New  Hampshire's  most  distinguished  survivor  of  the  Civil  War,  who  also  saw 
service  in  the  war  with  Spain,  was  born  in  the  village  of  Contoocook,  in  Hopkinton,  January  2,  1835,  son  of  Joab 
and  Mary  Lovering  Patterson.  While  pursuing  his  studies,  he  taught  school  winters  quite  extensively  and  grad- 
uated from  Dartmouth  College  in  the  class  of  1860.  Upon  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War,  he  opened  a  recruiting 
office  at  Contoocook  and  raised  a  company  for  the  Union  service.  He  was  commissioned  lieutenant  of  Company 
H,  Second  N.  H.  Regiment,  June  4,  1861,  and  promoted  to  captain,  May  23, 1862.  He  was  wounded  at  Gettysburg, 
July  3,  1863,  promoted  to  lieutenant-colonel,  June  21,  1864,  and  appointed  brevet  brigadier-general,  March  13,  1865. 
Returning  home  at  the  close  of  the  war,  he  was  made  commander  of  the  First  Regiment,  N.  H.  Militia,  in  1866, 
and  was  commander  of  the  Brigade  from  1868  to  1870.  On  the  organization  of  the  National  Guard,  he  was  ap- 
pointed colonel  of  the  Third  Regiment,  in  1878,  and  in  1889  was  made  brigadier-general,  in  command.  He  served 
as  a  representative  from  Hopkinton  in  1866;  was  United  States  Marshal  for  New  Hampshire  from  1867  to  1886; 
second  auditor  in  the  United  States  Treasury  Department  at  Washington  several  years,  and  United  States  Pension 
Agent  at  Concord  for  five  years,  under  the  administrations  of  Presidents  Roosevelt  and  Taft.  He  is  still  in  vigorous 
health,  and  was  marshal  of  the  military  and  civic  parade  at  the  Concord  one  hundred  and  fiftieth  anniversary  cele- 
bration last  June. 


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Mrs.  Fletcher,  the  last  of  which  was  called 
Gratia,  remembered  as  Grace  and  cele- 
brated as  having  been  the  first  wife  of  the 
great  and  only  Daniel  Webster.  There  is  a 
pretty  tradition  about  the  engagement  of  this 
distinguished  couple.  It  is  said  that  the 
great  lawyer  while  attending  court  which  was 
held  in  Hopkinton,  "went  to  church  as  his 


Following  the  death  of  Mr.  Fletcher  in 
1786,  the  church  called  Mr.  Jacob  Cram,  a 
graduate  of  Dartmouth  College,  and  a  stu- 
dent in  divinity  of  the  famous  Dr.  Emmons 
of  Franklin,  Mass.  This  was  after  the  first 
meeting-house  had  been  burned  and  before 
the  second  house  had  been  built.  The  or- 
dination took  place  in  the  open  air  in  front  of 


custom  was  on  the  Sabbath  day."  There  he 
saw  this  daughter  of  the  former  pastor  whose 
manner  exactly  fitted  her  name,  and  whose 
face  was  strikingly  handsome.  Taking  a 
piece  of  twine  from  his  pocket  Webster  tied 
a  knot  in  it  and  passed  it  to  the  young  woman. 
And  she  tied  another  knot  in  the  string  and 
passed  it  back  to  the  young  barrister. 


what  was  then  Wiggin's  tavern — now  the 
dwelling  house  east  of  the  post-office.  Mr. 
Cram  appears  to  have  been  just  what  his  pre- 
decessor, Mr.  Fletcher  was  not,  and  he  seems 
to  have  been  destitute  of  those  qualities  which 
Mr.  Fletcher  possessed.  His  hearers  took  a 
dislike  to  him  and  to  his  teachings,  and, 
with  people  like  those  of  the  early  Hopkinton, 


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this  dislike  was  not  concealed,  and  just  a 
short  time  before  the  end  of  the  third  year 
after  his  ordination  a  document  was  drawn 
up  against  him  stating  among  other  things, 
that  he  had  said  "in  Publick  that  Persons 
can  convert  themselves  &  in  Private  that 
Persons  can  convert  themselves  in  half  an 
hour."  He  had  also  said  "in  public  that  the 
Town  had  been  a  Cheat  in  tithes  &  offerings 
ever  since  it  was  settled";  that  he  had  said 
in  public  that  "it  is  the  duty  of  ministers 
after  they  had  warned  the  People  &  given 
them  Instruction  if  they  would  not  repent, 
it  is  then  the  Duty  of  the  minister  to  Pray 


the  Reverend  Jacob  Cram  as  a  pious,  godly 
minister  of  Jesus  Christ,  in  gospel  standing 
with  this  and  the  sister  Churches  in  the 
neighborhood,  and  we  most  affectionately 
pray  that  the  great  head  of  the  Church  may 
Richly  furnish  him  with  every  gift  and  grace 
and  bless  his  labors  to  the  Salvation  of  many 
souls  ready  to  perish." 

From  1792  to  the  present  time  the  Con- 
gregational Church  of  this  town  has  been 
served  by  seventeen  different  men. 

It  is  inevitable  that  there  shall  be  diversity 
of  opinion  upon  matters  of  religious  faith  and 
practice.     This  is  not  to  be  regretted,    nor 


Residence  of  Daniel  F.  Fiske 


that  the  Lord  would  Cast  them  off  &  send 
them  to  Hell;"  that  "in  his  requesting  Inter- 
est for  his  settlement  &  after  being  urged 
not  to  take  any  &  told  it  would  set  the  People 
against  him,  he  said  he  had  thought  of  a 
way  that  it  might  be  Put  so  that  the  People 
would  not  know  it."  The  controversy 
dragged  on,  public  deliberations  were  held, 
committees  were  chosen,  and  finally,  a  council 
was  called  and  Mr.  Cram  was  dismissed 
January  6,  1792.  At  the  same  time,  the 
Council  which  advised  the  dissolution  of  the 
pastural  relation  between  Mr.  Cram  and  the 
Church,  voted,  "We  Chearfully  recommend 


should  it  be  discouraged  when  the  different 
denominations  are  strong  and  able  enough  to 
support  independent  organizations. 

The  spiritual  interests  of  the  town  have 
been  cared  for  by  the  Baptists,  the  Free- Will 
Baptists,  the  Episcopalians,  the  Methodists, 
the  Universalists ;  and  New  Church  or  Sweden- 
borgians,  all  of  whom  except  the  Universalists 
now  have  ample  houses  of  worship,  and  regu- 
lar services,  and  have  been  served  by  ministers 
who  have  left  their  impress  upon  the  parishes 
and  the  town. 

The  principal  manufacturing  centre  of  the 
town  has  naturally  been  the  village  of  Con- 


Daniel  F.  Fisk,  a  prominent  business  man  of  Contoocook,  long  extensively  engaged  in  lumbering,  is  a  native  of 
the  town;  born  in  October,  1859.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  has  always  resided  here.  He  repre- 
sented the  town  in  the  legislature  of  1902-3,  was  one  of  the  prime  movers  in  the  introduction  of  water  into  Con- 
toocook Village,  and  has  been  a  member  of  the  board  of  water  commissioners  from  the  start. 


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toocook,  because  it  had  the  most  extensive 
water  power,  and  because  it  had  the  principal 
railway  station  of  the  town  at  the  junction  of 
the  Concord  and  Claremont  and  the  Con- 
cord and  Hillsborough  roads. 

Next  to  the  controversy  over  the  church 
none  was  so  acute  as  that  over  the  railroad. 
At  the  annual  town  meeting  in  March,  1844, 


road.  Its  coming  was  one  of  the  things 
decreed  by  a  power  higher  than  man.  It  had 
to  come,  and  it  came.  And  it  came  to  Con- 
toocook.  It  was  a  blessing  in, disguise,  and 
to  remove  the  roads  which  centre  here  now 
would  create  a  controversy  greater  by  far 
than  the  people  passed  through  in  1844. 
It  would  be  pleasant  to  dwell  upon  many 


Hon.  William  A.  Danforth 


one  of  the  greatest  agitations  that  ever  swept 
over  the  town  received  public  attention. 
The  railroad  was  the  all  absorbing  theme. 
The  two  great  political  parties  of  the  time 
were  the  Democratic  and  the  Whig.  But  the 
two  representatives  were  chosen  to  the  legis- 
lature, not  by  a  party  vote,  but  on  a  vote  of 
the  people  against  the  railroad.  But  to 
oppose  the  railroad  was  like  opposing  the 
course  of  the  stars.     The  times  required  the 


of  these  matters  at  much  greater  length-  if 
time  would  permit.  One  would  so  much 
enjoy  speaking,  even  if  only  briefly,  of  some 
of  the  distinguished  men  whose  lives  lent  lus- 
ter to  our  town.  Farmers  like  Joseph  Barn- 
ard, James  M.  Conner,  Ira  Putney,  John  W. 
Paige,  Isaiah  Webber,  Charles  Gould,  Robert 
Gould,  Abraham  Brown,  Herbert  Kimball 
and  John  Currier;  physicians,  beginning  with 
Ebenezer  Larned,  Alexander  Rogers,  Doctor 


Hon.  William  A.  Danforth,  present  senator  from  District  No.  9,  is  a  native  of  Hopkinton,  born  August  22, 
1855,  and  educated  in  the  town  schools.  He  was  for  many  years  a  travelling  salesman,  and  later  president  of  the 
Longstreet  Mining  &  Lumber  Company,  of  Georgia.  Since  1910  he  has  been  the  New  Hampshire  representative 
of  Stone  &  Webster,  of  Boston.  He  is  an  Odd  Fellow  and  an  active  Republican.  He  received  2,044  votes  for 
senator  in  November,  1914,  to  1,549  for  Henry  E.  Eaton,  Democrat,  also  of  Hopkinton. 


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Residence  of  Franklin  P.  Johnson,  Hopkinton  Village 


Tyler  and  Doctor  Blaisdell;  men  in  govern- 
ment employ  like  Paul  R.  George,  Joab  N. 
Patterson,  enlisting  at  the  very  commence- 
ment of  the  civil  war  as  a  private,  commis- 
sioned lieutenant  before  leaving  the  state, 
present  in  every  engagement  of  his  regiment, 
"the  fighting  second,"  never  absent  a  day 
on  account  of  sickness,  wounded  at  Gettys- 


burg, returning  to  the  state  after  four  years 
since  brevet  brigadier  of  U.  S.  volunteers; 
George  H.  Perkins,  a  graduate  of  Annapolis, 
who  accompanied  Commodore  Farragut  in 
the  expedition  in  the  Gulf  of  Mexico,  sent  to 
the  aid  of  General  Banks;  teachers,  William 
Long,  Stephen  Long,  Elihu  Quimby,  Dyer  H. 
Sanborn,  Alfred  Gage  and  his  brother  Harlan; 


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business  men,  like  Horace  G.  Chase,  a  most 
loyal  son  of  Hopkinton,  a  real  lover  of  the 
town,  one  of  the  most  active  founders  of  the 
"Old  Home  Day"  movement  in  Hopkinton, 
and  its  generous  supporter;  John  Shackford 
Kimball  and  his  three  sons,  John,  Robert 
and  George,  Isaac  D.  Merrill  and  Joab  Pat- 
terson of  Contoocook,  James  Richardson  and 
John  F.  Jones  and  Grosvernor  Curtice;  clergy- 
men   like    Franklin    Fisk,    Clarion   Kimball, 


Dr.  Geo.  C.  Blaisdell 

Silas  Ketehum,  E.  H.  Greeley,  George  H. 
Tilton  and  Harrison  Eaton;  lawyers  like 
Clinton  W.  Stanley,  Hamilton  Perkins, 
Matthew  Harvey  and  Herman  W.  Greene; 
members  of  the  Philomathic  Club,  that  group 
of  young,  ambitious  men,  founded  by  Silas 
Ketehum,  George  E.  Crowell  and  Darwin 
Blanchard  and  supported  by  Harlan  Gage,  and 
Charlie  Whittier.  And  really,  when  one  be- 
gins on  this  list,  there  seems  to  be  no  place  to 
leave  off  until  too  much  time  has  been  taken. 


But  there  must  be  an  end,  and  I  want  it 
to  be  along  the  line  of  encouragement.  I 
have  spoken  about  the  star  of  hope  reaching 
its  zenith  and  the  star  as  setting.  And  now 
I  wish  to  say  that  stars  which  set  will  rise 
again.  There  are  some  stars  which  never 
rise  because  they  never  set.  Like  Ursa  Major 
they  circle  about  the  north  pole  always  above 
the  horizon.  The  great  cities, — -Boston,  New 
York,  Philadelphia  and  Chicago  are  like 
these.  Hopkinton  began  well  in  1765,  and 
it  could  be  seen  in  the  social,  political,  reli- 
gious and  industrial  world  until  1830.  Since 
then  it  has  not  occupied  a  large  place  in  the 
firmament  of  the  state.  But  there  is  no  reason 
why  it  may  not  come  back.  Forty  years  ago 
in  the  northern  part  of  the  state  was  a  town 
which  was  mostly  pasture.  Its  centre  was 
made  up  of  a  country  store  and  a  post  office. 
No  one  would  have  predicted  a  future  worth 
mentioning.  But  today  where  those  pas- 
tures stood  there  are  streets  and  houses, 
banks  and  stores,  shops  and  mills,  and  all 
those  things  which  make  up  a  thriving  city. 
I  speak  of  Berlin. 

Hopkinton  must  for  a  long  time,  if  not  for 
all  time,  be  a  farming  town,  and  this  is  encour- 
aging, for  farming  is  already  one  of  the  great, 
perhaps  the  greatest  industry  in  the  United 
States,  or  in  the  wide  world.  We  speak  of 
manufacturing  as  an  immense  business.  But 
the  farmer  is  a  manufacturer.  It  is  his 
business  to  take  the  raw  material  of  soil  and 
humus  and  the  chemicals  in  air  and  water 
and  work  them  up  into  the  finished  product 
of  grains  and  grasses  and  fruits;  and  it  is  his 
business  to  find  out  how  to  get  the  greatest 
amount  of  output  out  of  the  raw  material 
with  the  least  expenditure  of  capital.  And 
the  farmer  who  can  raise  one  hundred  bushels 
of  potatoes  where  the  man  before  him  raised 
only  fifty  bushels  is,  so  far,  a  successful 
business  man. 

The  chemist  has  appeared  as  the  partner 
of  the  planter.  We  live  in  the  age  of  the  tin 
cans — beans,  peas,  no  less  than  paints  and 
putties  are  put  up  in  tin  cans.  So  also  is 
fertility  put  up  in  cans.     A  pint  and  a  half 


Dr.  George  C.  Blaisdell,  of  Contoocook,  is  Hopkinton's  oldest  resident  physician,  and  has  been  in  active 
practice  in  town  nearly  half  a  century.  He  is  a  native  of  Goffstown,  born  November  23,  1846,  was  educated 
in  the  Goffstown  and  Manchester  high  schools;  studied  medicine  with  Dr.  A.  F.  Carr  of  Goffstown,  and  Doctors 
Buck  and  How  of  Manchester,  and  attended  lectures  at  the  Bowdoin  and  Harvard  Medical  schools,  graduating 
from  the  latter  in  1867,  in  May  of  which  year  he  commenced  practice  in  Contoocook,  where  he  has  since  continued 
with  great  success,  being  particularly  proficient  in  surgery.  He  is  prominently  identified  with  the  Contoocook 
Library  Association,  the  N.  H.  Antiquarian  Society,  the  I.  O.  O.  F.,  and  Mt.  Horeb  Commandery,  K.  T.,  of  Con- 
cord.    He  is  health  officer  for  the  town,  and  has  served  on  the  school  committee. 


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is  sold  for  $2.50,  and  there  is  enough  in  it  for 
an  acre.  Now  it  may  at  first  seem  strange 
to  buy  fertility  by  the  can.  But  why  not? 
We  have  long  bought  it  by  the  cartload,  and 
some  years  ago  we  began  to  buy  it  by  the 
bag.  Now,  if  you  can  have  fertility  put  up 
by  the  cartload,  and  in  a  concentrated  form 
have  it  put  up  by  the  bag,  why  should  it  be 
thought  incredible  that  we  should  buy  it  by 
the  can?  And  if  it  is  a  fact  that  a  can  of 
fertility  at  $2.50  per  can  "just  about  doubles 
the  productivity  of  the  soil,"  why  should  we 
allow  any  prejudice  against  the  can  to  rob 
us  of  its  benefit?  It  is  said  that  "the  tin  can 
is  the  emblem  of  civilization.  Its  absence 
defines  the  savage ;  its  use  sets  apart  from  the 
barbarian  the  modern,  fore-handed  sanitary 
man.  It  is  the  civilization's  defence  against 
the  leanness  of  lean  years,  and  against  the 
attacks  of  carnivorous  germs.  The  can  con- 
tains 'cultures'  of  live  bacteria,  the  friendly, 
indispensable  bacteria  that  accumulate  de- 
posits of  nitrogen  from  the  air.  .  .  . 
These  'cultures'  are  mixed  with  diluted  glue 
or  molasses  and  the  mixture  is  poured  over 


Hon.  Grosvenor  A.  Curtice 


the  seeds  you  intend  to  plant  and  stirred 


Free  Baptist  Church — High  School,  Contoocook 


Hon.  Grosvenor  A.  Curtice,  a  native  of  Lempster,  but  long  time  resident  of  Contoocock,  located  here  in  1865, 
after  the  close  of  the  Civil  War,  in  which  he  rendered  gallant  service,  and  gained  the  rank  of  captain.  He  was 
extensively  engaged  in  general  mercantile  business,  and  prominent  in  public  affairs,  serving  as  town  clerk,  treasurer 
of  school  committee,  representative,  state  senator,  councilor  and  postmaster.  He  was  made  United  States  Pension 
Agent  in  1906,  and  died  September  29,  1907.  He  married,  first,  Sara  A.  Johnson,  who  died  in  1869 ;  second,  Augusta 
Wilson,  who  survived  him  two  years. 


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John  F.  Jones 


around  until  each  seed  is  smeared  with  it, 
then  the  seeds  are  planted  in  the  ordinary 
way.  It  has  been  found  that  there  is  no 
such  thing  as  'wern  out'  soil.  It  is  at  worst 
only  tired — and  science  is  teaching  the 
farmer  how  to  restore  its  fertility. " 

Let  me  quote  still  further  from  one  of  the 
most  reliable  and  helpful  magazines  in  the 
country.  "The  star  of  agricultural  empire 
no  longer  wends  its  way  westward ;  today  it 
is  leading  the  feet  of  young  men  back  to  the 
east,  where  land  is  cheap,  where  money  is 
more  plentiful,  and  where  your  market  lies 
at  your  very  door.  We  used  to  hear  of 
cattle  growers  on  great  ranches  in  Idaho  and 
Texas.  But  now  their  treasury  of  'free- 
range'  is  depleted,  and  they  are  turning  to 
the  low-priced  pastures  of  the  Carolinas  and 
Georgia  to  find  the  cheap  grazing  that  they 
need;  and  men  who  have  proved  the  value  of 
high-priced,  irrigated  alfalfa  in  California  are 
demonstrating  that  Virginia  can  grow  it 
just  as  profitably.  Science  has  made  all 
parts  of  the  American  continent  virgin  fields 
for  pioneering  in  agriculture."  Years  ago 
New  England  country  beef  was  poor  stuff. 
It   was    composed    of   cows   that   had   been 


Jones  Homestead 

John  F.  Jones,  a  prominent  figure  in  the  business  and  financial  life  of  Merrimack  County,  born  March  31,  1835, 
died  March  28,  1905,  was  a  native  and  long  time  resident  of  Hopkinton,  son  of  Jonathan  Jones  of  Warner  who  settled 
on  a  fine  farm  in  West  Hopkinton  in  1822.  John  F.  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  at  Hopkinton  Academy. 
He  managed  the  home  farm  successfully  for  some  years,  and  then  engaged  in  mercantile  business  at  Contoocook. 
In  1885  he  removed  to  Concord  where  he  became  treasurer  of  the  Loan  &  Trust  Savings  Bank.  He  was  subse- 
quently made  president  of  the  same,  continuing  till  his  death.  He  had  been  town  clerk  and  treasurer  of  Hopkinton, 
and  delegate  in  the  Constitutional  Convention  of  1876.  He  was  treasurer  of  Merrimack  County  from  1881  to 
1883,  and  was  officially  connected  with  various  corporations.  He  married,  in  1861,  Maria  H.  Barnard  of  Haverhill, 
Mass.  They  had  two  sons,  John  Arthur,  who  was  for  some  years  engaged  in  stock  breeding  on  the  home  farm, 
and  Charles  Currier,  now  in  insurance  business  in  Concord. 


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Residence  of  Mrs.  A.  Cuthbert  Roberts 


milked  till  their  horns  were  covered  with 
rings,  and  oxen  that  had  been  fed  on  meadow 
hay  in  the  winter  and  on  short  pasture  lands 
in  the  summer.  And  the  West  gave  us  beef 
from  steers  that  never  had  been  yoked  and 
heifers  that  had  been  milked  at  most  only 
one  or  two  seasons  and  many  not  at  all. 


The  consequence  was  naturally  that  the 
whole  country  was  consuming  western  beef. 
But  now  we  know  that  the  East  can  raise  as 
tender  and  juicy  beef  as  the  western  country. 
Moreover,  ten  years  ago,  cattle  were  ready 
for  the  market  at  the  age  of  three  or  four 
years;  today  they  are  just  as  ready  at  from 


Stable  of  Mrs.  Roberts 


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one  to  two  years.  Years  ago  flocks  of  sheep 
were  seen  on  our  farms.  But  the  farmers 
began  to  neglect  sheep  culture.  Then  sheep 
were  raised  chiefly  for  wool,  today  we  can 
raise  more  wool  and  our  sheep  are  better  also 
for^  mutton,  and  more  is  consumed.  Ten 
years  ago,  the  average  market  age  for  hogs 
was  from  twelve  to  fourteen  months;  today 
the  average  age  is  eight  months — so  whether 
the  farmer  invests  in  oxen  or  cows,  in  sheep 
or  hogs,  the  time  in  which  his  investment 
earned  dividends  has  been  cut  in  two,  and 
his  rate  of  investment  has  been  practically 
doubled.  And  whether  a  man's  money  earns 
him  five  per  cent  or  ten,  eight  per  cent  or 


more  per  year.  What  has  been  done  by  the 
poultrymen  of  California,  can  be  done  by  the 
poultrymen  of  New  Hampshire.  It  is  said 
that  improved  methods  of  farmers  in  the  last 
ten  years  and  the  general  adoption  of  the 
methods  of  the  best  poultrymen  would  treble 
the  yearly  over  time  and  capital  in  the  poultry 
business.  What  this  would  mean  is  illus- 
trated by  the  fact  that  the  value  of  the  eggs 
produced  in  the  United  States  is  approxi- 
mately $275,000,000  a  year. 

To  one  familiar  with  the  history  of  the 
town,  it  is  apparent  that  the  church  is  the 
institution  which  has  suffered  the  greatest 
decline  within  the  last  fifty  years.     But  the 


Residence  of  Geo.  N.  Putnam — Mt.  Putney  Dairy 


sixteen  makes  a  vast  difference.  Further- 
more, ten  years  ago,  when  the  St.  Louis 
exposition  was  held,  the  gold  medal  for  cows 
was  earned  by  a  cow  that  made  600  pounds 
of  butter  in  one  year.  Today  such  a  cow  as 
this  would  be  out-distanced  so  that  she  could 
not  even  be  entered  in  the  competition.  The 
best  cows  today  must  produce  1100  pounds 
of  butter  yearly,  and  it  may  as  well  be  in 
Hopkinton  as  in  Hamilton,  Ohio.  Poultry 
is  a  farm  product.  Ten  years  ago  the  ordi- 
nary hen  laid  about  sixty  eggs  a  year  and 
many  do  not  do  any  better  now.  But  the 
farmers  around  Petaluma,  California,  the 
greatest  egg-producing  region  in  the  world, 
kill  every  hen  that  does  not  lay  200  eggs  or 


present  condition  need  not  be  the  permanent 
condition.  The  star  may  rise  over  the  church 
as  over  the  industries  of  the  town. 

Some  years  ago  there  was  a  church  up  in 
the  White  Mountain  region  which  had  ap- 
parently been  dead  for  several  years.  It  was 
often  unreported  and  the  Congregational 
denomination  to  which  it  belonged  was  upon 
the  point  of  striking  it  from  the  list. 
Whether  the  dead  which  were  in  their  graves 
heard  the  discussion  or  not,  no  one  can  tell. 
But  something  happened,  the  church  was  re- 
vived and  it  is  on  the  list  today  with  a  settled 
minister  and  no  debts.  Another  church  in 
the  southwestern  part  of  the  state  was  in  a 
similar  condition  with  like  prospects.     This, 


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Mt.  Lookout  House 


too,  is  a  living  church  today  with  a  settled 
pastor,  a  fair  church  property  and  several 
hundred  dollars  of  invested  funds.  Churches 
do  not  die  easily  any  more  than  political 
parties.  Two  years  ago  the  church  in  Gor- 
ham,  this  state,  was  just  about  entirely  off 


the  map.  Today  it  is  one  of  the  most  pros- 
perous and  growing  churches  in  the  whole 
state.  The  new  life  first  revealed  itself  in  the 
growing  congregation  which  filled  the  meeting- 
house so  full  that  it  was  difficult  to  find  seats 
for  the  people.     At  the  March  communion 


Summer  Residence  of  Gen.  H.  H.  Dudley 

Built  by  Philip  Brown,  100  years  ago,  on  the  Site  of  Kimball  Garrison. 
Occupied  by  Matthew  Harvey  as  a  Summer  Home  While  Governor  of  New  Hampshire. 


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last  year,  94  members  were  received  into 
fellowship  with  the  church,  44  of  whom  were 
men,  several  of  whom  were  over  70  years  of 
age,  and  there  was  a  class  of  nearly  40  being 
prepared  for  reception  three  months  later. 
A  board  of  management,  consisting  of  18 
men,  was  appointed  to  meet  once  a  month 
to  transact  all  church  business,  subject  to 
the  approval  of  the  parish.  A  system  of 
finance  was  devised  which  increased  the  in- 


God  with  a  message  from  his  Lord,  and  he 
makes  from  200  to  300  calls  upon  the  people 
of  his  parish.  On  last  Easter  16  new  members 
were  received  making  approximately  200 
since  the  Easter  before,  almost  one-half  of 
these  members  being  men.  At  some  of  the 
missionary  meetings  as  many  as  250  people 
have  been  present.  A  splendid  program  is 
planned  months  in  advance,  consisting  of 
music,  reading,  debates,   dramas,   etc.     The 


Charles  Pinckney  Gage,  M.D. 


come  of  the  church  800  per  cent.  The  parish 
made  the  largest  proposition  it  had  ever 
offered  a  minister  to  remain  as  its  permanent 
pastor,  and  there  is  always  money  enough 
to  pay  the  bills  and  leave  a  surplus  in  the 
treasury.  A  Christian  Endeavor  society  was 
formed  in  this  little,  scattered  rural  com- 
munity which  meets  every  Monday  evening 
and  has  an  average  attendance  of  125.  A 
Boy's  Brigade  and  a  Woman's  Visiting  Circle 
are  aids  in  carrying  on  the  work.  The  minis- 
ter preaches  with  earnestness  as  a  man  of 


minister's  salary  which  last  year  was  the 
largest  the  church  ever  paid  was  increased 
at  the  beginning  of  the  present  year  $300 
making  it  now  $1,400.  Great  interest  is  man- 
ifested and  great  enthusiasm  prevails.  The 
year-book  shows  that  last  year  158  members 
were  added  to  the  church  on  confession  of 
faith  and  4  by  letter — changing  a  church  of 
86  members,  31  men  and  55  women,  with  15 
absent,  without  a  minister  and  ready  to  pay 
a  salary  of  $700,  into  a  church  of  200  members, 
94  of  whom  are  men  and  106  women  with  only 


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387 


10  absent,  having  a  settled  pastor  to  which  it 
pays  a  salary  of  $1,400  and  always  has  money 
enough  to  pay  all  its  bills  and  leave  a  surplus 
in  the  treasury.  The  reporter  says,  "This 
shows  what  churches  can  do,  if  they  only 
make  up  their  minds  to  do  it." 

Citizens  of  Hopkinton,  rise  up  and  rebuild 
your  beautiful  town.     And  just  as  the  num- 


bering of  the  proprietors'  lots  began  at  the 
meeting-house,  let  the  new  future  of  your  new 
Hopkinton  begin  at  the  same  place,  for  "ex- 
cept the  Lord  build  the  house,  they  labor  in 
vain  that  build  it."  Cultivate  the  spirit  of 
Caleb  and  Joshua,  who  said,  "the  land  is  an 
exceeding  good  land,  fear  not;  if  the  Lord 
delight  in  us,  then  will  he  bring  us  into  it." 


Charles  Pinckney  Gage  was  born  in  the  town  of  Hopkinton,  New  Hampshire,  on  the  5th  of  April,  1817,  on  the 
same  farm  on  which,  in  1780,  his  father,  John  Gage,  was  born.  His  mother  was  Sally  Bickford,  a  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Abigail  (Eastman)  Bickford — Abigail  Eastman  of  the  Roger  Eastman  family.  Doctor  Gage's 
paternal  grandparents,  John  and  Elizabeth  (Fowler)  Gage,  came  to  Hopkinton  from  Bradford,  Massachusetts, 
some  time  prior  to  the  year  1750 — at  about  the  same  time  his  maternal  grandparents  came  to  the  same  town  from 
Newburyport,  Massachusetts.  It  is  recorded  of  Thomas  Bickford  that  he  was  a  Revolutionary  soldier.  When  a 
boy  Doctor  Gage  attended  school  in  the  winter  on  Putney  hill  and  in  the  little  "red  school  house"  of  Stony  dis- 
trict, in  the  spring  and  fall  at  "  Ballard's."  This  Ballard  was  John  Osgood  Ballard,  his  tutor.  When  eighteen  years 
of  age  he  resorted  to  that  most  wholesome  aid  to  the  pursuit  of  an  education,  schoolteaching,  and  for  three  successive 
winters  taught  school  in  Hopkinton.  It  was  about  this  time  that  he  joined  the  Hopkinton  Light  Infantry,  a  force 
of  sixty-four  men,  of  which  he  was  orderly  sergeant.  He  was  one  of  eight  of  the  sixty-four  who  were  over  six  feet 
in  stature.  In  1834  we  come  to  the  time  of  his  undertaking  the  great  work  of  his  life,  the  study,  and  practice,  and 
teaching  of  medicine,  when  he  was  twenty-three  years  of  age.  Dr.  Royal  Case  of  Hopkinton,  N.  H.,  was  his  first 
preceptor.  He  attended  courses  of  lectures  at  Hanover,  N.  H.,  Woodstock,  Vt.,  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  Geneva,  N.  Y., 
and  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  He  received  his  medical  degree  in  February,  1837,  from  the  Cincinnati  Medical  College. 
At  Woodstock  he  became  the  private  pupil  of  Dr.  Willard  Parker  who  went  from  one  medical  college  to  another 
lecturing  on  surgery,  rapidly  rising  to  fame,  and  Doctor  Gage  went  with  him.  Whatever  town  contained  Parker 
was  the  medical  capital  of  the  country.  Parker  was  his  idol,  but  he  sat  at  the  feet  of  more  than  one  Gamaliel. 
Other  eminent  men  were  his  teachers,  among  them  were  Reuben  D.  Mussey,  Robert  Watts,  Henry  Childs,  Elisha 
Bartlett,  Samuel  D.  Gross  and  Daniel  Drake.  Among  those  of  his  fellow  students  who  subsequently  became 
famous  were  Oliver  Wendell  Holmes  and  Henry  Kirke  Brown;  the  latter  achieved  eminence  as  a  sculptor.  Doctor 
Gage  practiced  his  profession  for  a  time  in  Cincinnati;  his  health  not  being  good  he  returned  to  New  Hampshire, 
settling  in  Concord  in  July,  1838.  On  August  27,  1837,  in  St  Andrew's  Episcopal  Church  he  was  married  to  Nancy 
George  Sibley,  a  daughter  of  Stephen  Sibley,  Esquire,  of  Hopkinton.  Doctor  Gage  joined  the  New  Hampshire 
Medical  Society  in  October,  1838.  In  1846  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  sent  him  and  Dr.  R.  P.  J.  Tenney 
of  Pittsfield  as  their  representatives  to  take  part  in  the  convention  held  in  New  York  for  organizing  the  American 
Medical  Association.  When  Doctor  Gage  came  to  practice  in  Concord  he  brought  an  educational  outfit  far  in 
advance  of  that  usually  enjoyed  by  the  country  practitioner  of  those  times;  yet  this  fact  would  not  have  brought 
him  the  prosperity  and  the  leading  position  that  became  his  in  the  course  of  a  very  few  years  had  he  not  had  ex- 
ceptional natural  gifts,  for  he  had  to  compete  with  the  honorable  Peter  Renton  who  had  been  educated  in  Edin- 
burgh, then  the  medical  Mecca.  Doctor  Gage's  practice  grew  amazingly — he  had  patients  in  every  town  in  Merri- 
mack County.  What  he  did  with  his  own  horses  was  prodigious.  An  account  was  kept  of  the  distances  driven  by 
him  for  a  month,  and  it  was  found  that  on  an  average  he  drove  seventy-five  miles  a  day.  He  drove  his  horses 
singly  and  in  his  busiest  periods  he  used  four  horses  all  the  time.  Among  his  patients  were  Daniel  Webster,  Gen. 
Franklin  Pierce,  the  Hon.  John  Wentworth  and  the  celebrated  Miss  Mitford.  He  was  for  many  years  the  leading 
surgeon  of  Merrimack  County.  He  was  a  consummate  anatomist  and  a  skilful  operator.  Doctor  Gage  had  a 
remarkable  number  of  students — in  his  declining  years  he  could  recall  the  names  of  forty.  In  November,  1894,  on 
the  26th  day,  he  entered  into  his  rest. 


WITHIN  A  ROOM 

By  Harold  L.  Ransom 

As  I  opened  the  door  and  entered, 
A  fragrance  pervaded  the  room — ■ 

An  indefinable  fragrance, 
Like  mingled  odors  of  June. 

But  hark!    did  my  senses  deceive  me? 

Was  it  sound  after  all  that  I  sensed, 
An  invisible  exquisite  chorus — ■ 

A  many-voiced  chorus  intense? 

"Ah,  no,"  a  gentle  voice  whispered, 
"The  presence  pervading  the  room 
Is  the  marvellous  soft-singing  radiance 
Of  beautiful  thoughts  in  bloom." 


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WELCOME  HOME 

Written  for  Old  Home  "Week 

By   Raymond   H.   Huse 

When  in  other  lands  we  wander 

And  in  distant  paths  we  roam, 
How   our   hearts   grow   warm   and   tender 

When  at  night  we  think  of  home! 
And  the  hills  we  loved  in  childhood 

Seem  to  charm  us  from  afar, 
As  they  did  when  o'er  their  shadows 

We  beheld  the  evening  star. 

If  the  years  that  steal  our  blessings 

Should  our  "welcome  home,"  e'er  take, 
Then  the  birds  would  cease  their  singing 

And  our  weary  hearts  would  break, 
And  for  us  no  gladsome  sunlight 

In  the  meadow  or  the  rills 
But  the  glory  all  departed 

From  the  everlasting  hills. 

Yet  our  life  is  but  a  journey 

Round  a  circle,  through  the  glen, 
And  when  shadows  fall  at  even, 

We  will  all  come  home  again. 
In  the  dear  home  paths  we'll  wander, 

And  the  years  that  took  their  flight 
In  our  joy  will  be  forgotten 

When  we  all  come  home  at  night. 

And  the  Father  who  has  missed  us, 
When  so  weary  we  did  roam, 

And  the  Saviour,  who  has  loved  us, 
Will  receive  us,  "  Welcome  Home.,r 


LET  US  KEEP  ON 

By  Georgie  Rogers  Warren 

If  anticipation  beats  realization, 
As  I  am  told  by  many  a  friend, 

Let  us  keep  on  with  the  dreaming 
If  only  the  seeming  makes  us  happy- 
Way  on — to  the  end! 


ABIGAIL  AND  HER  ROSES 


By  Annie  Folsom  Clough 


Enchanting  beyond  description  is 
Abigail,  her  home  and  everything 
around  her.  One  might  say:  "What 
an  old-fashioned  name!"  But,  after 
meeting  her,  one  would  understand 
how  well  the  grandness  of  it  fitted. 
I  knew  her  as  a  slender,  graceful  girl 
with  burnished  brown  hair — the  shade 
of  a  horse  chestnut,  fresh  from  its 
burr.  She  was  then  and  is  now 
always  modernly  gowned;  yet  that 
lack  of  the  extreme  that  bespeaks 
refinement  of  the  old  school. 

Her  father  was  a  New  England  man 
of  the  truest  type.  Her  mother,  a 
southern  woman  with  all  the  fascin- 
ation of  the  woman  of  that  clime. 
Abigail  (named  for  her  grandmother) 
is  now  past  forty,  with  silver  threads 
among  the  brown  and  a  few  tell- 
tale lines  of  care;  those  lines  are  not 
youthful,  yet  to  her  face  they  add  the 
charm  of  life  experience.  She  has 
traveled  in  strange  lands.  She  has 
plucked  her  roses  and  has  been  pricked 
by  the  thorns.  Although  the  thorns 
have  at  times  been  cruelly  sharp,  she 
has  never  allowed  herself  to  forget 
the  fragrance  of  the  roses. 

The  house  on  the  hill  which  has 
been  closed  for  years  (except  for  the 
caretaker  and  his  wife  who  lived  in 
the  rear),  has  been  opened  to  the 
sunshine  and  floods  of  perfumed  air 
from  the  old-fashioned  garden.  Was 
there  ever  a  more  home-like  abode? 
That  dear,  brick  house  with  its 
white  trimmings,  green  blinds,  white 
front  door  with  its  side  lights  and  the 
quaint  green  slatted  fan  above  it. 
The  front  yard  fence  is  painted  white 
and  there  is  a  crushed  white  shell 
walk,  bordered  with  the  pungent  box. 

A  stranger  is  walking  clown  the 
street  and  the  people  are  wondering 
(as  they  always  do  in  a  country 
village)  who  he  is.  He  appears  to 
know  his  way,  for  he  familiarly 
unfastens  the  gate,  goes  to  the  door 
and  pulls  the  knob  which  jingles  a 
bell  at  the  end  of  a  wire. 


Twenty  years  since  he  stood  on 
these  stone  steps,  polished  by  foot 
falls,  and  looked  through  the  wide 
hall  to  greet  the  girl  seated  on  the 
veranda  at  the  back  of  the  house. 
How  eagerly  she  hastened  to  un- 
fasten the  screen  and  bade  him  enter, 
for  their  hearts  were  filled  with  the 
cloudless  hopes  and  ambitions  of  the 
young. 

In  an  hour  hope  was  blasted. 
They  thought  that  their  hearts  were 
broken,  but  hearts  do  not  break. 
They  bend  and  twist  and  go  on  doing 
what  they  have  to  do.  If  the  right 
blood  bounds  in  the  veins,  trials 
broaden  and  help  one  to  appreciate 
the  joys  which  in  some  way  come  to 
those  who  struggle  to  do  their  best. 

The  fathers  of  David  Penhallow  and 
Abigail  Gardner  had  not  been  friends 
since  boyhood.  The  mothers  were 
girl  friends  and  had  always  kept  up 
the  intimacy;  so  the  boy  and  girl  had 
grown  into  each  other's  lives  from 
birth.  He  was  three  years  older  than 
she  and  it  was  he  who  assisted  her  to 
take  her  first  step.  They  shared  all 
of  childhood's  joys  and  griefs  and  it 
never  occurred  to  either  of  them  that 
their  lives  were  to  drift  apart.  John 
Penhallow  and  Amos  Gardner  never 
raised  the  slightest  objection  to  the  un- 
dying friendship  between  the  women 
and  children. 

When  John  Penhallow  died,  he 
left  his  family  the  home  and  a  farm 
which  yielded  a  comfortable  income, 
but  it  was  not  sufficient  to  insure  a 
life  support  to  his  wife  and  his  two 
sons.  David  was  the  elder,  so  upon 
him  fell  the  responsibility  of  deciding 
what  was  to  be  done.  William  ought 
to  be  kept  in  school  a  while  longer. 
He  was  not  strong  and  would  always 
need  the  life  which  would  keep  him  in 
touch  with  mother  earth. 

During  college  days  David  had 
often  spent  vacations  with  a  class- 
mate, James  Lunt,  whose  father  was 
a  noted  lawyer.     David  had  always 


390  The  Granite  Monthly 

leaned  toward  the  law,  which  greatly  delicate,    well-bred    way,    Mr.    Lunt 

pleased     Mr.    Lunt,    so    when     Mr.  gave   David  to   understand  that  he 

Penhallow  was  no  longer  of  this  life  would   be   pleased   if   he   and   Helen 

to    do    for    his    children,    Mr.    Lunt  could  care  enough'  for  each  other  so 

offered  David  a  place  in  his  office,  to  that    the    firm    might    be    a    family 

collect  bills,  keep  the  books  and  to  concern.     David    argued    with    him- 

be   helpful   in  many  ways.     He  was  self  that  if  he  could  not  have  Abi- 

to  study  and  Mr.  Lunt  would  assist  gail,  he  would  enjoy  a  home  with  one 

him,  so  that  by  taking  an  advanced  for  whom  he  really  cared:  that  he 

course  in  a  law  school,  he  could  be  would  make  the  most  of  that  part  of 

admitted  to  the  bar.  life  which  was  his  to  get  and  give 

Accomplished — The  new  sign  reads :  from  the  best  of  life  to  others.     One 

"Lunt  and  Penhallow,  Attorneys  at  has  no  right  to  hug  his  grief  and  by  so 

Law."  doing   fling   away   the   opportunities 

David  and  Abigail  saw  no  reason,  for  doing  something  with  his  life, 
now,  why  they  could  not  marry  and  Abigail  was  not  forgotten.  She  was 
have  a  home  and  that  afternoon  a  golden  memory  which  helped  to 
twenty  years  ago  he  asked  Amos  keep  his  childhood  associations  fra- 
Gardner  for  a  wife.  Then  and  then  grant.  We  all  should  be  thankful 
only  had  they  any  idea  that  the  for  a  gilded  past  and  let  it  be  a  help 
reserved,  silent  man  had  never  for-  to  refine  the  future, 
given  John  Penhallow  for  what  he  David  and  Ellen  had  a  brilliant 
considered  an  early  wrong.  "Young  church  wedding.  Her  people  de- 
man — I  will  not  discuss  the  bitterness  sired  it,  especially  her  mother,  for 
between  your  sire  and  I,  but  I  will  it  was  a  great  event  in  her  child's 
never  consent  to  a  union  between  a  life  and  too  much  could  not  be  done 
Gardner  and  a  Penhallow.  I  have  to  make  it  a  wonderful  wedding, 
selected  a  husband  for  my  daughter.  Time  goes  on  and  Mr.  Lunt  never 
You  are  not  to  blame.  Your  only  had  cause  to  regret  having  taken 
fault  is  that  you  are  the  son  of  John  David  into  his  office.  When  John 
Penhallow.  Go!  Yes  go!  And —  Lunt  Penhallow  was  put  into  David's 
and — Yes — God  bless  you!"  arms,   he  felt  that  his  cup  of  life's 

In   less   than   a   year   he   married  blessings  was  fuller  than  that  which 

Abigail  to  a  wealthy  widower  of  his  falls  to  the  lot  of  the  average  man. 

choice — for    Amos    Gardner's    word  Whenever  he  thought   of  Abigail   a 

was    law    in    his    household.      Abi-  spirit  of  thankfulness  came  over  him 

gail's   husband   was   kind   and   after  that  he  was  blessed  with  a  childhood 

living  together  they  found  that  they  friend  who  always  saw  something  to 

had  much  in  common.     She  was  not  be  grateful  for  and  that  influence  had 

one   who   would    pass   by   the   roses  been  such  a  help, 

because    there    were    thorns    on   the  The  child  grew  to  a  sturdy,  bright, 

bushes.     She   was   a    companionable  young  fellow — then  his  mother  was 

mother  to  her  husband's  motherless  taken  with  a  incurable  disease.     She 

girl.     The  daughter's  fondness  for  her  wanted    to   live — oh,    so    much — but 

was  one  of  her  fairest  roses — and  she  when  she  knew  at  last  that  there  was 

and  Jane  comforted  each  other  in  their  no  hope  for  her,  she  told  David  that 

sincere  grief  when  Mr.  Rogers  died.  she   could   trust   her  boy  with   him. 

David  was  successful  and  the  Lunts  John  had  the  pleasure    of    showing 

urged   and   welcomed   him  much   in  his  mother  his  well  earned  diploma 

their    home.     He    loved    their    sen-  when   he   graduated   from   the   high 

sible,  large-hearted  way  of  living  and  school.     She  gave  him  her  blessing; 

he  and  Ellen  Lunt  (the  lovely  daugh-  then  in  a  few  days  went  to  rest.     In 

ter)  found  enjoyment  in  music,  art,  a  year  Mrs.  Lunt  followed  her  daugh- 

poetry     and    many    things.      In     a  ter. 


Abigail  and  her  Roses  391 

David  had  always  taken  the  weekly  He  recognized  the  flowers  which  had 

paper  from  his  native  town  and  one  been  kept  alive  or  new  ones  of  the 

day  the  local  items  gave  the  news  of  same   kind   had   taken   their    places. 

Mrs.    Abigail    Rogers'    coming   back  How  many  times  they  had  watched 

there   to   live.     Without  thinking  it  the  birds  bathe  in  the  large  flat  shell 

out,  it  came  natural  for  him  to  go  which    Abigail's    grandfather,    a   sea 

to  her.  captain,  had  brought  from  across  the 

Their  meeting  was  a  clasp  of  hands  water, 

and    the    only    words    spoken    were  The  years  which  have  intervened 

"David — "    "Abigail."     He    noticed  seem  to  play  no  part  in  today  for 

the    ring    on    her    finger,    a    family  they  naturally  take  up  the  threads  of 

ring   that   his   grandfather   gave   his  life  where  they  had  left  them  off  in  the 

grandmother.     His    mother    gave    it  olden  days.     David  plucks  again  the 

to   him  for   Abigail   and   when  obe-  fairest  rose  to  be  found  and  puts  it 

dience   to   her   parent   parted   them,  in    Abigail's    hair — then    she    smiles 

both  he  and  his  mother  most  earnestly  and    puts    one    in    his    buttonhole, 

desired  Abigail  to  keep  it.     At  that  Later  he  goes  to  the  post  office  for 

time  she  had  unclasped  the  slender  their  mail  and  they  read  bits  of  in- 

chain  from  her  neck  and  given  it  to  teresting  matter  to  each  other, 

him.     The  locket  which  was  attached  When  the  moon  has  risen  in  all 

to    it    contained    a    strand    of    Mrs.  its  glory,  he  asks  her  to  walk  through 

Gardner's  hair,  also  that  of  Abigail's,  the  orchard  to  the  church  yard.     They 

We  are  largely  governed  by  the  visit  the  resting  places  of  their 
planets  under  which  we  are  born  relatives.  Twice  they  go  forth  and 
(or  fate  some  call  it)  and  today  she  back  from  Mrs.  Penhallow's  to  Mrs. 
thought  of  how  much  David  used  to  Gardner's.  With  her  hand  clasped  in 
like  her  looks  in  a  white  dress,  so  his,  they  feel  that  a  holy  blessing  from 
she  put  on  a  soft,  clinging  gown  with  the  mother  is  falling  upon  them  and 
white  shoes  and  stockings.  She  also  David  knows  that  her  answer  is  yes. 
remembered  the  pink  rose  for  her  No  need  for  passionate  love  mak- 
hair,  which  at  times  she  had  done  ing.  Their  love  is  so  pure  that  it 
with  a  pathetic  sentiment  during  the  seems  to  them  like  a  sacred  thing 
past  twenty  years.  He  saw  it  all  and  and  the  sacredness  fills  their  hearts, 
took  from  his  pocket  the  chain  and  They  are  not  young  and  they  wish 
locket.  After  a  few  moments  of  to  be  together  for  the  rest  of  this 
silence  they  had  so  much  to  say  that  life.  Abigail  always  has  something 
the  afternoon  sun  was  setting  behind  to  wear  without  those  around  her 
the  hills  when  they  sat  to  supper  on  feeling  the  strain  of  her  getting  it, 
the  vine  shaded  porch.  Her  cook  is  so  an  important  thing  is  not  an 
the  daughter  of  her  mother's  cook  elaborate  trousseau.  She  looks  very 
and  the  two  girls  were  in  a  way  lovely  in  her  dress  of  silver-gray 
brought  up  together  as  the  colored  soft  silk  with  chiffon  overdress  of  the 
children  often  care  for  and  entertain  same  shade.  She  always  does  the 
the  white  children.  Abigail  is  a  use-  correct  thing  and,  as  a  bride  should 
ful  woman  and  there  is  many  an  hour  not  wear  white  or  a  veil  after  her 
in  which  she  takes  pleasure  in  pre-  first  wedding  day,  the  chiffon  drapery 
paring  attractive,  appetizing  things  and  the  dear  pink  rose  seem  the  fitting 
to  eat.  There  is  chicken  (garnished  sentiment  as  regards  dress.  It  is  a 
with  the  leaves  and  red  fruit  of  quiet  ceremony;  the  village  parson 
the  currant),  feathery  biscuit,  currant  and  his  wife,  William  Penhallow  and 
jelly,  glazed,  sweet  potatoes  and  his  family,  Mr.  Lunt,  John  Lunt  Pen- 
sponge  cake.  It  meant  so  much  to  hallow,  Abigail's  stepdaughter  and 
David,  for  it  savored  of  the  early  days,  her    husband    and    the    three    home 

Then  a  walk  around  the  garden,  helpers  are  the  only  guests. 


392  The  Granite  Monthly 

David   has   been   successful   finan-  work  to  do.     We  leave  her  reaching 

cially  and  it's  a  pleasure  that  they  out  beyond  the  thorns,  gathering  the 

can  keep  open  all  the  year  Abigail's  loveliest  of  life's  roses  and  when  she 

home  and  his  city  one,  for  his,  no,  has  her  hands  full,  she  scatters  them 

their    son    is    not    through    college,  along  the  pathway  of  those  less  for- 

She  is  happy  in  David's  love  and  in  tunate  than  she. 

the  thought  that  there  is  some  mother  Exeter,  N.  H. 


THE  SYLPH  OF  SUMMER 

By  Beta  Chapin 

From  regions  of  ethereal  blue 

The  summer  sylph  descends, 
Arrayed  in  robes  of  every  hue 

That  in  the  rainbow  blends. 

She  wears  a  semblance  ever  bright 

Not  of  telluric  birth; 
And  she  descends  on  wings  of  light 

To  bless  the  scenes  of  earth. 

Through  portals  of  the  eastern  sky 

She  glides  on  dewy  wings; 
She  comes  when  leafy  June  is  nigh, 

And  joy  and  gladness  brings. 

And   through   the   months   of   summer    time 

She  walks  the  earth  the  while, 
And  vales,  and  plains,  and  hills  sublime, 

Perceive  her  lovely  smile. 

But  when  the  summer  days  are  o'er, 

And  autumn  is  begun, 
She  wings  her  way  to  that  fair  shore 

Beyond  the  setting  sun. 


TRIFLES 

By  Hannah  B.  Merriam 

Was  it  a  trifle,  the  loving  smile 

She  gave  me  when  we  met? 
Though  long  years  since  then  have  passed, 
It. lingers  yet. 

Was  it  a  trifle,  the  kind  word  spoken 

When  I  so  needed  its  cheer? 
No,  for  the  spirit  which  gave  it 
Still  hovers  near. 

Was  it  a  trifle,  the  one  simple  flower 

She  left  on  my  table  at  night? 
No,  for  the  fragrance  still  lingers 
Giving  delight. 


THE  PORTSMOUTH  "WAR  JOURNAL" 


By  Wallace  Hackett 


H  Without  adverse  reflection  upon  the 
many  daily  and  weekly  papers  pub- 
lished in  our  state  at  the  present  time, 
it  is  safe,  nevertheless,  to  assume  that 
a  paper  published  a  hundred  years 
ago  contains  much  more  of  interest 
than  one  of  yesterday.  It  is  fair  to 
admit,  however,  that  this  interest 
arises  from  the  antiquity  of  the  earlier 
publication  and  that  it  should  be 
judged  by  the  times  in  which  it  was 
presented  for  consideration.  Even 
on  that  basis  it  is  a  fair  assumption 
that  the  earlier  paper  was  of  more 
importance  than  those  of  the  present 
day. 

There  has  recently  come  into  our 
possession  an  interesting  paper  called 
the  War  Journal,  published  in  Ports- 
mouth, N.  H.,  in  1813.  It  is  Vol.  1, 
No.  25,  dated  August  27,  1813.  The 
first  paragraph  announces  that  "  The 
'  War  Journal  is  published  every  Friday 
morning,  By  Beck  &  Foster,  Penhal- 
low-street,  opposite  the  Spring  Mar- 
ket, Portsmouth,  N.  H.  Terms — 
Two  dollars  per  annum,  half  payable 
in  advance." 

As  its  name  indicates,  this  was  a 
journal  published  by  reason  of  the 
war  then  prevailing  with  Great  Brit- 
ain, in  order  to  advise  the  large  mer- 
cantile interests  in  this  community 
of  the  movements  and  accomplish- 
ments of  the  army  and  navy,  and 
particularly  with  a  view  of  its  effect 
upon  the  local  commerce. 

The  town  drew  its  life  from  the  sea, 
to  which  all  of  its  industry  was  more 
or  less  closely  related.  Many  of  its 
men  were  afloat  much  of  the  time  as 
officers  or  before  the  mast.  A  large 
proportion  of  the  landsmen  were 
ship-builders,  riggers,  sail-makers, 
ship  blacksmiths,  or  carpenters. 
Ships  were  built  here,  owned  here, 
loaded  here,  and  hence  sailed  on  enter- 
prising voyages,  returning  to  this  port 
with  foreign  merchandise  for  the  local 
merchants.     There  was  little  manu- 


facturing, it  having  long  been  the 
policy  of  the  mother  country  to  dis- 
courage colonial  manufactures. 
Things  must  be  made  in  England,  the 
colonies  being  chiefly  valuable  as  a 
profitable  market. 

The  farmers  and  dwellers  in  the 
interior  made  long  pilgrimages  to  this 
port,  coming  from  all  parts  of  New 
Hampshire,  Vermont,  and  even  far- 
ther north.  A  caravan  of  heavily 
loaded  wagons  or  sleds  could  often  be 
seen  wending  their  way  slowly  to  the 
seacoast,  having  farm  products  to  be 
exchanged  for  commodities  brought 
in  from  over  the  seas.  Hence  may 
readily  be  appreciated  the  importance 
of  a  publication  devoted  to  the  in- 
terests of  commerce  at  that  period  of 
time.  Like  all  papers  of  that  early 
date,  the  strictly  local  news  was  much 
restricted. 

The  paper  consists  of  four  pages, 
18  by  10,  with  four  columns  on  each 
page.  The  printing  and  mechanical 
execution  are  excellent;  the  type  clear, 
and  the  paper  as  strong  and  enduring 
as  when  it  was  first  issued.  The  col- 
umns are  filled  with  communications 
or  letters  reflecting  the  unsettled  con- 
dition of  public  affairs  at  that  time. 
One  is  a  copy  of  a  letter  from  Com- 
modore Chauncey  to  the  Secretary  of 
the  Navy;  another  is  a  copy  of  a  letter 
from  Major-General  Harrison  to  the 
Secretary  of  War,  both  of  which  are 
full  of  interest.  Another  communi- 
cation is  entitled  "The  Movement  of 
Ohio,"  anything  West  of  the  Dela- 
ware being  designated  as  the  Ohio 
country.  One  column  deals  with 
what  is  called  "British  Inhumanity," 
describing  the  suffering  of  prisoners. 

The  "Port  of  Portsmouth"  occu- 
pies a  prominent  place  and  contains 
many  interesting  announcements,  the 
first  being  as  follows: 

Friday,  Aug.  20 — arrived  the  British  priva- 
teer sch.  Fly  (late  Clements,  commander),  a 
prize  to  the  U.  S.  brig  Enterprize.     She  was 


394 


The  Granite  Monthkj 


captured  on  the  19th,  after  a  chase  of  several 
hours.  The  Fly  had  but  15  men  left  on  board 
— one  of  whom  is  said  to  be  an  American. 
She  is  about  50  tons  burthen,  and  was  for- 
merly the  privateer  Buckskin  of  Salem. — The 
Fly  had  taken  the  same  day,  off  the  Isle  of 
Shoals,  the  sloop  Dolphin,  Johnson,  from 
Portland,  for  Boston,  with  13  passengers, 
and  had  her  in  co.  when  the  Enlerprize  gave 
chase,  but  she  escaped.  Next  day  the  sloop 
fell  in  with  a  Cape  Ann  boat  and  put  14 
prisoners  on  board,  which  have  ar.  at  New- 
buryport. 

United  States  Marshal's  notice  of 
the  sale  of  goods  captured  on  the  high 
seas  also  occupied  a  prominent  place. 
Elias  Libbey  was  Deputy  Marshal, 
and  he  specifies:  . 

Six  casks  of  Camphire,  seized  and  taken  on 
the  high  seas;  and  four  boxes  of  Window 
Glass,  also  seized  and  taken  on  the  high  seas; 
and  also  three  bales  of  Dry  Goods,  which  were 
likewise  seized  and  taken  on  the  high  seas," 
etc. 

One  of  the  interesting  advertise- 
ments showing  the  condition  of  domes- 
tic utility  and  the  early  adoption  of 
aids  in  the  household,  is  worth  re- 
peating; it  is  as  follows : 

Patent  Columbian  Washer.  An  assistant 
to  the  good  old  way  of  hand  washing.  This 
machine  is  a  small  clump  of  fluted  rolers,  so 
constructed  as  to  be  placed  obliquely  in  any 
wash  tub;  by  rolling  the  clothes  up  and  down 
upon  the  machine,  with  one  or  both  hands, 
washing  is  performed  with  ease,  nicety  and 
dispatch  and  of  course  saves  the  clothes, 
hands,  time,  firewood  and  soap,  (as  the  pat- 
entee says),  and  over  three  hundred  Phila- 
delphians  have  said  in  writing,  that  "The 
Columbian  Washer,  when  put  into  our  hands 
appeared  trifling  and  insignificant,  but  upon 
our  domestics  acquiring  its  use,  we  find  that  it 
far  exceeds  anything  of  the  kind,  which  has 
ever  come  to  our  knowledge."  The  Patent 
right  for  a  family  and  one  machine  is  only 
two  dollars,  with  the  privilege  of  using  in  said 
family  all  the  machines  upon  this  principle 
they  may  choose.  Any  family  may  receive 
machines  upon  trial  gratis,  or  purchase  the 
right  and  machines  before  or  after  trial  at 
either  of  the  following  places,  viz.  William 
Walker,  Merchant,  No.  3  Congress-street, 
Portsmouth.  John  Wheeler,  Esq.  At  the  Post 
Office,  Dover.     Timothy  Gridley,  Exeter. 

July  23. 

RECOMMENDATION. 

Philadelphia,    Jan.  31,  1813. 
We  the  subscribers,  having  lately  purchased 


and  used  a  small  cheap  Machine  for  washing 
clothes,  composed  of  hollows  and  rounds,  and 
calculated  as  a  material  improvement  for 
washing  by  hand,  think  it  best  adapted  for 
its  purpose  of  any  thing  of  the  kind  which  has 
ever  come  to  our  knowledge;  as  it  is  small, 
plain,  simple,  easy  and  cheap,  and  greatly 
facilitates  the  labor  without  injury  to  the 
clothes  or  hands  of  the  person  who  uses  it. 
We  would  therefore  recommend  the  purchase 
of  said  machine  to  our  friends  and  the  public. 
James  Cooper,  Joseph  Walker,  William 
West,  William  Milnor,  William  Rush,  and 
many  other  respectable  citizens. 

Thus  originated  the  washboard  now 
commonly  in  use. 

Poetry  was  not  omitted.  Under 
this  general  head  are  printed  stanzas 
to  a  "Lady,"  by  Thomas  Moore;  and 
other  verses. 

Editorials,  in  the  present  and  gen- 
eral acceptance  of  the  term,  were 
omitted,  the  editors  contenting  them- 
selves and  the  public  with  what  ap- 
pears to  be  largely  reprints  from  other 
and  widely  separated  sources.  Ad- 
vertisements were  occasional,  and 
generally  limited  to  legal  notices ;  the 
proprietors  manifestly  drew  no  large 
revenue  from  that  source.  One  al- 
luring notice  states  that  "Another 
prize  has  drawn  the  handsome  sum 
of  five  thousand  dollars  in  the  Internal 
Navigation  Lottery, — tickets  at  office 
ofG.  W.  Tuckerman." 

A  notice  appears  of  the  death  of 
Mrs.  McClintock,  wife  of  Rev.  Dr. 
Samuel  McClintock  of  Greenland. 

It  is  interesting  and  assuring  to  be 
given  a  close  glimpse  of  our  fathers 
and  their  lives  so  many  years  ago. 
Interesting,  as  it  presents  the  prob- 
lems and  difficulties  and  achieve- 
ments which  meant  so  much  to  those 
who  sustained  the  burdens  of  distant 
days;  assuring,  because  it  furnishes 
evidence  that,  after  all,  we  are  much 
as  they  were;  that  this  generation  has 
not  departed  far  from  the  ancient 
standards  of  right  living  and  good 
conduct.  May  our  children  a  hun- 
dred years  hence  have  cause  to  say 
as  much  for  ourselves. 


NEW  HAMPSHIRE  NECROLOGY 


GEORGE  O.  WHITING 
George  O.  Whiting,  long  connected  with 
the  famous  milk  contracting  firm  of  D.  Whit- 
ing &  Sons,  of  Wilton  and  Boston,  died  at 
his  home  in  Lexington,  Mass.,  June  27,  1915. 
He  was  born  in  Wilton,  March  20,  1841, 
and  was  a  son  of  David  Whiting  of  that  town. 
He  was  educated  at  the  Groton  School  and 
New  Ipswich  Academy,  of  which  latter  insti- 
tution he  was,  later,  a  trustee.  He  devoted 
his  life  to  the  milk  business  which  his  father 
founded,  retiring  about  eight  years  age.  His 
home  had  been  in  Lexington,  Mass.,  for 
many  years,  where  he  was  president  of  the 
Lexington  Savings  Bank,  and  had  been  presi- 
dent of  the  Lexington  Historical  Society. 
While  living  in  Wilton  he  represented  the 
town  in  the  N.  H.  Legislature,  in  1867-8, 
and  was  president  of  the  Wilton  railroad. 
He  is  survived  by  a  wife,  who  was  Laura 
Maria  Bowers,  and  three  married  daughters. 

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EDWARD   L.   HILL 

Edward  Livingston  Hill,  a  Boston  lawyer, 
and  Civil  War  veteran,  died  at  his  home  in 
Dorchester,  Mass.,  June  24.  He  was  born 
in  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  October  15,  1832,  son 
of  William  and  Elizabeth  (Wiggin)  Hill,  and 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  Phillips 
Exeter  Academy  and  the  Bridgewater,  Mass., 
Normal  School.  He  studied  law,  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar,  and  opened  an  office  in 
Boston  in  1860,  but  entered  the  Union  service 
on  the  outbreak  of  the  war,  returning  to 
practice  after  its  conclusion,  having  an  office 
at  47  Court  Street.  In  1869  he  married  Sarah 
G.  M.  Blanchard  who  died  in  1907. 

REV.   PERLEY   B.   DAVIS 

Rev.  Perley  Brown  Davis,  long  pastor  of 
the  Congregational  Church  at  Hyde  Park, 
Mass.,  and  chairman  of  the  school  board  there, 
died  in  the  Faulkner  Hospital  at  Jamaica 
Plain,  June  13,  1915,  aged  eighty-four  years. 

He  was  born  in  New  Ipswich,  N.  H.,  a  son 
of  Deacon  James  Davis,  April  26,  1832.  He 
attended  the  Academy  in  his  native  town, 
taught  school  several  years,  and  graduated 
from  Andover  Theological  Seminary  in  1861. 
His  first  pastorate  was  in  Sharon,  Mass.,  but 
in  1867  he  became  pastor  at  Hyde  Park,  con- 
tinuing for  twenty-five  years.  Later  he  was 
for  some  years  acting  pastor  of  the  Central 
Congregational  Church  of  Dorchester,  but 
had  been  retired  for  some  time  past,  having 
his  home  in  West  Roxbury. 

HENRY  A.  SILVER 

Henry  A.  Silver,  for  several  years  superin- 
tendent of  the  Suffolk  County  (Mass.)  Court 
House,  died  at  his  home  in  Roxbury,  July  10. 

He  was  born  in  Hooksett,  N.  H.,  April  27, 
1849,  son  of  Thomas  J.  S.  and  Eliza  J.  (Bart- 
lett)  Silver.  The  family  removing  to  Boston 
in  his  childhood,  he  was  educated  there  in 


the  public  schools.  He  became  early  inter- 
ested in  mechanics,  and  was  for  some  time 
engaged  with  the  Grover  &  Baker  Sewing 
Machine  Company,  and  later  with  the  Whit- 
tier  Machine  Company,  in  the  construction 
of  elevators.  In  1892  he  became  a  court 
officer  under  Sheriff  O'Brien,  was  later 
promoted  to  deputy  sheriff  and  for  the  last 
six  years  had  been  superintendent  of  the 
Court  House  in  Pemberton  Square.  He  was 
interested  in  genealogy,  and  a  member  of  the 
Roxbury  Historical  and  New  England  His- 
toric Genealogical  Societies.  He  was  a 
Mason  and  a  Knight  of  Honor,  and  Past 
Grand  Dictator  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  K.  of 
H.,  of  Massachusetts. 

He  married,  in  1872,  Miss  Abbie  M.  Swett 
of  Roxbury,  who  died  in  1909.  He  is  sur- 
vived by  two  sons,  Bertram  E.,  and  Wallace  P. 

STEPHEN  G.  CLARKE 

Stephen  Greeley  Clarke,  a  native  of  Gil- 
manton,  born  in  1833,  died,  July  14,  at  his 
home  in  Tenafly,  N.  J. 

He  was  a  son  of  the  late  William  C.  Clarke, 
formerly  attorney-general  of  New  Hampshire, 
and  was  a  graduate  of  the  Harvard  Law 
School.  He  practiced  law  for  a  time  in 
Manchester,  but  removed  to  New  York  City 
in  1864,  where  he  was  a  member  of  the  firm 
of  Stanley,  Brown  &  Clarke,  and  later  of 
Stanley,  Clarke  &  Smith,  devoted  to  customs 
law  practice.  For  some  years  he  held  the 
office  of  Deputy  Collector  of  Customs  at  the 
port  of  New  York. 

GEN.  MARSHALL  C.  WENTWORTH 

Marshall  Clark  Wentworth,  born  in  Jack- 
son, August  16,  1844,  son  of  William  H.  H., 
and  Mary  (Clark)  Wentworth,  died  in  his 
native  town,  July  4,  1915. 

General  Wentworth  served  in  the  Fifth 
Maine  Volunteers,  and  in  the  First  New  Jersey 
Cavalry  in  the  Civil  War,*  but  gained  his 
military  title  as  Quartermaster  General  on  the 
staff  of  Gov.  Charles  H.  Bell  in  1881-1882. 
He  was  chiefly  known  as  a  hotel  manager, 
having  been  connected  with  the  old  Thorn 
Mountain  House  and  having  established 
Wentworth  Hall  in  Jackson,  in  1869,  which 
he  managed  until  1906.  He  had  also  been 
engaged  in  the  management  of  winter  hotel 
resorts  in  California.  He  was  a  Republican 
in  politics  and  a  presidential  elector  in  1884. 
He  was  a  Mason  and  an  Odd  Fellow.  May  30, 
1869,  he  married  Georgia  A.  Trickey,  of  Jack- 
son, who  survives  him. 

DR.  SUMNER  F.  CHAPMAN 
Dr.  Sumner  F.  Chapman,  one  of  six  sons 
of  Samuel  Chapman  of  Windsor,  N.  H.,  born 
there  February  1,  1835,  died  in  Greenfield, 
Mass.,  July  18,  1915. 

Doctor  Chapman  was  educated  in  the 
district  school,  and  at  Tubbs  Union  Academy, 
Washington,  N.  H.,  and  was  for  a  time  en- 


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gaged  in  teaching.  He  later  became  a  machin- 
ist in  which  business  he  was  engaged 
in  Elmira,  N.  Y.,  Winchendon,  Mass., 
and  Bellows  Falls,  Vt.  Later  he  was  thus 
engaged  in  Turners  Falls,  Vt.  In  1876  he 
removed  to  Greenfield,  Mass.  He  became 
a  spiritualist  in  1858  and  was  one  of  the 
organizers  of  the  movement  out  of  which 
grew  the  New  England  Spiritualist  Camp- 
meeting  Association  at  Lake  Pleasant.  For 
many  years  past  he  had  been  in  successful 
practice  as  a  magnetic  healer. 

October  7,  1857,  he  married  Maria  E.  Hurd, 
•of  Lempster.  Their  children,  surviving,  are 
Clinton  M.  Chapman  of  Holyoke,  Mass.,  and 
Mrs.  Grace  C.  McVey  of  Greenfield. 

LEWIS  W.  BREWSTER 

Lewis  W.  Brewster,  of  Portsmouth,  the 
•oldest  journalist  in  the  state  at  the  time  of 
his  death,  died  at  the  Wentworth  Home  in 
that  city,  July  24,  1915. 

He  was  the  son  of  the  late  Charles  W.  and 
Mary  (Gilman)  Brewster,  born  in  Ports- 
mouth, June  30,  1830.  Early  in  life  he 
learned  the  printer's  trade  in  the  office  of  the 
Portsmouth  Journal,  publishpr"  by  his  father, 
and  at  the  death  of  the  latter,  in  1868,  suc- 
ceeded him  in  the  management  of  the  paper, 
which  he  continued  till  1903,  when  it  was 
united  with  the  New  Hampshire  Gazette. 

Mr.  Brewster  was  a  Republican,  and  had 
served  as  president  of  the  Portsmouth  city 
council;  also  in  the  state  legislature  in  1911 
and  1913.  He  was  a  Congregationalist,  an 
Odd  Fellow,  a  member  of  the  Warwick  Club 
and  of  the  Portsmouth  Athenaeum;  also  of 
the  Suburban  and  New  England  Press 
Associations. 

In  1855,  he  married  Annie  B.  Greene  of 
Hampton  Falls.  Of  their  three  children,  one, 
Arthur  W.  Brewster,  survives. 

HARRY  M.  CAVIS 

Harry  Minot  Cavis,  born  in  Bristol,  May 
29,  1857,  died  in  Concord,  July  8,  1915. 

He  was  the  oldest  of  seven  children  of 
George  M.  Cavis,  a  Bristol  merchant,  and  was 
educated  at  New  Hampton  Institution.  He 
studied  law  with  Hon.  Hosea  W.  Parker  of 
Claremont  and  John  Y.  Mugridge"  of  Con- 
cord, was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1881,  and 
located  in  Concord,  where  he  ever  after  re- 
sided, except  for  a  time  when  he  was  an  exam- 
iner for  the  United  States  Court  of  Claims 
in  Washington. 

He  was  for  a  time  confidential  clerk  of  the 
president  of  the  Concord  and  Montreal  Rail- 
road; and  was  long  closely  associated  with 
Hon.  Samuel  C.  Eastman  in  the  conduct  of 
his  banking,  law  and  insurance  business, 
being,  also,  a  trustee  of  the  New  Hampshire 
Savings  Bank  and  attending  to  the  examina- 
tion of  real  estate  titles  and  the  execution  of 
mortgages  for  that  institution. 

He  married,  in  1897,  Miss  Kate  Chandler, 
who  survives,  with  one  son,  George  Chandler 
Cavis. 


GEN.  HARLEY  B.  ROBY 

Gen.  Harley  B.  Roby,  commander  of  the 
First  Regiment,  N.  H.  N.  G.,  born  in  Concord, 
December  13,  1863,  died  there,  after  a  long 
illness,  August  6,  1915. 

He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  and 
was  for  some  years  a  clerk  in  the  banking 
house  of  E.  H.  Rollins  &  Sons,  subsequently 
becoming  a  member  of  the  firm,  and  holding 
the  position  of  secretary  and  director.  Later 
he  disposed  of  his  interest,  and  was  for  four 
years  engaged  in  a  private  banking  business, 
when,  in  March,  1896,  he  formed  a  partner- 
ship, in  the  same  line,  with  Frank  M.  Knowles, 
which  was  continued,  till  his  retirement  last 
spring  on  account  of  ill  health. 

He  had  been  connected  with  the  National 
Guard  since  1886,  rising  from  a  subordinate 
position  to  the  command  of  the  regiment,  in 
which  he  succeeded  Colonel  Babbidge, 
November  9,  1913.  A  few  months  since,  he 
was  brevetted  a  brigadier  general,  by  Gov- 
ernor Spaulding. 

He  was  a  Congregationalist  and  a  Repub- 
lican, had  served  in  the  Concord  board  of 
Aldermen,  and  in  the  state  legislature  in  1901 
and  1903.  He  was  a  Mason,  an  Elk,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Wonolancet  Club,  and  of  the  Sons 
of  the  American  Revolution. 

October  3,  1889,  he  united  in  marriage  with 
Miss  Jennie  D.,  daughter  of  the  late  Frank 
Jones  of  Concord,  who  survives,  with  one 
daughter,  Miss  Marion. 

ALEXIS  PROCTOR 

Alexis  Proctor,  long  a  prominent  business 
man  of  Franklin,  died  at  his  home  in  that  city, 
August  10,  1915. 

He  was  a  native  of  Derry,  born  March  4, 
1826,  the  son  of  Benjamin  and  Rachel  (Camp- 
bell) Proctor,  and  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  and  PinkertonAcademy.  For  twenty 
years  he  taught  school  and  was  engaged  as  a 
land  surveyor  and  auctioneer  in  Derry  and 
surrounding  towns.  In  1864  he  removed  to 
Franklin,  and  was  for  ten  years  clerk  and 
paymaster  in  the  Taylor,  and  the  Stevens 
Woolen  Mills,  after  which  he  was  devoted  to 
the  banking  business,  becoming  treasurer  of 
the  Franklin  Savings  Bank  in  1874,  and 
serving  thirty-two  years  in  that  capacity. 
He  was  also  one  of  the  incorporators  of  the 
Franklin  National  Bank. 

Mr.  Proctor  was  a  Republican  in  politics, 
and  served  four  years  as  a  Representative  in 
the  state  legislature  from  Derry.  He  had 
been,  also,  a  member  of  the  superintending 
school  committee  in  Franklin,  and  for  twelve 
years  an  assessor.  He  was  a  Mason,  the 
oldest  member  of  Meridian  Lodge  of  Franklin, 
and  a  member  of  Mount  Horeb  Commandery, 
K.  T.,  of  Concord.  He  had  been  a  trustee  of 
the  Unitarian  Church  at  Franklin  since  its 
organization. 

Mr.  Proctor  married,  May  30,  1850,  Miss 
Emma  Gage  of  Pelham,  who  died  October  1, 
1901.  Three  children,  Frank,  John  P.,  and 
Mary  A.,  all  of  Franklin,  survive. 


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THREE  ANNIVERSARIES 

Cornish,  Orford  and   Dunbarton  Celebrate  Their  One   Hundred 

and  Fiftieth 

Aside  from  Concord  and  Hopkin-  which  with  its  unusual  importance, 

ton,  whose  elaborate  celebrations  of  on   account   of   the   anniversary,    re- 

their  one  hundred  and  fiftieth  anniver-  suited   in   bringing   together   a'  large 

saries    have    been    extensively    noted  number  of  people,  from  within  and 

in     former    issues    of    the    Granite  without  the  town,  many  coming  from 

Monthly,  three  other  towns  in  the  abroad.     The   oldest   person   present 

state    held    similar    observances    last  was  Mrs.  Ann  Thrasher  of  Cornish, 

month,     viz. :     Cornish     in    Sullivan  ninty-seven  years  of  age.     Claremont 

County,  Orford  in  Grafton,  and  Dun-  and  Newport  sent  large  delegations, 

barton  in  Merrimack,  a  brief  account  and  there  were  many  from   different 

of  each  being  herewith  presented :  places  in  this  state,   Massachusetts, 

Vermont   and   elsewhere.     The   fore- 

CORNISH  noon   was   occupied    in   social   inter- 

The  celebration  in  this  town  was  course,  and  the  interchange  of  greet- 

held  in   connection  with  the  thirty-  ings  by  old  friends,  once  again  happily 

ninth  annual  "Old  People's"  gather-  united;    while    at    the   noon    hour   a 

ing.     This   gathering   was   instituted  bountiful   dinner  was  served  in   the 

by  Rev.  T.  J.  Jackson  and  wife,  and  Congregational    Church    vestry,     by 

has  been  a  regular  midsummer  event  the    ladies,    to    the    old    people    and 

in  Cornish,  the  date  being  fixed  for  other  invited  guests,   the   crowd,   at 

the  Wednesday  nearest  the  20th  of  the    same    time,    enjoying    a    picnic 

August,    which    ordinarily    brings    it  dinner    from    their    well-filled    lunch 

within    the    compass    of    Old    Home  baskets.     It  was  estimated  that  over 

Week,  although  preceding  the  same  eight   hundred   people   were   present 

this  year,  occurring  as  it  did  on  the  during  the  day. 

18th  day  of  the  month.  The   formal    exercises    of   the    day 

This    Cornish  ■  gathering,    bringing  were  held  in  the  church,  opening  at 

together  the  older  natives  and  resi-  1-30  p.  m.     The  audience  room  was 

dents  of  the  town,  and  a  similar  one  veiT   neatly   and   appropriately   dec- 

in  the  town  of  Croydon,  which  was  orated   for   the   occasion   with   flags, 

the  first  instituted,  together  with  the  flowers,  etc.,  with  many  relics  of  the 

annual  town  picnics  in  Swanzey  and  olden   time   on   exhibition,    including 

Nelson,     in     Cheshire     County,     are  some  veiT  interesting  records  of  Gen. 

supposed  to  have  furnished  the  basic  Jonathan    Chase,    prominent    in    the 

idea  of  Governor  Rollins'  Old  Home  early    days.     F.     B.     Comings     was 

Week  movement,  now  crystalized  into  president    of    the    day    and    gave    a 

a  permanent  New  Hampshire  institu-  felicitous   address   of   welcome,    after 

tion.  the  opening  exercises,  which  consisted 

The  occasion,  this  year,  was  favored  of    a    song — "Hurrah   for    Old    New 

with    excellent    weather    conditions,  England" — by      the      Bartlett      and 


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Quimby  Quartette;  invocation  by- 
Rev.  George  Skinner,  pastor  of  the 
Congregational  Church;  scripture 
reading  by  Rev.  George  H.  Sisson 
of  Woodstock,  Vt.  The  response  to 
the  address  of  welcome  was  given  in 
appropriate  verse,  by  Mrs.  M.  W. 
Palmer  of  Claremont.  It  should  be 
noted  that  the  Bible  and  pulpit  chair 
used  on  the  occasion  were  the  same 
used  in  the  old  church  on  the  hill 
a  hundred  years  ago. 

A  number  of  addresses  were  given, 
the  first  being  by  G.  L.  Deming,  who 
spoke  of  the  settlement  of  the  town 
and  the  early  happenings  in  connec- 
tion therewith.  William  H.  Child 
spoke  of  the  churches  and  their 
early  history.  William  H.  Sisson 
paid  fitting  tribute  to  Cornish  sol- 
diers, both  of  the  Revolutionary  and 
Civil  War  periods.  Dr.  A.  P.  Fitch 
discussed  the  "Early  Ways,"  or  the 
character  and  .characteristics  of  the 
people  in  the  early  years  of  the  town's 
history.  Prof.  C.  A.  Tracy  of  Meriden 
spoke  of  the  district  school  and  its 
influence  upon  the  character  of  the 
community;  while  Col.  Winston 
Churchill's  theme  was  the  "Cornish 
Colony,"  so  called,  made  up  of  artists, 
authors,  professional  men  and  others 
from  abroad,  who  have  made  their 
summer  home  in  a  section  of  this 
old  town,  and  thereby  given  it  a 
measure  of  celebrity  abroad,  which 
it  would  not  otherwise  have  attained. 
In  this  connection  it  should  be  men- 
tioned that  two  of  the  daughters  of 
President  Wilson,  whose  summer 
home  is  at  "Harlakenden."  Colonel 
Churchill's  fine  country  estate — • 
Miss  Margaret  Wilson  and  Mrs. 
Francis  B.  Sayre — were  among  those 
in  attendance  upon  the  celebration. 

The  last  and  principal  speaker  of 
the  day  was  a  distinguished  son  of 
Cornish,  long  prominent  in  Massachu- 
setts public  and  professional  life, 
Hon.  Samuel  L.  Powers  of  Boston 
and  Newton,  whose  remarks  took  a 
wide  range,  covering  many  points  of 
interest  to  Cornish  people  at  home 
and    abroad,    and    commanded    the 


close  attention  of  all  present  for  half 
an  hour  or  more. 

A  variety  of  excellent  music  was 
furnished  during  the  exercises,  in- 
cluding the  singing,  by  a  quartette, 
of  the  following  original  hymn  written 
by  George  E.  Fairbanks  and  set  to 
music  by  George  Wood: 

Nestling  close  to  the  mountain 

Like  a  beautiful  blushing  bride, 
While  gently  it's  kissed  by  the  waters 

That  flow  by  the  sunset  side. 

Chorus 

Cornish,  the  gem  of  New  Hampshire, 

How  many  joys  and  tears 
The  people  have  seen  in  thy  borders 

This  hundred  and  fifty  years. 

The  breezes  blow  over  thy  forests 

Depleted  by  many  a  tree ; 
Where  once  there  was  nothing  but  woodland, 

Now  beautiful  homes  we  see. 

Thy  hilltops  are  kissed  by  the  sunbeams 

All  robed  in  the  morning  dew; 
The  flowers  are  waiting  to  welcome 

The  singing  of  birds  anew. 

The  records  we  find  of  thy  people, 
We  scan  them  with  heartfelt  pride. 

Where  there  has  been  worthy  achievement, 
Due  honors  were  not  denied. 

Whenever  the  needs  of  our  nation 

Demanded  a  patriot's  grave, 
There  never  were  any  more  ready 

Than  the  soldiers  that  Cornish  gave. 

The  future  is  standing  before  us, 
Our  children  are  brave  and  true; 

We  ask  them  to  honor  old  Cornish, 
And  feel  we  can  trust  them  to. 

ORFORD 

Orford  took  the  occasion  of  the  one 
hundred  and  fiftieth  anniversary  of 
the  town  to  celebrate  its  first  "Old 
Home  Week."  More  than  the  usual 
effort  was  made,  therefore,  to  make 
the  occasion  a  memorable  one.  Every 
effort  possible  was  made  to  send  invi- 
tations to  all  former  residents.  On 
Sunday,  the  22d  of  August,  the  West 
Congregational  Church  commenced 
the  exercises  with  a  rededication  of 
its  edifice,  which  had  just  been  thor- 
oughly repaired  at  an  expense  of  over 
$2,500.  Neighboring  churches  joined 
in  the  celebration.  A  powerful  ser- 
mon was  preached  by  the  pastor  of 


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399 


the  two  churches  of  the  town,  Rev. 
Henry  H.  Wentworth,  on  "The  City 
of  Our  Dreams."  It  was  designed 
to  be  a  community  Sunday  and  the 
preacher  dwelt  on  the  possibilities  of 
the  town.  The  sermon  has  been 
printed  at  the  request  and  expense  of 
one  of  the  city  residents.  On  Tues- 
day evening  the  Masonic  lodge  held 
its  regular  meeting,  and  opened  its 
doors  to  the  visiting  brethren,  a  large 
number  of  whom  were  greatly  pleased 
to  visit  the  lodge  in  their  old  home 


single  horse.  The  horse  bore  the  wife 
and  their  possessions.  There  were 
the  Moreys  coming  in  their  ox  team 
in  midwinter,  father,  mother  and  chil- 
dren, the  youngest  only  six  months 
old.  The  log  cabin,  with  its  one  room, 
showed  how  the  two  first  families 
spent  the  winter.  The  Goddess  of 
Liberty  represented  the  liberty  loving 
people  who  fought  in  and  sustained 
the  war  for  independence.  The  thir- 
teen original  states  were  represented 
by   that   number    of    mounted    girls, 


View  on  Orford  Street 


town   and   meet   the   members   in   a 
social  way. 

The  morning  of  the  25th,  which  had 
been  set  for  the  celebration  proper, 
opened  most  auspiciously.  Previous 
rains  had  settled  the  dust  and  cooled 
the  atmosphere  so  that  the  day  was 
ideal.  The  crowds  began  to  come 
early  and  the  main  street  was  filled 
with  conveyances.  The  first  and 
most  attractive  part  of  the  program 
was  a  pageant  parade.  The  depart- 
ing Indians  were  in  evidence  and  in 
their  trail  were  John  Mann  and  his 
bride,    coming    to    town    with   their 


riding  for  liberty.  There  were  floats 
representing  the  early  industries  and 
manner  of  living.  Daniel  Webster 
came  to  town  in  an  old  stage  coach, 
as  he  was  campaigning  in  the  great 
contest  of  1840.  There  were  many 
other  designs  to  represent  the  past  as 
well  as  the  present. 

The  church  was  the  next  assembly 
place,  which  was  packed  to  its  utmost. 
Fred  Parker  Carr,  Esq.,  of  Boston  was 
the  presiding  officer.  Rev.  Henry  I. 
Cushman  of  Providence,  R.  I.,  pro- 
fessor in  the  Tufts  Divinity  School, 
gave  a  magnificent  oration  on  "  Orford 


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Bygones  and  Orford  Possibilities."  dresses  and  a  large  amount  of  gen- 
After  briefly  narrating  the  observa-  ealogical  material  was  issued  in  pam- 
tions  and  experiences  of  early  life,  phlet  form  on  the  anniversary  day. 
he  dwelt  upon  the  possibilities  of  the  It  had  been  claimed  by  many  that 
town  in  coming  years.  He  noted  the  the  town  could  never  entertain  an  Old 
change  in  drift  from  country  to  city  Home  Week  gathering.  This  year 
to  country  from  city,  and  pleaded  for  a  2,000  were  cared  for  and  entertained 
cordial  reception  and  liberal  prepara-  in  a  manner  which  was  as  great  a 
tion  for  such  a  coming  to  the  fairest  of  surprise  to  the  residents  as  to  the 
towns.  There  must  be  a  keenness  guests.  There  has  come  from  the 
for  the  best  methods  of  farming,  as  event  a  consciousness  that  the  town 
Orford  must  always  be  a  farming  can  do  things,  and  a  new  spirit  of 
town  and  there  must  first  of  all  be  a  hopefulness  for  the  future, 
get-togetherness  in  all  things. 

Following  the  church  service  eleven  DUNBARTON 

hundred  people  were  fed  in  a  great  Thursday,  August  26,  was  the  day 

tent  on  the  common,  with  a  chicken  set  apart  by  the  town  of  Dunbarton 

pie  dinner.     In  the  afternoon  some  of  (the  ancient  Starktown)  for  its  one 

the   people   again   assembled   in   the  hundred  and  fiftieth  anniversary  cele- 

church    for    the    post-prandial    exer-  bration,  arrangements  for  which  were 

cises,  presided  over  by  Henry  Wheeler,  in  the  hands  of  a  committee  provided 

Esq.,     of    Boston.     Responses    were  for  at  the  annual  town  meeting,  at 

made    by   George   P.    Martin,    com-  which  an  appropriation  was  made  to 

mander  of  the  Vermont  G.  A.  R,;  Ever-  defray  the  expenses  incident  to  the 

ett  P.  Wheeler,  Esq.,  of  New  York;  occasion,    by   virtue   of   an   enabling 

H.  S.  Conant,  Boston;  Edwin  B.  Hale,  act  passed  at  the  last  session  of  the 

Esq.,    Boston;  Hon.    John    C.    Hale,  legislature. 

Ohio;  Prof.  Homer  E.  Keyes,  Dart-  In  point  of  weather  conditions  the 

mouth;   Madam   Ellen   Beal   Morey,  day  was  all  that  could  be  desired,  and 

Maiden,  Mass. ;  and  Dr.  Lewis  Mann  the  excellent  work  of  the  committee, 

Silver  of  New  York.  in  all  lines,  which  had  been  faithfully 

At  the  same  time  another  crowd  was  and   intelligently   planned,    and   was 

assembled  on  the  common  and  wit-  most    successfully    carried    out,    was 

nessed  a  baseball  game  between  the  appreciated  and  enjoyed  by  a  larger 

married  and  single  men,   and   other  crowd  of  people  than  had  assembled 

sports.     Four   hundred   were   fed    at  in  the  old  town  since  the  centennial 

supper  time  in  the  tent.  celebration  fifty  years  ago,  if  it  did 

During  the  day  a  great  display  of  not    even    exceed    that.     Some    esti- 

antiques   were   on   exhibition   in   the  mates  placed  the  number  present  at 

Social  Library  rooms.     Here  had  been  2,000.     This  was  probably  an  exag- 

gathered  documents,  books,  clothing,  geration;  but  there  were  unquestion- 

implements  and  handy  work  of  by-  ably    more    people    on    "Dunbarton 

gone  days  of  uncommon  value  and  Hill"  that  day  than  had  been  before 

interest.     In    the    evening     Madam  for  many  a  year,  or  will  be  again  for 

Beal  had  charge  of  a  concert  in  the  many  a  year  to  come;  and  all  thor- 

church.     A  splendidly  developed  cho-  oughly    enjoyed    the    day    and    the 

rus    was    the    backing   for    imported  incidents  and  exercises  it  held  in  store 

soloists  and  entertainer.  for  them. 

In    connection   with   the  occasion,  While   the   primary  object   of  the 

William  R.  Conant,  Esq.,  a  resident,  day  was  the  anniversary  celebration, 

prepared   a  historical   sketch  of  the  it  served  the  purpose  of  an  Old  Home 

town,  supplementary  to  the  centen-  Day,  in  the  largest  measure,  in  that 

nial  oration  and  bringing  events  down  a  large  number  of  natives  and  former 

to  date.     This  with  the  morning  ad-  residents,  from  nearby  towns,  as  well 


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401 


as  from  distant  places,  were  present, 
mingling  with  former  friends  and 
neighbors,  and  renewing  the  associa- 
tions of  years  now  gone. 

The  exercises  of  the  day  opened 
with  a  concert  by  the  Hopkinton 
Band  at  10  a.  m.;  followed  at  10.30  by 
a  grand  parade  in  which  appeared 
many  historical  floats,  decorated  auto- 
mobiles and  bicycles,  and  vehicles 
and  marchers  of  various  descriptions. 
An  interesting  feature  was  the  two- 
wheeled  chaise  used  by  Molly  Stark 
more  than  a  century  ago. 

A  brief  preliminary  program  was 
carried  out  before  dinner,  at  which 
President  Frederick  L.  Ireland  gave 
an  address  of  welcome,  which  was 
responded  to  by  Prof.  William  H. 
Barnham  of  Worcester,  Mass.  George 
G.  Lord  also  gave  a  short  address,  and 
letters  of  regret  from  absent  friends 
were  read  by  James  E.  Stone.         f  < 

The  formal  exercises  opened  at 
2  p.  m.,  prayer  being  offered  by  Rev. 

A.  K.  Gleason  of  Feeding  Hills,  Mass. 
The  historical  address — an  extended, 
carefully  prepared  and  deeply  interest- 
ing production — was  given  by  John 

B.  Mills,  a  journalist  of  Grand  Rapids, 
Mich.,  a  son  of  Dunbarton  and  gradu- 
ate of  Dartmouth,  who  came  1,000 
miles  to  perform  the  important  duty 
assigned  him,  which  he  did  to  his  own 
credit  and  the  satisfaction  of  all  pres- 
ent. A  paper  of  "Chronicles"  was 
read  by  Miss  Ella  Mills,  and  an 
original  poem  was  given  by  Marjorie 


Barnard  Parker  of  GofTstown.  Brief 
addresses  were  made  by  Rev.  T.  C. 
H.  Bonton,  a  former  pastor;  Bishop 
Edward  M.  Parker  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church;  Rev.  F.  L.  Tolford 
of  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.,  Rose  F.  Ireland 


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of  Gloucester,  Mass.;  Sherman  E. 
Burroughs  of  Manchester,  and  others. 
Aside  from  the  band,  music  was 
furnished  by  the  Lotus  Quartette  of 
Boston,  which  gave  a  concert  in  the 
town  hall  in  the  evening,  followed  by 
dancing. 


FATE  AND   FORTUNE 

By  Moses  Gage  Shirley 

I  often  think  to  the  ambitious  mind 
That  fate  and  fortune  never  are  unkind, 
And  to  the  dreamer  seeking  for  a  rose 
The  gates  of  beauty  they  will  never  close. 


WILSON  W.   CAREY 
On  His  Eighty-Fourth  Birthday 


WILSON  W.   CAREY 

By  H.  H.  Metcalf 

^JThe  state  of  New  Hampshire  is  Cary,  born  near  Bristol  in  Somer- 
noted  no  more  for  the  natural  attrac-  setshire,  England,  about  1610,  who 
tions  which  make  it  the  favorite  came  to  America  in  1634,  and  joined 
vacation  resort  of  thousands  of  people  the  Plymouth  Colony.  In  1639,  in 
from  all  parts  of  the  country,  than  company  with  others,  he  bought  a 
for  its  remarkable  contribution  to  tract  of  land  about  fourteen  miles 
the  ranks  of  those  who,  in  the  fields  square,  of  Massasoit,  the  Indian 
of  professional,  commercial  and  in-  chief,  which  embraced  what  are  now 
dustrial  effort,  have  developed  the  Brockton,  Duxbury  and  Bridge- 
forces  of  national  progress  and  pros-  water.  He  finally  became  a  settler 
perity.  No  town  in  the  state,  in  in  the  Bridgewater  section,  and  when 
proportion  to  its  population,  has  been  that  town  was  incorporated,  in  1656, 
more  extensively  or  effectively  repre-  he  was  chosen  constable,  the  only 
sented  in  this  contribution  than  the  officer  chosen  the  first  year.  The  fol- 
little  town  of  Lempster,  in  Sullivan  lowing  year  he  was  elected  town  clerk, 
County,  which  in  its  palmiest  days  and  served  in  that  office  till  his  death 
never  numbered  1,000  inhabitants,  in  1681.  He  was  highly  educated 
and  for  many  years  past  has  had  less  for  his  time  and  is  reputed  to  have 
than  400.  Clergymen,  teachers,  law-  been  the  first  teacher  of  Latin  in 
yers,  physicians,  dentists,  manufac-  Plymouth  Colony.  He  married  Eliza- 
turers,  merchants,  mechanics,  business  beth  Godfrey  in  1644,  and  they  had 
men  generally,  have  gone  out  from  this  twelve  children.  The  line  of  descent 
town  in  goodly  numbers,  won  success  is  traced  as  follows:  John1,  John2, 
and  credit  for  themselves,  honored  the  Eleazer3,  William4.  This  William,  of 
occupations  of  their  choice,  and  the  fourth  generation,  born  in  Wind- 
advanced  the  welfare  of  the  com-  ham,  Conn.,  October  28,  1729,  and  re- 
munities  in  which  they  dwelt;  and  yet  moved  to  Lempster,  N.  H.,  in  1772, 
it  is  but  fair  to  say  that  those  who  where  he  engaged  in  farming.  He 
have  remained  at  home  have  "kept  became  a  leading  citizen,  was  a  dea- 
the  faith,"  maintained  the  old  patri-  con  of  the  church,  and  was  prominent 
otic  spirit,  and  performed  their  full  in  the  patriot  service  in  the  war  of  the 
duty  as  citizens  to  the  extent  of  Revolution,  holding  a  captain's  com- 
their  ability,  as  is  evidenced,  among  mission  in  Colonel  Fellows'  regiment 
other  ways,  by  their  faithful  and  at  Saratoga.  He  was  a  man  of 
uninterrupted  observance  of  "Old  great  physical  strength  as  well  as 
Home  Day"  ever  since  the  insti-  sterling  character,  and  reared  a  family 
tution  of  the  festival  sixteen  years  of  fifteen  children*  Of  these  children 
ago.  three  sons,   Olivet,   Elliott  and  Wil- 

Among  the  men  who  have  achieved  liam,  all  of  whom  were  born  in  Wind- 
success  in  industrial  life,  and  contrib-  ham,  remained  in  Lempster,  where 
uted  to  the  growth  and  prosperity  they  were  engaged  in  farming  and 
of  the  city  of  Lowell,  long  at  the  reared  large  families.  The  eldest 
front  among  the  manufacturing  com-  daughter  of  Olivet  was  the  wife  of 
munities  of  the  old  Bay  State,  is  Benajah  A.  Miner  and  the  mother 
Wilson  Wellman  Carey,  a  native  of  of  Rev.  Alonzo  A.  Miner,  D.  D.,  a 
Lempster,  born  August  24,  1831,  son  noted  Universalist  clergyman  of 
of  Alden  and  Hannah  B.  (Wellman)  Boston,  long  time  president  of  Tufts 
Carey.  College.     His    youngest   son,    Olivet 

The  original  emigrant  ancestor  of  Saxton,   was  a  prominent   citizen  of 

the  branch  of  the  Carey  family  to  Lempster  in  the  middle  of  the  last 

which  Wilson  W.  belongs  was  John  century. 


ALDEN  AND   HANNAH  WELLMAN  CAREY 
At  90  Years  of  Age 


Wilson  W.  Carey  405 

Elliott  Carey,  who  was  born  in  he  removed  to  Lowell,  Mass.,  and 
Windham,  Conn.,  December  20,  1763,  entered  the  employ  of  Crosby  &  Com- 
and  married  Anna  Roundy  of  Lemp-  ins  (afterwards  George  T.  Comins), 
ster,  August  8,  1790,  was  the  father  furniture  manufactures,  in  whose  ser- 
of  Alden,  who  was  the  fifth  of  nine  vice  he  continued  for  many  years, 
children.  He  was  born  July  7,  1801,  In  1866  he  started  in  business  for 
and  died  August  30,  1891,  having  himself  in  the  manufacture  of  wood- 
lived  for  eighty-one  years  on  the  turning  machinery,  the  next  year 
homestead  farm,  in  the  south  part  of  taking  G.  W.  Harris  as  a  partner, 
the  town,  sixty-seven  years  of  which  under  the  firm  name  of  Carey  &  Har- 
time  was  in  companionship  with  ris,  which  partnership  continued  for 
his  wife,  Hannah  B.  Wellman,  with  twelve  years,  when,  in  1879,  Mr. 
whom  he  was  united  December  30,  Carey  purchased  the  interest  of  Mr. 
1824,  and  who  died  April  2,  1891.  Harris,  and  since  that  time,  has  carried 
Alden  Carey  was  one  of  Lempster's  on  the  manufacture  of  wood-working 
successful  farmers  and  substantial  machinery,  hangers,  shafting,  pulleys, 
citizens,  active  in  public  affairs,  and,  etc.,  with  a  largely  increasing  busi- 
with  his  wife,  earnestly  devoted  to  the  ness.  The  factory  is  located  at  the 
interests  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  corner  of  Broadway  and  Mt.  Vernon 
Church  at  East  Lempster,  into  which  Street.  In  1907  the  concern  was 
faith  he  had  been  baptized  at  the  age  incorporated  as  the  W.  W.  Carey 
of  twenty-one,  by  the  pioneer  Metho-  Company,  with  Wilson  W.  Carey  as 
dist  leader,  Rev.  Wilbur  Fisk,  and  to  president,  which  position  he  still 
which   he   ever   steadfastly    adhered,  holds. 

He  was  a  patron  and  reader  of  the        Mr.  Carey  was  endowed  by  nature 

Zion's    Herald,    from    its    origin,    an  with  inventive  genius  of  high  order, 

earnest   advocate   of  the   antislavery  and  has  taken  out  in  his  own  name 

cause,  devoted  to  all  good  works,  and  no  less  than   a  dozen  patents  upon 

a  moral  exemplar  in  the  community,  devices  which  he  has  originated  in  the 

exerting  a  helpful  influence  of  more  course  of  his  industrial  career.     Al- 

than  ordinary  potency.  though  closely  devoted  to  the  busi- 

Wilson  W.  Carey  was  the  third  ness  in  which  he  has  made  substantial 

child  and  second  son  of  Alden  and  success,    he    has    taken    an    interest 

Hannah  Carey.     He-was  educated  in  in  public  and  financial  affairs  in  the 

the  district  school  and  at  Lempster  city  of  his  adoption.     He  is  a  Repub- 

Academy.     Although  a  farmer's  son,  lican  in  politics  and  served  as  a  mem- 

and  trained  in  early  life  to  farm  work,  ber   of   the   Lowell   City   Council   in 

like   many   others   similarly   situated  1885-86.     He  was  for  twenty  years 

he  developed  no  taste  for  agriculture,  a  director  of  the  old  Lowell  National 

and,    in    his    twenty-first    year,    left  Bank,  and  on  his  resignation,  August 

home  to  make  his  way  in  the  world  24,  1911,  was  presented  with  a  beau- 

in  some  other  calling.     He  went  first,  tiful  charm  by  his  fellow  directors  as 

to  'Amesbury,    Mass.,    where   he   en-  a  testimonial  of  their  kindly  regard 

gaged  in  the  spinning  department  of  and    appreciation.     His    residence    is 

a  woolen  mill.     His   stay   there   was  at   98    Mt.    Vernon    Street,    and    al- 

brief,  however.     He  next  worked  in  a  though,    at    84    years   of    age,  he    is 

cotton   mill   at   Nashua,    N.    H.,   for  retired  in  a  measure  from  the  activ- 

about  a  year,  when  he  was  induced  to  ities  of  life,  and  enjoying  the  respite 

abandon  this  line  of  work,  and  learn  to  which,  after  long  service,  he  is  well 

the  wood-turning  business,   engaging  entitled,   he    retains    his    interest    in 

at  first  for  eight  months  at  fifty  cents  the   business  which   his  efforts  have 

per     day.     He    remained     with    the  established,  and  in  the  welfare  of  the 

concern  by  which  he  had  been  em-  community  in  which  he  has  an  abid- 

ployed  for  two  years,  when,  in  1854,  ing  place. 


ANNA  CAREY  SHERWOOD 


CAREY   SHERWOOD 


408  The  Granite  Monthly 

Mr.  Carey  was  united  in  marriage,  married  Frank  J.  Sherwood,  now  the 

in  1854,  with  Lucia  P.  Noyes,  who  manager  of  Keith's  Theatre  in  Lowell, 

died,    March    18,    1859.     November  They  have  one  son,  Carey  Sherwood, 

6,    1861,   he  married   Ellen   Augusta  born   August    11,    1890,    who   is   the 

Hubbard.     Their  daughter  and  only  present  manager  of  the  W.  W.  Carey 

child,  Anna  F.,  born  March  9,  1865,  Company. 


CONCORD 

Tune:  Austria 

By  Martha  A.  S.  Baker 

In  a  vale  of  peace  and  beauty,  where  the  laughing  waters  glide, 
Lies  our  city,  fair  and  winsome,  filling  loyal  hearts  with  pride. 
In  the  hills  above,  around  her,  charms  of  grace  and  strength  behold! 
Chiseled  loveliness  in  granite,  workmanship  of  master  bold! 

Home  of  favored  sons  and  daughters!  Home  to  which  they  gladly  turn, 
If  afar  their  feet  have  wandered,  where  love's  altar-fires  still  burn. 
God  in  wisdom  guided  hither,  led  our  fathers  here  to  dwell; 
They  prepared  the  way  before  us:  may  we  serve  our  race  as  well. 

Their  foundation,  stern  and  rock-bound,  wrought  i^n  sacrifice  and  toil; 
We,  their  children,  build  in  concord  peaceful  homes  on  freedom's  soil. 
May  our  banner,  ever  waving,  bear  the  legend — peace,  not  strife: 
Love,  not  hate,  must  be  triumphant;  God  is  love  and  God  is  life. 


SUNSET  HOUR— GREAT  BAY,  N.  H. 

By  Bertha  B.  P.  Greene 

Deeply  blue  the  vaulted  sky,  with  a  golden  haze  in  the  singing  air, 
Dreaming  away  this  sunset  hour,  forgetting  the  world  and  its  care. 
Mossy  bank  near  bed  of  scarlet,  crimson  sheen  to  russet  brown. 
Ruby  hills  their  rare  old  mantles  trailing  where  the  road  winds  down, 

Blending  in  a  purple  shadow  where  the  hill  dips  into  the  West, 

And  all  the  way,  run  gray  stone  fences,  sumac  plumes  their  red  black  crest, 

Like  a  vast  vermilion  fleet,  wave  their  streaming  flags  so  old; 

Cloud  ships  adrift  sail  homeward  and  are  into  their  harbor  toled — 

Amethyst,  purple,  gold  and  gray  from  the  sunset  gates  stream  over  the  bay. 

A  silver  sail  on  shining  sea  swings  to  the  moan  of  its  melody. 

An  old  brown  boat  tied  to  the  shore,  its  dingy  side  by  the  sunset  dyed 

Rocking  away  on  the  rising  tide,  a  rainbow  of  colors  wore 

Opal  tints  of  afterglow  like  the  heart  of  an  ocean  shell; 

While  from  the  unseen  distance  come  stealing  the  notes  of  a  bell. 

Dull  the  pink  in  darkening  shadows  on  the  sunset  bank  of  the  bay, 

But  the  glory  has  tinted  my  spirit  and  goes  with  me  on  my  way. 


GENERAL  HENRY  DEARBORN 


By  E.  D.  Hadley 


A  valuable  service  was  rendered 
New  Hampshire  history  by  Gilbert 
Patten  Brown  in  the  production  of 
the  article  on  a  "  Veteran  of  Two 
Wars,"  and  by  the  Granite  Monthly 
in  giving  the  article  to  the  public  in 
the  magazine,  in  the  May  number  of 
1914.  Multitudes  have  had  their 
knowledge  of  the  life  and  times  of  this 
famous  New  Hampshire  son  enriched 
by  the  abundant  information  there 
gathered  and  given  to  the  world.  It 
was  to  thousands  an  introduction 
to  a  character  not  before  exploited  or 
paraded  before  the  public  to  their  in- 
timate acquaintance.  The  contem- 
plation of  his  character,  career  and 
service  to  his  state  and  country  leads 
one  to  the  belief  that  a  memorial  to 
his  memory  ought  to  stand  in  the 
State  House  grounds  in  Concord  along 
with  the  statues  of  Stark  and  Webster. 

While  Henry  Dearborn  rose  to  high 
position  and  service  to  the  nation  and 
drew  to  himself  the  attention  of  the 
whole  people  in  his  later  career,  no 
part  of  his  career  is  more  interesting 
or  deserves  more  careful  reading  than 
his  Revolutionary  service,  and  no 
service  in  the  Revolution  was  more 
strenuous  or  required  more  courage 
and  resolution  than  the  part  he  acted 
in  the  expedition  of  Benedict  Arnold 
to  Quebec  by  the  inhospitable  wilder- 
ness of  the  Kennebec  and  Chaudiere 
rivers.  General  Dearborn  was  not  a 
voluminous  writer  and  did  not  have  a 
press  agent,  but  it  is  to  his  methodical 
habit  of  keeping  a  diary  of  his  cam- 
paigns that  we  are  indebted  for  much 
of  whatever  we  know  of  that  disas- 
trous expedition.  A  bright  light  has 
been  thrown  upon  the  particulars  of 
that  frightful  march  and  the  wonder- 
ful siege  of  Quebec  by  versatile  modern 
writers.  But  this  faithful  diarist 
holds  the  center  of  the  stage  when  we 
seek  intimate  knowledge  of  this  expe- 
dition up  to  the  date  of  the  assault 
and  through  much  of  the  captivity  of 
our  men  as  prisoners  of  war  in  Quebec. 

The  article  referred  to  above  con- 
denses   the*  account    of    Dr.    Henry 


Dearborn's  (Captain  Dearborn,  then) 
connection  with  this  campaign  for  the 
conquest  of  Canada  into  ten  lines 
and  less.  This  was  in  accordance 
with  the  plan  of  this  article  so  suc- 
cessfully covering  the  wide  and  varied 
career  of  this  "Veteran  of  Two  Wars" 
in  an  article  of  five  pages. 

Without  aiming  to  review  the  his- 
tory of  this  campaign  from  its  incep- 
tion in  September,  1775,  when  our 
little  army  of  1,300  men  sailed  from 
Newburyport,  for  the  conquest  of 
Canada,  over  the  route  up  the  swift 
Kennebec  and  down  the  swifter  Chau- 
diere to  Point  Levi  and  across  the  St. 
Lawrence  to  the  Heights  of  Abraham, 
with  the  siege  of  incredible  hardships 
in  a  sub-arctic  climate,  to  the  deter- 
mination of  General  Montgomery  to 
assault  the  strong  fortress  on  De- 
cember 31,  1775,  the  writer  proposes 
to  let  Captain  Dearborn  tell  the  story 
of  that  disastrous  December  morning 
here,  as  he  told  it  in  his  diary  written 
right  after  the  occurrence  of  these 
fearful  events. 

Thus  runs  the  chronicle  as  recorded 
by  Captain  Dearborn  reproduced 
verbatim,  but  since  the  story  of  the 
diary  was  in  a  handwriting  of  an- 
other, in  the  main,  and  Captain  and 
Doctor  Dearborn  was  a  fairly  well 
educated  man,  the  errors  in  spelling 
and  use  of  capital  letters  are  elimi- 
nated. 

It  should  be  borne  in  mind  that 
Captain  Dearborn's  command  was 
then  to  the  westward  across  the  St. 
Charles  River,  which  empties  into 
the  St.  Lawrence  just  below  the  city, 
and  was  two  miles  from  the  point  of 
attack. 

The  following  is  quoted  from  his 
diary : 

"December  18,  1775.  Nothing  ex- 
traordinary to-day — the  weather  still 
remains  very  cold — my  company  are 
ordered  out  of  the  hospital.  The 
room  is  wanted  for  the  use  of  the  sick. 
We  took  our  quarters  on  the  opposite 
side  of  the  river  St.  Charles,  at  one 
Mr.  Henry's,  a  Presbyterian  minister, 


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which  place  is  about  one  mile  from  "30.     I   have   the   main   guard   at 

the  hospital.  St.  Rock's.     I  came  on  last  evening. 

"  19.     I     began     to     recover     my  Our  artillery  hove  30  shells  last  night 

strength  again  and  have  a  fine  appetite,  into  Quebec,  which  were  answered  by 

"20.     The  weather  continues  still  a    few    shells    and    some    grapeshot. 

cold.     Preparation  is  making  for  the  Early  this  morning  the  garrison  began 

intended  storm.     Several  of  our  men  by  a  very  heavy  cannonade  upon  all 

have  the  smallpox.  parts  of  our  camp  within  their  reac-h, 

"21.     We  are  ordered  every  man  particularly  on  those  quartered  in  St. 

of  us  to  wear  a  hemlock  sprig  in  his  Rock's    and    upon    the    guard-house 

hat,  to  distinguish  us  from  the  enemy  which  is  within  musquet  shot  of  the 

in  the  attack  upon  Quebec.  walls,  but  partly  under  cover  of  a  hill. 

"22.     Matters  seem  ripening  fast  About  sunset  this  afternoon,  the  gar- 

for    a    storm;    may    the    blessing    of  rison  brought  a  gun  to  bear  upon  the 

Heaven  attend  our  enterprise.  guard-house   much   more   exact,    and 

"23.     This  evening  all  the  officers  better   leveled    than    any    that    they 

of  our  detachment  met  at  and  were  have  shot  heretofore,  and  within  the 

visited  by  the  General  at  Colo.  Ar-  space   of    15    minutes   they   knocked 

nold's  quarters  in  the  Gen'l  Hospital  down  the  three  chimneys  of  the  guard- 

which  is  exceedingly  elegant  inside,  house  over  our  heads,  but  could  not 

is  richly  decorated  with  carved  and  get  a  shot  into  one  of  the  lower  rooms 

gilt  work.  where  the  guard  kept.     At  10  o'clock 

"25.     Colo.  Arnold's  detachment  is  this  evening  I  went  home  to  my  quar- 

paraded   at  4   o'clock  P.    M.     Gen'l  ters. 

Montgomery  attended  and  addressed  "31.     This  morning  at  4  o'clock  I 

us  on  the  subject  of  making  the  at-  was  informed  by  one  of  my  men  that 

tack  upon  the  walls  of  Quebec,  in  a  there  was  orders  from- the  general  for 

very  sensible  spirited  manner  which  making  the  attack  upon  Quebec  this 

greatly  animated  our  men.  morning.     I  was  surprised  that  I  had 

"26.     Nothing  material   happened  not  been  informed  or  notified  sooner, 

to-day,  the  weather  is  still  cold.  But   afterwards  found  it  was  owing 

"27.     This     morning     the     troops  to  the  neglect  o*f  the  Serg't  Major,  who 

assembled    by    order   of   the    general  excused  himself  by  saying  he  could  not 

with  a  design  to  attack  the  town  of  get  across  the  river,  by  reason  of  the 

Quebec,    and   were   to   march,    when  tides     being     so     exceedingly     high, 

there  came  an  order  from  the  general  However,  I  gave  orders  to  my  men 

to  return  to  our  quarters  by  reason  of  to  prepare  themselves  immediately  to 

the  weather's  clearing  up,  which  ren-  march,  but  my  company  being  quar- 

dered  it  improper  for  the  attack.  tered  in  three  houses,  and  the  farthest 

"28.     The  following  came  out  in  a   mile   from   my   quarters,    and   the 

general  orders  this  day — viz.:  weather  very  stormy  and  snow  deep, 

"'The  General  had  the  most  sen-  it  was  near  an  hour  before  I  could  get 

sible  pleasure  in  seeing  the  good  dis-  them  all  paraded  and  ready  to  march, 

position  with  which  the  troops  last  at  which  time  I  found  the  attack  was 

night  moved  to  the  attack.     It  was  begun  by  the  Gen'l  ('s)   party,  near 

with  the  greatest  reluctance  he  found  Cape    Diamond.     I    had    now    two 

himself  called  upon  by  his  duty  to  miles  to  march  before  we  came  to  the 

repress  their  ardor,  but  should  hold  place   where   the   attack   was   made, 

himself    answerable    for    the    loss    of  The  moment   I   marched   I   met  the 

those  brave  men  whose  lives  might  be  serg't  major  who  informed  me  that 

saved    by    waiting    for    a    favorable  Colo.  Arnold  had  marched  and  that  he 

opportunity.'  could  not  convey  intelligence  to  me 

"29.     Nothing   remarkable   or   ex-  sooner,  as  there  was  no  possibility  of 

traordinary  to-day.  crossing  the  river.     We  now  marched 


General  Henry  Dearborn 


411 


or  rather  ran  as  fast  as  we  could. 
When  I  arrived  at  St.  Rock's  I  met 
Colo.  Arnold  wounded,  borne  and 
brought  away  by  two  men.  He 
spoke  to  me  and  desired  me  to  push  on 
forward  and  said  our  people  had  pos- 
session of  a  4  gun  battery — and  that 
we  should  carry  the  town.  Our  artil- 
lery were  incessantly  heaving  shells 
with  5  mortars  from  St.  Rock's;  and 
the  garrison  were  heaving  shells  and 
balls  of  all  sorts  from  every  part  of 
the  town.  My  men  seemed  to  be  in 
high  spirits.  We  pushed  forward  as 
fast  as  possible.  We  met  the  wounded 
men  very  thick. 

"We  soon  found  ourselves  under  a 
very  brisk  fire  from  the  walls  and 
pickets,  but  it  being  very  dark  and 
stormy  and  the  way  we  had  to  pass 
very  intricate  and  I  an  utter  stranger 
to  the  way,  we  got  bewildered,  and  al- 
though I  met  several  men  and  some 
officers  who  said  they  knew  where 
our  people  were,  yet  none  of  them 
would  pilot  us  until  I  met  one  of 
Colo.  Arnold's  waiters  who  was  en- 
deavoring to  forward  some  ladders 
who  said  he  would  show  me  the  way, 
and  altho  he  was  well  acquainted 
with  the  way,  he  having  lived  some 
years  in  Quebec,  he  missed  it  and 
carried  us  quite  wrong,  but  when  he 
found  his  mistake  he  declared  he  did 
not  know  where  we  were,  and  he 
immediately  left  us.  We  were  all 
this  time  harassed  with  a  brisk  fire 
from  the  pickets,  which  we  were 
sometimes  within  a  stone's  throw  of. 

"I  now  thought  it  best  to  retreat  a 
little  and  then  make  a  new  attempt 
to  find  the  way.  I  accordingly  or- 
dered Lieut.  Hutchins  who  was  in 
the  rear  to  retreat  to  a  certain  place 
a  few  rods  back.  He  accordingly  re- 
treated, and  in  retreating  he  had  to 
pass  very  near  the  picket,  under  a 
very  brisk  fire.  It  now  began  to 
grow  a  little  light.  The  garrison  had 
discovered  us  and  sent  out  two  hun- 
dred men  who  took  possession  of 
some  houses  which  we  had  to  pass  be- 
fore we  could  discover  them,  and  as 
Lieut.  Hutchins  retreated  they  sallied 
down  a  lane  from  the  wall.     I  divided 


my  company  about  the  middle.  I 
now  again  attempted  to  find  the  way 
to  the  main  body. 

"It  being  so  light  now  that  I 
thought  I  could  find  the  way,  I  or- 
dered that  part  of  my  men  that  were 
with  me  to  follow  me.  We  pushed  on 
as  fast  as  possible.  But  the  enemy 
took  some  of  my  rear  and  kept  a  brisk 
fire  upon  us  from  the  houses  which  we 
had  passed.  When  I  came  to  a  place 
where  I  could  cover  my  men  a  little, 
while  I  could  discover  where  our 
main  body  was,  I  heard  a  shout  in 
town  which  made  me  think  our  people 
had  got  possession  of  the  same.  The 
men  were  so  thick  within  the  pickets, 
I  was  at  a  stand  to  know  whether  they 
were  our  men  or  the  enemy,  as  they 
were  dressed  like  us.  I  was  just 
about  to  hail  them  when  one  of  them 
hailed  me.  He  asked  who  I  was  (I 
was  now  within  six  rods  of  the  pick- 
ets). I  answered,  a  friend.  He  asked 
me  who  I  was  a  friend  to.  I  an- 
swered, to  liberty.  He  then  replied 
"God  damn  you" — and  then  raised 
himself  partly  above  the  pickets.  I 
clapt  up  my  piece  which  was  charged 
with  a  ball  and  ten  tuck-shot,  cer- 
tainly to  give  him  his 'due.  But  to 
my  great  mortification  my  gun  did 
not  go  off.  I  new  primed  her  and 
flushed  and  tried  her  again;  but 
neither  I  nor  one  in  ten  of  my  men 
could  get  off  our  guns,  they  being  so 
exceeding  wet.  They  fired  very 
briskly  upon  us  from  the  pickets. 
Here  we  found  a  great  number  of 
wounded  men,  and  some  dead,  which 
did  belong  to  our  main  body.  I  or- 
dered my  men  to  go  into  a  lower  room 
of  an  house  and  new  prime  their  guns, 
and  prick  dry  powder  into  the  touch- 
holes.  We  now  found  ourselves  sur- 
rounded by  six  to  one.  I  now  finding 
no  possibility  of  getting  away,  my 
company  were  divided,  and  our  arms 
being  in  such  bad  order,  I  thought  it 
best  to  surrender  after  being  prom- 
ised good  quarters  and  tender  usage. 
I  told  my  men  to  make  their  escape, 
as  many  as  possibly  could,  and  in  the 
confusion  a  considerable  number  did 
effect  the  same,  some  of  them  after 


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they  had  given  up  their  arms.  We 
were  now  marched  to  Palace  Gate. 
On  my  way  there,  to  my  surprise, 
I  found  Lieut.  Hutchins,  Ensign 
Thomas  &  about  15  or  20  of  my  men 
under  guard,  who  were  marched  to 
Palace  gate  with  me.  We  were  car- 
ried to  a  large  convent  and  put  under 
the  care  of  a  strong  guard.  On  my 
way  to  this  house  I  was  informed  that 
our  people  had  got  possession  of  the 
Lower  Town."  (After  detailing  the 
plan  of  attack  and  the  final  surrender, 
he  records.)  "The  Officers  were  car- 
ried to  the  Main  Guard  House  and  the 
soldiers  to  the  house  where  I  was  car- 
ried first.  I  with  my  other  officers 
were  carried  to  the  main  guard  house 
to  the  other  officers,  where  we  had  a 
good  dinner  and  a  plenty  of  several 
sorts  of  wine.  In  the  afternoon  we 
were  carried  to  large  seminary  and 
put  into  a  large  room  in  the  fourth 
story  from  the  ground." 

Thus  Captain  Dearborn  records  the 
part  he  acted  in  the  assault  upon  that 
stormy  and  fateful  morning,  in  the 
simple  style  he  used  in  detailing  the 
events  of  the  campaign  as  seen  from 
his  view-point  up  to  the  time  he  and 
his  company  were  taken  prisoners. 
If  we  put  ourselves  in  his  place  and 
realize  as  far  as  possible  the  great  odds 
against  them,  the  terrible  weather, 
the  preparedness  of  the  garrison  and 
the  lack  of  knowledge  of  conditions 
to  be  met,  we  can  gain  an  adequate 
idea  of  the  unequal  contest  and  see 
how  natural  the  disastrous  result. 

Captain  Dearborn  left  on  record 
his  estimate  of  the  losses  to  our  army 
to  have  been  40  killed  outright,  100 
wounded,  300  captured,  all  enlisted 
men,  and  34  officers  captured  unin- 
jured. Thus  we  see  that  substan- 
tially all  of  the  division  Arnold  led  to 
the  assault  was  destroyed  as  a  fighting 
force  by  death,  wounds  received  and 
prisoners  taken. 

In  the  article  to  which  reference  is 
made  in  the  first  paragraph  is  the 
statement  as  to  Captain  Dearborn: 
"He  was  not  exchanged  until  March 
10,  1777,  and  nine  days  later  was  made 


major  of  the  Third  N.  H.  regiment." 
This  is  fairly  accurate,  as  Captain 
Dearborn  states  in  a  later  diary,  "24th 
of  March  (1777),  I  was  exchanged  and 
appointed  major  of  the  third  N.  H. 
regt  commanded  by  Colo.  Scammell." 
Either  of  these  statements  warrants 
the  reader  in  concluding  that  he  had 
been  a  prisoner  in  Quebec  for  almost 
fifteen  months.  But  in  the  diary 
under  dates  of  13th,  14th,  and  16th  of 
May,  1776,  it  is  recorded  that  Major 
Meigs,  of  Connecticut,  and  Captain 
Dearborn  through  the  friendly  offices 
of  a  gentleman  who  formerly  was  a 
judge  of  "our  court,"  says  Dearborn, 
a  Rockingham  County  court,  but  was 
in  1776  so  good  a  loyalist  that  he  was 
a  Canadian  judge  of  Admiralty  and 
judge  of  the  Superior  Court  of  Mon- 
treal, were  released  on  parole  to  the 
effect  that  if  there  ever  was  an  ex- 
change of  prisoners,  they  should  have 
the  benefit  of  it  and  until  that  time 
were  not  to  take  up  arms  against  the 
King.  The  other  prisoners  were  not 
released  on  parole  until  the  11th  day 
of  August  (1777),  although  they 
would  have  been  released  on  parole 
early  in  June  if  they  had  subscribed 
to  a  pledge  which  contained  these 
words,  "We  will  never  take  up  arms 
against  the  King."  Theirs  was  a 
sterling  patriotism.  They  had  stead- 
ily refused  to  take  "the  king's 
shilling."  This  was  no  less  offensive. 
Captain  Dearborn,  with  Major 
Meigs,  sailed  from  Quebec  on  the 
17th  of  May,  1776,  happy  to  know 
that  their  faces  were  turned  in  free- 
dom towards  their  homes.  July  16th 
the  anchor  was  cast  in  Portsmouth 
harbor  and  before  night  Captain 
Dearborn  was  with  his  family  in 
Nottingham,  from  which  for  so  many 
long  months  he  had  been  an  exile. 
For  eight  months  more  he  was  unable 
to  serve  his  country  in  arms  by  that 
parole  accepted  within  the  walls  of 
Quebec,  after  which  he,  upon  ex- 
change of  prisoners,  entered  heart  and 
soul  into  and  continued  in  his  coun- 
try's service  until  after  the  surrender 
of  Cornwallis  at  Yorktown. 


King  Olaf  Tryggvesson  413 

KING  OLAF  TRYGGVESSON 

By  Fred  Myron  Colby 

[A  hermit's  cell  on  Mount  Olivet.     An  old  man  lying  on  a  cot.     A  confessor.     The  hermit 
speaks.  | 

Yes,  I  am  old.     'Tis  thirty  years  ago, 

And  more,  since  on  that  fatal  summer  day 

I  lost  the  battle  in  the  Northern  seas. 

For  I  am  Olaf,  King  of  Norroway, 

Son  of  that  old  King  Tryggve  whom  men 

Called  Fair;  and  heir  through  him  of  the  valiant  kings 

Who  trace  from  Hakon  their  descent,  that  Hakon 

Whom  his  father  sent  to  learn  art  and  craft 

At  the  court  of  Saxon  Athelstan.     I 

Was  a  warrior  prince  in  youth;  in  manhood's 

Prime  a  sea  king  strong  and  bold,  a  winner 

In  many  battles,  a  ruthless  carver 

Of  men's  shields.     I  fought  in  France  and  England 
.    And  in  green  Ireland  won  a  bride  by  holm  gang. 
Never  more  did  King  Gundalf  lift  a  sword 
After  he  had  fought  with  Olaf  Tryggvesson. 
Thirty  was  I  when  they  crowned  me  king  at 
Drontheim,  when  the  feasting  jarls  first  bowed  to 
The  White  Christ  and  turned  away  from  Odin. 
Over  all  Norway  spread  I  the  creed  of 
The  Crucified.     Those  who  refused  the  faith 
I  caused  to  be  burned  with  fire  forthwith.     Thus 
Did  I,  King  Olaf  in  Norroway. 

In 

The  soft  summer  time  across  the  seas  sailed 

Queen  Thyra  from  our  lord,  King  Burislaf. 

Fair  she  was  as  sunlight  on  the  frozen  fiord, 

And  I  loved  and  wedded  her,  my  good 

Queen  Gyda  being  dead.     She  was  King  Sweyn's 

Daughter,  my  father's  foe  and  mine,  and  when 

A  year  had  flown,  the  Danish  warships  met 

Mine  upon  the  shining  sea.     Ah,  that  was 

A  battle  worth  the  name.     Like  thunder  was 

The  clash  of  shields.     Swords  flashed  like  lightning, 

And  the  flight  of  arrows  hid  the  sunlight. 

Oh,  'twas  a  battle  royal.     But  when  the  day 

Was  spent,  and  all  my  men  had  fallen  and 

My  ships  had  fled,  I,  seeing  the  battle  lost, 

Sprang  from  the  Long  Serpent's  deck  with  all  my 

Armor  on,  as  the  sun  sank  burning  red, 

Like  a  broken  heart  bleeding  itself  to  death, 

And  was  lost  to  Norroway. 

Note. — According  to  Norse  tradition,  Olaf  Tryggvesson  did  not  perish  in  the  sea  fight  at 
Svalder,  but  escaped  to  make  a  pilgrimage  to  the  Holy  Land,  where  he  lived  to  a  green  old 
age  as  an  anchorite,  revealing  his  identity  only  on  his  deathbed. 


414  The  Granite  Monthly 

Men  deemed 
Me  dead,  and  so  I  am,  or  soon  will  be, 
And  Norway's  king  will  lie  'neath  six  feet  two 
Of  clay.     To  you  only  am  I  the  King. 
To  others  the  humble  anchorite  who, 
All  these  years  in  this  blessed  land  once 
Trodden  by  his  sacred  feet,  has  lived  to 
Do  what  good  he  might.     May  His  grace  o'ershadow 
Me  and  light  my  pathway  to  the  gates  of  pearl. 
Here,  place  thy  crucifix  upon  my  lips, 
Fling  wide  the  casement  that  the  sun  may 
Shine  within,  and  murmur  low  thy  prayer. 
'Tis  better  so  to  die  than  like  my  ancestors 
In  fight  and  carnage,  wrapped  in  a  bloody  shroud. 
Thy  hand.     The  darkness  comes.     I  hear  the  roar 
Of  waters  like  a  stormy  sea,  and  there 
He  stands,  my  father,  to  welcome  me. 
I  come.     King  Olaf  answers  thee. 


THE  SWIMMING  POOL 

By  Charles  Nevers  Holmes 

Amid  the  silence  of  a  wood 

Where  life  is  pure  and  earth  is  good, 
Where  birds  sing  blithely  in  the  trees 

And  branches  woo  each  passing  breeze; 
Amid  a  lonely,  hidden  nook 

Where  sparkles  some  sequestered  brook, 
There  lies  a  tiny,  sunny  glade 

Which  axe  and  woodmen  ne'er  invade. 

Within  that  glade  there  is  a  pool, 

So  pleasant,  placid,  restful,  cool, 
So  framed  with  mossy  banks  of  green 

And  kissed  by  sunshine's  golden  sheen, 
That  one  would  love  to  lay  and  lave 

His  body  in  its  crystal  wave, 
And  long  to  drink  its  waters  clear, 

As  limpid  as  an  angel's  tear. 

Afar  from  human  woe  and  sin, 

Afar  from  worldly  care  and  din, 
In  sylvan  solitude  it  lies 

Amidst  an  earthly  Paradise; 
And  he  whose  youthful  years  are  o'er, 

Returning  to  that  pool  once  more, 
Soon  feels  the  rapture  and  the  joy 

Of  days  when  he  was  just  a  boy. 
Boston,  Mass. 


THE   PORTSMOUTH  MARINE  SOCIETY 


By  Frank  Warren  Hackett 


During  the  first  quarter  of  the 
nineteenth  century  Portsmouth,  New- 
Hampshire,  was  a  busy  and  thriving 
seaport.  A  goodly  number  of  her 
citizens  were  shipmasters,  while  others 
who  once  had  followed  the  sea  were 
merchants  and  shipowners.  Indeed, 
the  chief  business  of  the  town  was 
that  of  commerce. 

Some  of  these  sea  captains  con- 
ceived the  idea  that  it  would  be  well 
to  get  together  fraternally,  and  form 
an  association  for  the  benefit  of  their 
profession.  It  should  be,  it'seems,  a 
sort  of  precursor  of  what,  in  a  few  larger 
ports,  was  destined  to  come  into  being 
as  a  Chamber  of  Commerce. 

Accordingly  they  obtained  from  the 
Legislature,  June  6,  1808,  an  act  in- 
corporating "The  Portsmouth  Marine 
Society."  The  object  of  the  society 
was  to  collect  facts  from  the  masters 
of  incoming  vessels,  that  might  be 
useful  in  promoting  navigation;  and 
further,  to  create  a  fund  that  could 
be  drawn  upon  for  the  relief  of  "de- 
cayed and  distressed  maritime  mem- 
bers, and  the  poor  widows  and  orphans 
of  deceased  maritime  members."  Two- 
thirds  of  the  society  were  to  "consist 
of  such  persons  as  are,  or  have  been, 
commanders  of  vessels;  persons  of 
other  professions  who  are  disposed  to 
advance  the  designs  of  the  institution 


may  constitute  the  remainder  as 
honorary  members." 

The  heirs  of  the  late  William  H. 
Rollins  (Harv.  1840)  of  Portsmouth, 
have  recently  given  to  the  Portsmouth 
Athenaeum  a  book  of  original  records 
and  entries  belonging  to  this  society. 
It  contains  the  by-laws  and  regula- 
tions— occupying  nine  pages,  written 
in  a  clerkly  hand.  There  are  twenty- 
nine  articles,  the  fourteenth  of  which 
is  as  follows: 

"Every  maritime  member  of  this 
society,  upon  his  arrival,  from  sea 
shall  communicate  in  writing  to  the 
board  of  managers  his  observations 
respecting  the  variation  of  the  mag- 
netic needle;  the  soundings,  courses 
and  distances  of  rocks  and  shoals, 
capes  and  headlands  from  each  other; 
currents,  tides  and  other  things  re- 
markable on  this  and  other  coasts,  as 
well  as  any  other  observations  pro- 
motive of  naval  knowledge;  and  all 
such  communications  together  with 
the  names  of  the  persons  making  them 
shall  when  approved  be  put  on  the 
records  of  the  society  in  a  book  to 
be  provided  for  that  purpose." 

The  by-laws  are  dated  "Ports- 
mouth, July  14th,  1808."  The  signa- 
tures of  the  members  follow,  maritime 
and  honorary.  With  a  single  excep- 
tion they  are  autographs: 


Maritime  Members 


Thos  Thompson* 
Thos  Manning 
Geo  Wentworth 
John  Langdon 
Geo  Long 
Thomas  Haven 
Sam1  Pearse 
Sam1  Chauncey 
Dan1  R.  Rogers 
John  Haven 
John  McClintock 
Lewis  Barnes 
James  Place 
John  Bowles  senr 

Wm  W  Parrott 


Henry  Salter 
Richd  Shapleigh 
Rob*  Henderson 
Ichabod  Goodwin 
Oliver  C.  Blunt 
Charles  Coffin 
John  Flagg 
Will™  Appleton 
Wm  Rice 
William  Haven 
Jno  F.  Parrott 
Elihu  D.  Brown 
John  Noble 
Richard  S.  Tibbets 
Thomas  Lunt 
Andrew  Clarke 


"[Written  beneath:]  "Thos  Thompson  is  gone  aloft." 


416 


The  Granite  Monthly 


1818 
1824 

July  13 
fl826  July 
1827  Feby  6 
Jany  29 
Jan'y 
1835  October 
1837  Jan  10 
1839  Oct     8 

1846  July  14 

1847  July  22 

1853  July  13 

1854  Aug  5 
1856  July  13 
1856  Jan  8 
1859  July  13 

1862  Feb  6 
1867  Jan  8 
1876  July  22 
1879  Dec  18 
1882  Oct  10 


Sam1  Hutchings  Jr 
Titus  Salter  Jr 
Jno  Sullivan 
Sam1  Muir 
John  Lake 
Tho9  Brown 
Geo  F  Blunt 
John  S.  Place 
George  F.  Smith 
Elijah  Hall 
Reuben  S.  Randall 
Abram  Shaw 
Daniel  Huntress 
Joseph  Lowe* 
W.  Rindge 
Charles  Treadwell 
Clement  March  Jr 
John  Bowles  Jr 
George  W  Balch 
Thomas  M.  Shaw 
Joshua  Neal 
George  McLean 
Sam1  McClintock 
Wm  T.  Adams 
George  Kennard 
Nathan  Walden 
Sam1  C  Handy 
Nath1  Gunnison 
Wm  M  Shackford 
Andrew  Hussey 
Charles  E.  Blunt 
Aaron  R.  Craig 
William  Haven  Jr 
William  A.  Rice 
Chas  H.  Chase 
Oliver  P.  Pearse 
Lyman  D.  Spalding 
Daniel  Marcy 
W.  L.  Dwight 
Cha3  H.  Rollins 
Joshua  W.  Hickey 
James  S.  Salter 
George  B.  Wendell 

Samuel  Billings 
James  H.  Salter 
John  G.  Moses 
George  T.  Ball 
William  G.  Shackford 


1818 

1824 

1826  Sept  4 

1827  Jan  10 

"     25 
Oct  15 

1835  Oct 
1838  Oct   10 
1843  Oct  10 
1847  Jan   13 
July  22 

1854  Jany  10 
July  11 
Oct   14 

1855  July  10 

1862  Feby 
1861  Mar  8 
1873  Jany  16 
1879  May  14 
1881  Apr  13 
1884  July    1 


Charles  Blunt 
Edw  Cutts 
Ebenr  Rowe 
Edmund  Roberts 
Rob1  Blunt 
James  Orn 
Geo  Humphreys 
Hugh  Clarkson 
Jn  L  Thompson 
H  Weld  Noble 
William  H.  Ham 
Sam1  Boardman 
Joseph  Swett 
Henry  Tredick  Jr 
Samuel  Ham 
James  Kennard 
M.  S.  Blunt 
Edwd  Salter 
Stephen  Gilman 
Wm  Dennett 
Nath1  Kennard  Jr 
A.  W.  Bell 
Benjamin  Damrell 
E.  G.  Parrott 
W.  W.  Flagg    • 
Theo  F  Jewett 
Jno  Winkley 
William  M.  Martin 
George  Dame 
Geo  P  Wentworth 
George  Langdon 
Frederick  Toscan 
Supply  C.  Foss 
T.  T.  Harris 
Sam1  Harding  Jr 
Tho3  Sheafe  Coffin 
William  H.  Parsons 
John  Davis 
George  W.  Tucker 
John  E.  Salter 
C.  H.  Salter 
Moses  D   Ricker 

by  Wm  M  Shackford,  secy 
Nathaniel  G.  Weeks 
George  H.  Trundy 
Albert  Rand 
T.  A.  Harris 
T.  Salter  Tredick 
E.  A.  Gerrish 


Honorary  Members 


Isaac  Waldron  Jr 
James  Sheafe 
James  Shapley 
Matt  S.  Marsh 
Charles  Neil 
J.  Whipple 
Jacob  Sheafe 
Josh.  Haven 
William  Boyd 
C.  S.  Toppan 
Nath  A.  Haven 
B  Brierley 


1827  Feb  15 
1837  Jan  10 
1841  Sept  3 
1853  Feb  4 
1853  Feb    4 


Alex  Ladd 

E  Thompson 

Mark  Simes 

Wm  Sheafe 

John  Langdon  Jr 

Edward  J.  Long 
Woodward  Haven 
Brackett  Hutchins 
John  N.  Sherburne 
John  Salter 
J.  W.  Thompson 


*  J.  Lowe  signed  in  the  wrong  place,  he  being  an  honorary  member  and  not  taken  into  the 
no.  who  contribute. 


f  Elisha  Ricker  should  have  signed  here. 


The  Portsmouth  Marine  Society 


417 


The  officers  were  a  president,  vice- 
president,  treasurer  and  secretary. 
The  book  not  being  a  record  of  pro- 
ceedings does  not  tell  us  who  was  the 
first  president.  It  does,  however,  con- 
tain about  thirty  pages  of  the  treas- 
urer's account.  The  annual  dues  were 
moderate. 

For  the  first  year  George  Long  was 
treasurer.  He  was  followed  by  Elihu 
D.  Brown,  who  acted  until  1811,  when 
John  Bowles  was  chosen  to  the  office. 
He  served  for  twenty  years.  The 
entries  cease  with  1831.  Meetings 
were  held  on  the  second  Tuesdays  of 
January  and  July. 

It  appears  that  small  sums  of  money 
were  applied  from  time  to  time  by 
way  of  relief,  as  witness  the  following 
extract: 

"1826  March  6  To  paid  order  in 
fav.  of  James  Ladd  Esqr  for  the 
benefit  of  a  Daughter  of  Capt.  John 
Nobel  Dec'd  towards  enabling  her  to 
come  from  North  Carolina  to  Ports- 
m°  as  per  vote  of  society  .      .   $21.50" 

Some  of  the  leaves  of  this  book 
bear  the  water-mark,  "E.  Burbank, 
1804." 

An  outline  of  the  plan  of  this  so- 
ciety is  given  by  Adams,  in  his  "An- 
nals of  Portsmouth"  (at  page  348) 
under  date  of  1808;  but  no  list  of  the 
names  of  members  appears.  It  is 
well  worth  while  to  preserve  in  print 
the  names  here  presented  as  an  inter- 
esting part  of  the  history  of  Ports- 
mouth. 

Did  space  allow,  details  not  with- 
out value  might  be  added  as  to  the 
personnel  of  this  now-forgotten  asso- 
ciation of  shipmasters  and  merchants. 
One  or  Iwo  names  are  indelibly  asso- 
ciated with  the  political  annals  of 
New  Hampshire.  John  Langdon 
signed  the  Constitution  of  the  United 
States,  in  1787,  and  was  the  first 
president  of  the  United  States  Senate. 
Ichabod  Goodwin  in  1861  did  his  full 
duty  as  war  governor;  Daniel  Marcy 
was  a  representative  in  Congress. 

Of  others  it  may  be  said  that  Ed- 

*  See  Vol.  VI,  Granite  Monthly,  page  382. 


mund  Roberts  is  remembered  as  having 
achieved  distinction  in  our  diplo- 
matic service;  Nathaniel  A.  Haven, 
a  lawyer  and  author  of  singular  prom- 
ise, died  early.  He  was  the  orator, 
in  1823,  at  the  celebration  of  the  two 
hundredth  anniversary  of  the  settle- 
ment of  the  State.  Captain  Joshua 
W.  Hickey  was  lost  at  sea— his  ship 
never  heard  from;  while  it  was  the 
fate  of  Captain  Edwin  A.  Gerrish, 
the  last  name  on  the  list,  to  have  his 
ship,  The  Rockingham,  captured  and 
destroyed  on  the  ocean  by  the  Confed- 
erate cruiser  Alabama* 

More  than  two  score  of  these  gentle- 
men were  members  of  the  Federal 
Fire  Society  of  Portsmouth, — organ- 
ized 6  March,  1786,  and  still  existing. 
Brief  sketches  of  each  of  them  will  be 
found  in  a  little  volume,  published  by 
the  society  in  1905,  a  copy  of  which  is 
in  the  library  of  the  New  Hampshire 
Historical  Society. 


After  this  article  had  been  put  in 
type  the  writer  discovered  that  the 
Athenaeum  likewise  possesses  the  Jour- 
nal of  the  Proceedings  of  the  Marine 
Society.  From  the  material  here  pre- 
served a  judicious  selection  might  be 
made  wherewith  to  prepare  a  paper 
illustrative  of  commercial  activities 
now  no  longer  known  on  our  seaboard. 

At  the  first  meeting  of  the  society, 
held  July  12,  1808,  at  the  State  House, 
Thomas  Thompson  was  unanimously 
elected  President.  Later  meetings 
were  held  at  the  Bell  Tavern,  and  at 
the  rooms  of  the  Portsmouth  Athe- 
naeum. 

Proceedings  were  instituted,  in 
1895,  by  the  handful  of  members  then 
surviving  for  a  dissolution  of  the  cor- 
poration by  a  decree  of  court.  They 
went  out  of  existence  as  an  association 
at  once  unique  and  honorable.  Its 
record  deserves  to  be  kept  in  memory, 
as  not  lacking  in  historic  importance, 
among  the  many  interesting  features 
of  the  last  century  events  in  New 
Hampshire's  seaport. 


418  The  Granite  Monthly 

THE  "ANTI'S" 

By  Georgie  Rogers  Warren 

Of  -all  the  freaks  of  the  female  species, 

The  Antis  take  the  prize; 
It  seems  to  me  that  they  must  see 

Their  methods  are  unwise. 

There's  so  much  to  say  against  their  way, 

I  can  hardly  hold  my  pen; 
They  sure  must  know,  wherever  they  go, 

They're  the  laughing  stock  of  men. 

If  they  can  explain  their  object  and  aim 

Of  this  constant  struggle  of  theirs 
That  takes  them  away  from  their  home  each  day 
And  leaves  husband  and  son  (or  some  other  one) 
To  see  to  the  house  and  its  cares. 

For  it  looks  to  me  as  if  they  agree 
With  the  law  as  it  seems  to  stand, 

But  are  quite  afraid,  the  widow  and  maid 
Will  win,  with  the  average  man. 

If  they'd  stay  at  home,  and  cease  to  roam 
And  just  constantly  remember — 

That  whatever  their  game,  it  will  be  all  the  same 
In  the  month  of  next  November. 


TO  YOU 

By  Elizabeth  Thomson  Ordway 

I  have  written  my  verse, 
And  sung  my  lay, 
And  the  day  is  young; 
But  now,  ah,  now! 
I  must  do,  and  be, 
Lest,  after  them  both, 
They  are  lacking  in  me: 
When  the  curfew's  rung, 
And  the  lights  go  out, 
And  the  world  is  still, 
Save  for  the  frogs 
And  a  whip-poor-will; 
And  the  soft,  sweet  breeze 
From  the  western  hill. 
For  now,  ah,  now! 
What  I  am,  or  do, 
Will  be  as  the  song, 
Or  the  poem  to  you. 


A  NEW  ENGLAND  STORY 

By  H.  F.  Lamb 


"A  charm  thou  hast  for  me — 
Home  of  my  early  days 
And  would  I  were  a  bard 
To  sing  thy  praise." 

Let  us  take  a  trip  some  time  to  the 
old  "Granite  State"  and  enjoy  the 
beauty  of  that  region,  gaze  at  the 
"White  Hills",  grand  at  early  dawn, 
as  the  sun  strikes  their  summits  in  a 
crimson  glow,  or  with  a  sheen  of  silver 
in  the  glory  of  a  winter's  morning. 

We  will  find  ensconced  there  thrifty 
farms,  and  happy  homes,  away  from 
the  noisy  town;  a  feeling  of  rest  to  the 
weary  traveller  and  a  breath  of  life- 
giving  air  comes  from  the  pines  and 
firs  all  about  us. 

On   my   first   tramp   through   this 
beautiful  country  I  came  at  the  close 
of  a  perfect  day  to  a  small  house,  and 
was  greeted  by  the  old  farmer  who  in- 
vited me  to  rest  a  while,  which  I  was 
very  glad  to  do.     The  family  consisted 
of  himself,  his  wife  and  a  boy  of  about 
seventeen,  whose  ruddy  cheeks  indi- 
cated the  benefit  of  an  outdoor  life. 
I   learned   of   their   simple   mode   of 
living:  hard  work,  and  little  to  vary 
the   monotony   of   daily  routine;   on 
Sunday  to  the  village  church,  a  plain 
building.     No  stained  glass  windows 
or  statues  adorned  the  Lord's  house, 
but  the  old  clergyman  faithfully  min- 
istered  to    his   little   flock,    and   the 
children  brought  fragrant  flowers  from 
the  woods  to  adorn  God's  altar. 

Each   day  an  ancient   stagecoach, 
driven  by  a  veteran  who  for  many 
years,   through   cloud   and   sunshine, 
with  the  crack  of  whip  and  calls  to  the 
leaders,    arrived   at   the   one  tavern, 
where  seated  on  the  wide  porch  were 
to  be  found  many  of  the  habitants, 
waiting   for   their   mail,    the   weekly 
paper,   and  the  sight  of  a  stranger. 
One  day  two  gentlemen  alighted  who 
had  come  for  a  week  of  fishing.     They 
met  George  (our  boy)  and  inquired 
about  the  best  spots  to  try  for  the 
speckled  beauties,  also  the  mountain 
trails  it  was  their  intention  of  follow- 


ing. He  was  glad  to  be  their  guide, 
and  listen  to  the  stories  they  told  him 
of  the  great  city  and  the  money  the 
boys  made  in  the  stores.  He  was  im- 
pressed with  their  dress  and  conversa- 
tion, different  from  what  he  had  been 
accustomed  to.  Till  then  he  had 
been  satisfied  with  his  young  com- 
panions and  the  sports  they  enjoyed; 
but  he  began  to  long  for  the  sights  and 
attractions  they  described  to  him. 

The  old  folks  endeavored  to  per- 
suade him  to  remain  at  home,  telling 
him  of  the  many  pitfalls  he  would  en- 
counter, but  he  had  made  up  his  mind 
to  see  the  world  that  laid  beyond  the 
horizon  of  the  mountains  he  had  al- 
ways loved  so  well,  and  seek  his  hap- 
piness   and    employment    elsewhere. 
His  good  mother,    with  tears  in   her 
eyes,  urged  him  to  remain  with  her 
till  she  was  laid  away  in  the  little 
churchyard   on   the   hill,    but   seeing 
his  determination  she  did  not  oppose 
him  further.     The  evening  before  he 
was  to  go  away,  he  accompanied  her 
to  the  even-song  service,  as  the  hymn 
was  sung- 


'Lead  us,  oh  Father,  in  the  paths  of  peace^ 
-  Without  thy  guiding  hand  we  go  astray. 

She  knelt  with  him  and  prayed  that 
he  might  be  kept  in  the  "paths  of 
right"  and  not  forget  the  old  home, 
and  the  loved  ones  there. 

Arriving  in  the  city,  he  was  at  a  loss 
to  know  where  to  go.     He  had  the 
address  of  the  gentlemen  he  had  met, 
and    making    his    way    through    the 
crowded   streets,    he   finally   reached 
their  office  at  the  top  of  one  of  the 
tall  buildings  in  the  banking  district. 
One  was  a  man  only  a  few  years  older 
than   himself.     He    directed   him   to 
his  boarding  place,  and  gave  him  the 
address  of  one  or  two  banking  houses 
where  he  might  get  work.     That  night 
he  took  him  to  the  theatre,  where  the 
country  lad  had  his  first  view  of  sights 
and  scenes  he  did  not  care  for,  his 
mind  being  free  from  all  but  what  was 


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pure  and  good.  It  was  not  long  be- 
fore his  honest  face  and  manner 
brought  him  employment.  Grad- 
ually he  progressed  from  a  humble 
clerkship  to  a  much  better  paid  posi- 
tion, and  with  that  an  opportunity  to 
travel  abroad;  so  one  day  he  was 
aboard  an  ocean  .  greyhound,  en 
route  for  business  of  the  firm  in  dis- 
tant lands.  His  tastes  for  dress  and 
high  living  came  with  his  new  mode 
of  life,  and  he  looked  back  to  the  time 
when  he  was  on  the  poor  little  farm, 
and  was  happy  he  had  made  such  prog- 
ress in  his  search  for  happiness. 
Occasionally  he  wrote  the  old  folks, 
and  they  were  delighted  at  his  rapid 
advancement. 

He  visited  strange  places,  many  of 
disappointment,  not  finding  that  great 
happiness  he  expected  to  obtain;  often 
being  wearied  with  the  excitement, 
and  daily  meeting  those  that  failed,  as 
friends,  and  who  he  soon  found  out 
were  not  fit  companions.  Five  years 
passed.  Money  came  to  him  rapidly 
and  what  the  world  called  prosperity. 
Still  he  was  not  happy.  Money 
failed  to  give  him  the  satisfaction  he 
looked  for.  He  had  drifted  away 
from  church  attendance,  and  the 
words  of  the  old  priest  at  home  were 
forgotten.  One  evening,  while  stroll- 
ing through  one  of  the  East  Side 
streets  in  London,  he  came  upon  a 
church  where  a  mission  was  being 
conducted.  Curiosity  led  him  to 
join  the  crowd  of  men  going  in.  The 
preacher  was  a  very  earnest  man,  and 
he  told  of  the  unrest  and  unhappy 
condition  of  one  away  from  the  du- 
ties of  his  church  and  not  living  the 
clean  life  of  a  Christian.  The  serv- 
ices were  different  from  those  he 
was  familiar  with.  The  altar  was 
ablaze  with  candles,  and  as  the  Blessed 
Virgin's  hymn  was  chanted  by  the 
fine  choir  of  boys  and  men,  clouds  of 
incense  filled  the  church,  a  few 
prayers,  and  the  procession  passed 
out  singing  the  same  hymn  he  heard 


the  night  before  leaving  home!  He 
was  once  again  with  his  dear  old 
mother,  away  up  in  the  village 
church.  Kneeling  with  tears  in  his 
eyes,  he  determined  then  and  there 
that  the  rest  of  his  life  should  be 
devoted  to  right  living,  and  his  wealth 
put  to  a  good  purpose. 

He  waited  to  speak  to  the  preacher, 
telling  him  his  life  story  and  asking 
his  advice.  The  good  man  told  him 
to  return  to  his  old  home,  and  be  a 
comfort  to  the  old  folks  in  their  sunset 
of  life.  He  would  find  work  to  do 
and  with  that  the  happiness  he  had 
tried  in  vain  to  find. 

Not  long  and  his  face  was  turned 
homeward,  and  in  due  time  he  was 
shaking  hands  with  the  old  stage 
driver,  his  antique  vehicle  looking 
about  the  same  as  ever.  He  was  sur- 
prised to  learn  of  the  death  of  his 
father,  and  anxious  to  see  his  aged 
mother  once  more.  As  they  came  to 
the  doorway,  she  stood  wondering 
who  the  arrival  could  be,  as  the  strip- 
ling who  left  her  was  now  man  grown. 
How  glad  she  was  after  the  years  of 
waiting  to  welcome  her  son.  He  told 
her  of  his  travels,  his  success  in  busi- 
ness and  how  her  life  now  was  to  be 
one  of  ease  and  comfort.  The  old 
house  needed  repairs,  but  a  new  one 
was  soon  to  take  its  place,  where  every 
convenience  would  make  her  work 
light,  as  he  was  able  to  repay  now,  her 
years  of  labor  and  anxiety  on  his  ac- 
count. 

Let  us  look  ahead  a  year.  A  fine 
house  stands  on  the  spot  of  the  old 
home,  also  the  village  church  had  been 
enlarged  and  refurnished,  as  a  thank 
offering  to  God  for  his  goodness. 

One  bright  Sunday  morning  mother 
and  son  once  more  went  up  the  hill 
to  the  new  church  and  there  they 
both  united  in  thanking  the  dear 
Lord  who  had  brought  the  wanderer 
from  darkness  into  light  and  where 
he  had  finally  found  what  he  had 
looked  for  so  long. 


THE  LOST  MOTHER 


By  Ellen  Weeks  Tenney 


Wellesley  College,  Oct.  1,  IS — . 

Here  am  I,  Julia  Bent,  at  the  col- 
lege I  have  dreamed  about  so  long. 
It  is  no  dream  now,  but  an  actual 
reality,  and  my  heart  is  singing,  sing- 
ing for  very  joy. 

When  I  arrived  here  and  my  eyes 
beheld  this  house  beautiful,  overlook- 
ing the  lovely  lake,  and  I  entered  the 
grand  hall  with  its  palms,  pictures 
and  statuary,  it  seemed  to  me  like  the 
palaces  of  beauty  about  which  I  have 
so  often  read.  "And  this  is  to  be  my 
home,"  I  said  to  myself.  Further 
reflections  were  impossible  for  the 
chatter  of  the  girls  around  me. 

I  was  soon  shown  to  my  room,  in 
which  I  am  sitting  as  though  I  had 
been  here  for  years. 

My  roommate  is  to  arrive  tomor- 
row. I  can  hardly  wait  to  know 
what  she  is  like.  Her  name  is  Carrie 
Dean,  and  her  home  is  in  Boston,  so 
much  I  have  learned.  If  we  are  not 
happy  it  will  not  be  my  fault.  I  have 
so  longed  for  a  girl  friend. 

I  said  that  my  heart  was  singing, 
singing  for  very  joy.  So  it  is,  but 
there  is  one  sad  minor  strain  in  it. 
It  is  a  strain  of  sorrow  for  the  pre- 
cious home  I  have  left,  of  the  lonely 
ones  there.  I  who  have  been  the 
light  of  their  home,  "their  treasure,  I 
whom  they  have  petted,  and  kept 
from  care — dear  Grandma,  Aunties, 
and  all  who  have  done  and  been  so 
much  to  me.  Could  I  sing  one  long, 
joj^ous  song  and  know  how  much 
you  miss  me  without  one  sorrowful 
strain  in  it? 

I  can  recall  every  word  of  my  life 
story,  as  I  sat  in  the  old  fashioned 
parlor  by  Grandma's  side  on  that 
red  letter  day  of  my  life,  when  she 
told  me  of  my  coming  to  them.  I 
can  see  the  old  kitchen  brilliantly 
lighted  by  the  glowing  fire  in  the 
great  fireplace,  before  which  sat 
Grandma  on  that  October  night,  after 
the  labor  of  the  day  was  done.     The 


teakettle  was  singing  merrily  on  the 
crane,  and  Juno  was  lying  on  the 
hearth  at  her  feet,  purring.  In  the 
center  of  the  room  the  table  was 
spread  for  supper.  In  one  corner  of 
the  room  the  tall  old  clock  was  ticking 
its  slow  and  measured  beat.  Aunt 
Malvina  and  Alvira  were  waiting  the 
appearance  of  Aunt  Jane,  who  had 
gone  to  town  on  an  errand.  After 
a  time,  the  rest  and  quiet  of  the  hour 
was  broken  by  the  sound  of  carriage 
wheels,  and,  shortly  after,  Aunt  Jane 
appeared  with  cheeks  aglow  and  eyes 
shining.  I  can  see  the  four  dear 
women  as  they  afterward  sat  around 
the  supper  table,  merrily  talking  over 
Aunt  Jane's  trip  to  town.  Suddenly, 
a  strange  cry  was  heard  which  caused 
them  to  be  silent,  and,  when  it  was 
repeated,  they  arose  from  the  table, 
and  proceeded  to  the  outside  door. 
Peering  into  the  darkness,  Aunt  Jane 
who  was  foremost,  saw  nothing;  then 
hearing  a  wail  that  seemed  to  come 
from  the  doorstep,  she  looked  down, 
and  to  her  amazement  saw  a  covered 
basket. 

"Mercy  upon  us,"  she  exclaimed. 
"Why  of  all  things  in  the  world,  I 
believe  it  is  a  baby,  someone  has  left 
us  a  baby." 

"What  shall  we  do  with  it,"  said 
Aunt  Malvina. 

"Take  in  the  basket,  and  uncover 
the  child,"  was  Grandma's  practical 
response. 

"Of  course,  of  course,  poor  little 
thing,"  and  Aunt  Jane  took  up  the 
basket  as  though  it  contained  a 
dozen  eggs,  and  taking  it  into  the 
kitchen  placed  it  on  the  table,  and 
then  raised  the  cover. 

"Within,"  said  Grandma,  as  she 
told  me  the  story,  "all  wrapped  in 
blankets  lay,  indeed,  a  tiny  babe, 
helpless  and  forlorn,  protesting  with 
all  its  baby  might  against  the  fate  that 
had  torn  it  from  mother  arms,  to  be 
smothered  in  a  basket. 

"Mother,"  said  Aunt  Jane,   "you 


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take  the  little  mite,  I  do  not  dare  to 
touch  it." 

Grandma's  motherly  heart  went 
out  to  the  wee  thing,  which  was  my- 
self, and  took  it  from  its  snug  bed, 
and  going  to  her  corner  by  the  fire- 
place, seated  herself  in  her  accus- 
tomed place,  removed  the  socks  from 
its  tiny  feet,  and  held  the  pink  toes  to 
the  fire.  The  warmth  of  the  fire 
and  the  touch  of  loving  hands  quieted 
the  little  one,  and  it  was  soon  asleep. 

"It  was  evident,"  said  Grandma  to 
me  on  that  day  of  days,  "that  who- 
ever left  you  loved  you,  for  within 
the  basket  was  a  dainty  outfit,  and  a 
considerable  sum  of  money.  A  note, 
too,  was  found  written  by  your 
mother,  no  doubt,  giving  your  name, 
and  the  day  of  your  birth,  and  earn- 
estly entreating  us  to  keep  the  child 
committed  to  our  care,  for  which  we 
should  be  well  rewarded.  It  con- 
cluded with  these  words: 

'Some  day  I  shall  come  for  her, 
Oh,  protect  her  from  all  evil  until 
then.  "  'One  in  great  sorrow.' 

"  Our  hearts  were  touched  by  this 
earnest  appeal,  and  we  resolved  to 
keep  you,  my  darling." 

"And  now,"  said  Grandma,  "I 
give  into  your  hands  the  precious 
basket  in  which  have  been  kept  many 
of  the  clothes,  laid  away  to  be  given 
you  some  day,  and  here  is  the  tear- 
stained  note  from  your  mother.  Take 
them,  dearest,  they  are  yours.  We 
have  tried  to  be  everything  to  you, 
that  you  might  not  miss  the  loving 
care  of  father,  mother,  sister,  or 
brother;  and  you  know  how  much  we 
love  you." 

I  threw  my  arms  around  Grand- 
ma's neck,  and  could  do  nothing  but 
weep.  How  could  I  ever  repay,  or 
express  my  gratitude  for  all  the  ten- 
der care  and  love  that  she  and  the 
dear  Aunties  have  given  me!  I 
could  only  weep  and  kiss  the  dear 
lips  of  the  noblest  and  sweetest  of 
women.  But  it  is  not  only  love  and 
care  that  has  been  given  me.  Grand- 
ma said  after  a  while: 

"Julia,   I   have  something  also  to 


give  you  today.  You  can  now  carry 
out  your  wishes  for  a  college  education, 
and" — with  a  twinkle  in  her  eye — 
"become  a  Greek  professor,  and  have 
a  career." 

My  eyes  were  opened  wide  with 
astonishment,  and  before  I  could 
reply  she  put  into  my  hand  letters 
that  had  come  from  time  to  time, 
and  Aunt  Malvina  brought  forth  a 
bank  book,  in  which  were  some  thou- 
sands of  dollars  to  my  credit  after  my 
school  expenses  had  been  deducted, 
and  a  fair  allowance  for  all  earlier 
year£ 

"And  now  darling,"  said  Grandma, 
"we  wish  you  to  do  the  best  thing 
you  can  for  yourself,  and  what  you 
wish  with  your  own.  The  house  will 
be  very  empty  without  you,  but  we 
cannot  selfishly  ask  you  to  remain 
with  us,  when  it  would  be  better  for 
you  to  go." 

So  I  am  here  in  this  lovely  place 
this  glorious  night,  singing  my  joyous 
song  with  its  one  minor  strain. 

But  for  one  thing,  my  child  life 
would  have  been  unclouded.  I  no- 
ticed when  quite  young,  that  many 
of  my  mates  had  mothers,  and  when 
I  asked  why  I  had  none  I  was  not 
able  to  get  a  satisfactory  answer. 
But  I  often  pondered  it  in  my  heart. 
Awake  or  dreaming  the  image  of  a 
lovely  dark-eyed  woman  came  into 
my  mind.  One  night  after  I  had 
gone  to  rest,  it  seemed  to  me  that  the 
same  familiar  form  approached  my 
bed,  and  in  a  sweet  voice  said: 

"You  are  my  own,  my  child;"  and  I 
felt  a  warm  kiss  upon  my  forehead. 

"Mother,  Mother,"  I  exclaimed, 
but  my  out-reaching  arms  clasped 
the  empty  air.  After  this,  many  a 
night  I  watched  for  the  form  to  reap- 
pear; but  it  never  came  again,  only 
in  dreams.  Nothing  can  ever  dispel 
the  idea  that  I  have  seen  my  mother; 
and  I  feel  in  my  heart  that  sometime, 
somewhere,  I  shall  yet  find  her.  Have 
I  not  her  word  that  some  day  she  will 
come  for  me?  Have  I  not  in  my 
possession  the  letters  which  give  evi- 


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dence  of  her  care  and  love?  It  must 
be  she  who  through  all  these  years 
in  letters  that  came,  has  made  sug- 
gestions about  my  education,  and 
even  selected  Wellesley  as  the  one  she 
desired  me  to  attend. 

How  strange  my  short  life  has  been! 

»l»  5j»  yfi  Jjc  ;J; 

0  j°y>  joy!  I  have  found  my 
mother,  and  I  am  like  one  in  a  beauti- 
ful dream  from  day  to  day. 

Carrie  is,  indeed,  the  true,  sweet 
companion  that  I  felt  she  must  be, 
and  we  have  been  very  happy  to- 
gether, and  now  I  can  say  with  truth, 
that  she  is,  indeed,  my  sister.  How! 
When!  Where!  did  this  wonderful 
fact  become  known  to  me?  A  visit 
to  Carrie's  beautiful  home  with  her, 
and,  at  the  end  thereof,  the  revelation 
that  her  mother  was  also  my  mother. 
When  we  arrived  at  her  luxurious 
home,  as  we  entered  the  grand  hall, 
there  stood  the  lovely  woman  of  my 
dreams,  with  outstretched  arms,  into 
which  Carrie  rushed.  I  nearly 
fainted  and  could  hardly  control  my 
voice  sufficiently  to  respond  to  her 
cordial  greetings,  and  those  of  father, 
brother  and  sister. 

A  happy  Sabbath  was  passed,  and 
in  the  evening,  after  I  had  retired  to 
my  room  to  think  over  the  two  happy 
days  I  had  spent,  I  concluded,  as  no 
word  or  look  of  recognition  from  Mrs. 
Dean  had  been  given  me,  that  the 
ideal  mother  of  my  childhood  was 
only  a  fancy  of  my  brain;  but  the 
promise  had  been  given  that  some- 
time the  true  mother  would  reveal 
herself  to  me;  meanwhile,  it  was 
delightful  to  have  found  such  a  friend 
as  Mrs.  Dean,  and  I  am  confident  that 
my  own  mother  could  not  be  more 
motherly  to  me  than  she  had  been. 
Just  then  there  was  a  tap  at  the  door, 
and  I  hastened  to  open  it,  and  before 
I  could  realize  anything,  my  mother's 
arms  were  around  me,  and  she  was 
saying, 

"My  child,  my  child,  can  you  for- 
give your  mother?" 

1  cried  out  in  astonishment  and 
joy: 


"  0  Mother,  is  it  true  that  you  have 
come  to  me?" 

"Yes,  I  am  the  cruel  mother  that 
left  you  helpless  and  forlorn  in 
strangers'  hands.  Can  you  forgive 
me?  Sit  down  and  I  will  tell  you 
about  it." 

With  my  precious  mother's  arms 
around  me,  I  listened  to  her  stoy. 

"When  you  came,  plans  were  made 
to  send  you  away  immediately,  but 
when  I  saw  your  sweet  baby  face, 
my  heart  cried  out.  against  sending 
you  from  me,  and  I  kept  you  by  me 
week  by  week,  but  your  father  could 
not  bear  the  anger  of  his  home  friends, 
and  the  speech  of  people,  and, 
wicked  woman  that  I  was,  I  at  last 
yielded  to  his  importunity,  and  let 
them  take  you  from  me.  For  weeks 
and  months  I  went  about  in  the  deep- 
est despair,  and  took  no  interest  in 
anything.  My  constant  cry  was, '  My 
baby,  O  my  baby.'  At  the  end  of  the 
year,  your  sister  Carrie  was  born, 
and  I  lavished  upon  her  the  love  and 
care  I  had  wished  to  bestow  upon 
you. 

"When  you  were  four  years  old, 
I  determined  to  take  you  into 
our  home  whatever  consequences 
might  follow.  I  accordingly  went 
to  Ringe,  and,  taking  a  carriage  drove 
to  the  Bent  farm.  As  I  came  near 
the  house,  I  saw  Mrs.  Bent  sitting 
upon  the  doorstep  with  you  in  her 
lap,  and  you  were  kissing  her  fore- 
head, lips  and  cheeks.  How  I  envied 
her  those  caresses!  'Ah,'  thought  I, 
'such  love  as  yours  for  the  dear  woman 
cannot  easily  be  transferred  to  one 
who  through  her  own  fault  is  a 
stranger' ;  and  I  resolved  that  you 
should  remain  where  you  were  until 
you  were  old  enough  to  realize  the 
change.  I  alighted  from  my  carriage 
and  walked  toward  the  house  and 
asked  for  a  glass  of  water.  While 
Mrs.  Bent  was  gone  to  get  it,  I  took 
you  in  my  arms  and  pressed  you  to 
my  heart  and  gave  vent  to  my  long 
pent-up  feelings.  You  were  startled, 
but  soon  said,  'You  dear  woman,  do 
you  love  me  so   much?'   and   threw 


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your  arms  around  my  neck,  kissed 
and  kissed  me  as  though  you  half 
realized  the  relationship  between  us. 
With  one  long  kiss  such  as  only  a 
mother  can  give,  I  put  you  to  the 
ground  just  as  Mrs.  Bent  appeared. 
As  I  turned  from  the  house,  I  gave 
a  last  loving  look  at  your  sweet  face, 
and,  as  your  eyes  met  mine,  there 
was  such  an  expression  in  them  that 
it  has  haunted  me  to  this  day." 

"And  that  is  where  I  got  my  idea 
of  my  mother,"  I  replied  quickly. 
"Night  after  night,  the  same  gentle 
woman  has  come  to  me  in  my  dreams. 
The  only  sorrow  of  my  life  has  been 
that  I  could  not  find  you." 

"0  my  darling  child,  if  I  only  had 
known  it !  Nothing  would  have  kept 
me  from  you.  Oh,  so  heartless,  to 
forsake  my  child!  Will  God  ever 
forgive  me  my  sin?"  she  said,  wring- 
ing her  hands,  while  tears  were  stream- 
ing from  her  eyes. 

"But,  my  dearest  Mother,  the  past 
has  gone  into  eternity.  Do  not,  do 
not  weep,  for  it  is  too  beautiful  to  be 
true,  that  I  have  found  you,  and  my 
cup  of  happiness  is  running  over. 
But  do  not  think  I  have  been  un- 
happy; never  child  fell  into  more  lov- 
ing hands.  Dear  Grandma  has  petted 
me  as  though  I  were  her  own,  and  the 
dear  Aunties  almost  worship  the 
ground  I  walk  upon.  And  you  have 
not  forsaken  me,  for  have  you  not 
provided  bountifully  for  me?  Every- 
thing has  been  done  for  me,  and  I  am 
truly  thankful  for  all  my  happy  life." 

"But  still,   my   child,   our  sin  re- 


mains; and  your  father  and  I  have 
felt  that  to  make  wrong,  right,  as  far 
as  we  can,  we  must  acknowledge  you 
to  the  world  as  our  own." 

"No,  no,  Mother,  I  cannot  let  you 
do  that.  It  is  sufficient  that  I  have 
found  you  at  last,  and  I  care  not  for 
the  world  outside  your  own  loving 
heart." 

"But  we  wish  to  do  for  you  as 
father  and  mother,  and  as  we  do  for 
the  rest  of  our  children." 

"But  you  are  doing  for  me,  could 
I  ask  for  more?" 

"But  not  all  we  ought  to  do,  if  we 
do  not  give  you  a  place  in  our  home." 

"But  you  do  give  it  to  me,  and  I 
take  it,  dear  Mother,  but  it  is  better 
that  things  go  on  in  the  old  way;  and 
so  long  as  Grandma  lives  she  must 
feel  that  her  home  is  mine.  Nothing 
that  I  can  ever  do  will  ever  repay  her 
except  to  be  her  own  loving  child  to 
her  last  day.  Meanwhile,  I  will  come 
home  often,  and  you  will  all  learn  to 
love  and  know  me,  and  I  shall  fit 
into  my  place." 

"It  shall  be  as  you  wish,  dear,  and 
no  more  than  just  that  it  should  be 
so.  Far  be  it  from  me  to  take  you 
from  those  who  have  been  all  in  all 
to  you,  when  your  own  had  so  will- 
ingly cast  you  out  of  their  home. 
May  God  forgive  us,  as  you  do,  the 
wrong  done  you,  my  precious  daugh- 
ter." 

"He  will,  dear  Mother,  and  for  his 
great  loving  kindness  to  us  through 
all  the  years,  we  will  praise  Him  to 
the  end." 


DESPAIR  NOT 

By  Harry  B.  Metcalf 

Thy  brother's  talents  may  be  far 

More  generous  than  thine, 
And  fortune,  from  a  golden  star, 

Upon  his  path  may  shine; 
But  gifts  unused  for  human  weal 

Are  profitless  and  vain, 
While  thou,  with  naught  but  faith  and  zeal, 

A  laurel  crown  may  gain. 


THE  HILLS  IN  OCTOBER 

By  Jeannette  Morrill 


And  so  I  come  among  the  hills, 

Clad  in  their  royal  best, 
To  see  their  naming  garments, 

To  hear  their  songs  of  rest. 

The  city  toiler  knows  the  hills  in 
summer;  a  few  remember  a  shade 
tree  in  blossom,  and  the  first  tender 
green  of  poplars  on 'the  hillsides.  But 
the  full  glory  of  the  hills  is  known 
only  to  those  who  see  them  in  that 
hour  of  transfiguration  which  comes 
in  the  last  days  of  September  or  the 
early  days  of  October. 

Camping  is  an  ideal  way  to  get 
close  to  the  heart  of  the  hills.  Re- 
cently, in  New  Hampshire,  a  habita- 
ble house  with  a  charming  old  orchard 
was  purchased  for  seventy-five  dol- 
lars. Think  of  the  pleasant  possibili- 
ties here !  This  was  a  place  where  the 
mountains  might  conveniently  come 
to  the  visitor;  a  place  to  work  or 
dream,  and  meanwhile  come  in  touch 
with  the  very  spirit  of  the  hills. 

But  even  from  such  a  spot,  to  put 
oneself  in  line  for  all  that  the  moun- 
tains have  to  give,  one  should  go 
about  among  them.  A  pleasant  way 
to  do  this  is  to  hire  a  safe  and  lazy 
horse  and  drive  through  the  scarlet 
and  yellow  highways.  By  this  method 
the  scene  changes,  but  it  does  not 
change  so  rapidly  as  to  tire  the  eyes 
or  to  blur  the  impression. 

If  you  would  find  the  full  charm  of 
the  hills  do  not  pursue  it  in  bands. 
Disentangle  yourself  from  other  peo- 
ple. The  mountains  do  not  grant 
their  highest  communion  in  a  crowd. 
Even  an  automobile  may  come  be- 
tween you  and  the  presence  for  which 
you  search.    To  become  aware  of  the 


variety  of  light  and  color,  to  sense  to 
the  utmost  the  beauty  which  you  are 
seeking,  go  alone. 

On  a  happy  day  last  year,  I  drove 
among  the  hills  in  an  October  haze. 
I  never  before  saw  such  glory.  Not 
much  scarlet  was  left,  but  there  were 
masses  of  joyous  yellow.  From  the 
most  delicate  and  the  most  vivid, 
grading  down  to  a  soft  brown,  and 
here  and  there  a  dark  brown  oak. 
The  spruce  and  pine  stood  out,  singly 
and  in  ;  groups,  affording  contrast  to 
their  gayly  dressed  neighbors,  and 
adding  character  and  dignity  to  the 
scene. 

The  view  itself  had  never  before 
seemed  so  beautiful.  The  thinner 
foliage  revealed  the  outlines  of  the 
hills  more  clearly  than  the  dense  mid- 
summer green,  but  with  no  sugges- 
tion of  the  cold  dreariness  of  naked 
trees.  I  drove  through  miles  and 
miles  of  changing  beauty.  Only  for 
the  grandeur  of  the  scale,  and  the 
outdoor  air,  it  might  have  seemed  a 
stage  effect.  No  words  can  suggest 
the  mystical  beauty  of  the  hills  and 
trees  which  were  lighted,  yet  veiled, 
by  that  magical  golden  haze.  It  was 
a  glimpse  to  make  one  less  forlorn  and 
it  left  a  memory  to  be  cherished. 

The  full  joy  of  such  an  experience 
may  elude  one;  the  wonder  of  that 
changing  mist  and  light  may  not  be 
present;  on  the  other  hand,  there 
may  be  unexpected  revelations — 
visions  which  shall  "flash  upon  the 
inward  eye."  At  the  least,  one  will 
surely  gain  a  new  and  abiding  con- 
sciousness of  the  beauty  of  the  hills. 


NEW  HAMPSHIRE  NECROLOGY 


PROF.  JOHN  E.  SINCLAIR 

John  E.  Sinclair,  professor  emeritus  of 
higher  mathematics  at  Worcester  (Mass.) 
Polytechnic  Institute,  died  at  his  home  in 
that  city,  September  12. 

Professor  Sinclair  was  born  in  the  town  of 
Brentwood,  November  28,  1828,  and  was 
educated  at  Exeter  Academy  and  the  Chand- 
ler Scientific  School  at  Dartmouth.  He 
taught  for  a  time  at  Adrian,  Mich.,  and  St. 
Louis,  Mo.,  when  he  returned  to  Dartmouth, 
as  professor  of  mathematics,  receiving  the 
degree  of  Ph.  D.,  from  that  institution.  In 
1869  he  went  to  the  Worcester  institution, 
and  there  occupied  the  chair  of  mathematics 
till  1908,  when  he  was  retired  as  professor 
emeritus. 

Professor  Sinclair,  while  at  Dartmouth, 
married  Miss  Isabelle  Noyes,  who  died  in 
1868,  leaving  two  children.  In  Worcester 
he  married,  in  1870,  Miss  Fletcher,  then 
instructor  in  French  and  German  at  the 
Polytechnic  Institute,  who  died  in  1913.  He 
is  survived  by  a  son,  Harry  R.  Sinclair  of 
Worcester,  and  four  daughters:  Mrs.  R.  B. 
Dodge  of  Hawaii,  Miss  Emily  Sinclair,  pro- 
fessor of  mathematics  at  Oakland  College; 
Mrs.  J.  Harold  Dodge  of  Worcester,  and 
Mrs.  Louis  B.  Smith"  of  Newton  Centre. 

MARSHALL  W.  NIMS 

Marshall  Wilson  Nims,  born  in  the  town 
of  Sullivan  in  1842,  died  in  Concord,  August 
29,  1915. 

He  was  the  son  of  Frederick  B.  and  Harriet 
(Wardwell)  Nims,  and  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools,  at  Bernardstown  Academy 
and  the  Poughkeepsie  Business  College. 
He  engaged  in  the  meat  and  provision  business 
in  Keene  for  a  time,  but  removed,  in  1885,  to 
Winchendon,  Mass.  Three  years  later  he 
came  to  Concord  to  take  charge  of  Swift  & 
Company's  business,  and  was  in  the  employ 
of  that  company  till  1902,  being  for  several 
years  inspector  of  the  Swift  houses  in  northern 
New  England.  He  had  been  in  ill  health, 
and  retired  from  active  labor  several  years 
preceding  his  death. 

He  was  deeply  interested  in  church  work, 
being  a  member  of  the  Court  Street  Congre- 
gational Church  in  Keene,  and  later  of  the 
South  Congregational  Church,  Concord,  of 
which  he  was  a  deacon  for  eight,  years.  He 
was  also  much  interested  in  family  history, 
had  been  president  of  the  Nims  Family 
Association,  and  was  its  honorary  president 
at  the  time  of  his  death. 

Mr.  Nims  married,  in  1869,  Miss  Ella  M. 
Goodnow  of  East  Sullivan,  daughter  of 
Caleb  Goodnow.  She  died  in  April,  1885,  at 
Winchendon,  Mass.,  leaving  a  son,  Harry  D. 
Nims,  now  a  lawyer  in  New  York  City. 
Later  he  married  Miss  Alice  M.  Whitcomb, 
daughter  of  J.  P.  Whitcomb  of  Keene,  who 
survives  him,  together  with  his  son,  and 
three  grandsons. 


COL.*BRADLEY  DEAN 

Col.  Bradley  Dean,  born  in  Keene,  October 
11,  1840,  died  in  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  August 
10,  1915. 

He  was  the  youngest  son  of  Stephen  and 
Eliza  (Cannon)  Dean  and  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  and  Keene  Academy,  going  in 
youth  to  Boston  where  he  was  engaged  in 
mercantile  life  until  1862,  when  he  enlisted 
in  the  Union  Army,  going  out  as  lieutenant 
in  Company  K,  of  the  33d  Massachusetts 
Regiment.  On  June  17,  1863,  he  was  made 
a  captain  of  cavalry.  He  saw  much  service 
and  won  distinction,  being  highly  compli- 
mented for  bravery  and  skill.  He  was  severely 
wounded  at  Port  Hudson  and  Cedar  Creek. 
After  the  war  he  was  long  engaged  with  his 
brother  in  Chicago,  in  the  conduct  of  the 
Dean  Brothers  Blank  Book  and  Printing  Com- 
pany, of  which  he  was  secretary  and  treas- 
urer, continuing  the  business  until  failing 
health  compelled  retirement. 

Colonel  Dean  was  long  prominent  in 
various  army  organizations.  He  was  a  past 
commander  of  George  H.  Thomas  Post, 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  the  largest 
post  in  the  country.  He  was  president  of 
the  Western  Society,  Army  of  the  Potomac, 
for  the  year  1900,  a  member  of  the  military 
order  of  the  Loyal  Legion  of  the  United 
States,  commandery  of  the  state  of  Illinois,  a 
director  of  the  Grand  Army  Hall  and  Memo- 
rial Association  of  Illinois,  and  also  served 
upon  the  national  staff  of  the  Grand  Army  of 
the  Republic  during  the  years  1895,  1896  and 
1900,  and  upon  the  department  staff,  state  of 
Illinois,  during  the  years  1898  and  1899. 

He  married,  Dec.  31,  1863,  Charlotte  Maria 
Dixon,  who  died  August  6,  1887.  Both  were 
members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  which 
Rev.  David  Swing  was  pastor. 

JOHN  H.  ALBIN 

John  Henry  Albin,  long  a  well  known  lawyer 
of  Concord,  died  at  his  home  in  this  city 
August  10,  1915. 

He  was  born  in  West  Randolph,  Vt.,  Octo- 
ber 17,  1843.  In  Concord  he  obtained  his 
early  education,  and  he  graduated  from  Dart- 
mouth College  with  honor  in  the  class  of  1864, 
receiving  the  degree  of  bachelor  of  arts,  and 
three  years  later  the  degree  of  master  of  arts. 

Mr.  Albin  commenced  the  study  of  law  in 
the  office  of  Hon.  Ira.  A.  Eastman  of  Concord, 
and  in  October,  1867,  was  admitted  to  prac- 
tice. He  was  first  associated  with  Judge 
Eastman  and  the  late  Samuel  B.  Page,  but  in 
1874  the  firm  was  dissolved  and  he  became 
connected  with  Hon.  Mason  W.  Tappan,  a 
former  member  of  Congress  and  later  attor- 
ney general  of  New  Hampshire.  Other 
lawyers  with  whom  he  had  been  associated 
were  Gen.  Frank  S.  Streeter,  Hon.  Nathaniel 
E.  Martin,  a  mayor  of  Concord,  and  Hon. 
William  H.  Sawyer,  now  a  judge  of  the  Supe- 
rior Court. 


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Mr.  Albin  was  a  Republican  in  politics. 
He  served  Ward  Five,  Concord,  in  the  legis- 
latures of  1872  and  1873,  and  in  both  terms 
was  a  recognized  leader  of  his  party.  In 
1876  he  represented  Henniker,  in  which  town 
he  had  a  fine  farm,  in  the  House.  His  latest 
public  service  was  as  a  member  of  the  com- 
mission to  determine  the  boundary  line 
between  New  Hampshire  and  Vermont,  and 
as  a  member  of  the  commission  to  free  toll 
bridges. 

Mr.  Albin  early  took  an  interest  in  the 
Concord  Street  Railroad,  became  its  presi- 
dent and  principal  owner,  developed  it  to  the 
point  of  successful  and  satisfactory  ownership, 
and  sold  it  to  the  Concord  and  Montreal 
Railroad,  by  whose  lessee,  the  Boston  & 
Maine  Railroad,  it  is  now  operated.  He  was 
for  many  years  president  and  director  of  the 
Sullivan  County  Railroad,  a  director  of  the 
Connecticut  River  Railroad  and  a  director  of 
the  Vermont  Valley  Railroad. 

He  was  prominent  in  Odd  Fellowship,  was 
one  of  the  founders  of  the  New  Hampshire 
Odd  Fellows'  Home  in  Concord  and  served  as 
a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the 
institution  until  1904,  when  he  resigned. 

COL.   JONATHAN   E.   PECKER 

Jonathan  Eastman  Pecker,  long  time  New 
Hampshire  correspondent  of  the  Boston  Jour- 
nal, in  the  days  when  that  newspaper  was  a 
power  in  New  England  journalism,  died  in 
his  apartment  in  the  Aquilla  Building  in 
Concord,  August  12,  1915. 

Colonel  Pecker  was  born  in  Concord,  May 
28,  1838,  and  was  the  son  of  Jeremiah,  Jr., 
and  Mary  Lang  (Eastman)  Pecker.  His 
paternal  grandfather  was  Capt.  Jeremiah 
Pecker,  Sr.,  for  nearly  half  a  century  one  of 
the  most  prominent  residents  of  Concord, 
and  his  maternal  grandfather  was  Capt. 
Jonathan  Eastman,  Jr.,  a  paymaster  in  the 
United  States  Army  in  the  War  of  1812.  He 
was  a  direct  descendant  of  Maj.  James 
Pecker  of  Haverhill,  Mass.,  a  surgeon  in  the 
Continental  Army,  who  died  from  hardship 
and  exposure  at  Valley  Forge. 

He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and 
the  Scientific  Department  of  Dartmouth 
College,  graduating  in  1858.  After  gradua- 
tion he  was  engaged  for  a  time  in  surveying 
and  engineering,  and  also  taught  school  for 
several  terms.  He  then  read  law  for  three 
years,  but  relinquished  the  profession  to 
engage  in  journalism  as  army  correspondent 
of  the  Boston  Journal. 

During  the  Civil  War  he  accompanied 
nearly  every  New  Hampshire  regiment  a  part 
or  all  of  the  way  to  the  front.  In  the  fall  of 
1861  he  was  with  the  Union  forces  in  Virginia 
with  Governor  Berry,  being  an  acting  member 
of  the  latter's  staff,  and  narrowly  escaped 
capture  by  the  Confederate  forces.  In  later 
years  he  traveled  extensively  in  journalistic 
service  in  Canada,  the  Southern  and  Western 
States,  and  in  Mexico.     In  1872  he  established 


the  New  Hampshire  Neivs  Bureau  and  branch 
office  of  the  Journal,  and  was  its  manager 
until  1896  when  it  was  abolished  with  the 
change  of  that  paper  to  new  management. 
His  connection  with  the  paper  covered  a 
period  of  over  35  years  in  which  he  reached 
the  highest  rank  and  emoluments  on  its  staff 
of  correspondents.  He  was  commissioned 
with  the  rank  of  colonel  on  the  staff  of  Gov. 
Benjamin  F.  Prescott,  and  afterwards  on  the 
staff  of  Governor  Nat  Head  with  the  same 
rank.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Gen.  D.  M. 
White  Staff  Association,  of  the  old  Third 
Regiment  Staff  Association,  and  an  honorary 
member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Veterans' 
Association  at  The  Weirs,  which  membership 
he  organized. 

Colonel  Pecker  was  an  indefatigable  col- 
lector of  books,  and  had  one  of  the  largest 
private  libraries  in  the  state,  including  many 
rare  volumes.  He  had  long  been  interested 
in  historical  and  genealogical  associations, 
and  was  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire 
Historical  Society,  a  life  member  and  vice- 
president  of  the  New  England  Historic  Gen- 
ealogical Society,  and  an  honorary  member 
of  the  Kansas  State  Historical  Society  at 
Topeka.  He  was  a  member  and  president  of 
the  Concord  Dartmouth  Alumni  Association, 
a  member  of  Blazing  Star  Lodge,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.,  a  charter  member  of  Rumford  Grange, 
P.  of  H.,  and  of  Merrimack  County  Pomona 
Grange.  For  many  years  he  was  secretary  of 
the  Merrimack  County  Agricultural  Society 
and  was  an  honorary  member  of  the  New 
Hampshire  Press  Association. 

In  politics  he  was  originally  a  Democrat, 
but  early  in  life  became  a  Republican.  In 
religion  he  was  an  Episcopalian,  and  a  member 
of  the  Church  of  the  Advent,  of  that  faith,  in 
Boston. 

HON.    HERBERT    B.    VIALL 

Herbert  Bainbridge  Viall,  born  in  Dorset, 
Vt.,  January  8,  1839,  died  in  Keene,  N.  H., 
September  20,  1915.  He  received  a  common 
school  education  and  afterwards  learned  the 
trade  of  a  marble  worker,  removing  to  Bellows 
Falls,  where  he  resided  for  ten  years,  carrying 
on  a  marble  business  and  a  quarry. 

In  1868  he  moved  to  Charlestown,  where  he 
resided  for  seventeen  years  and  became  prom- 
inently identified  with  the  town.  He  carried 
on  a  large  livery  stable  and  bought  wool  ex- 
tensively among  the  Vermont  and  New 
Hampshire  farmers,  for  different  mills,  in- 
cluding the  Faulkner  &  Colony  Mills  in 
Keene.  He  was  chairman  of  the  Charles- 
town  board  of  selectmen  for  five  years  and 
represented  the  town  in  the  state  legislature 
in  1871  and  1872.  He  was  also  appointed  a 
deputy  collector  of  internal  revenue,  a  position 
which  he  held  after  leaving  Charlestown.  In 
politics  Mr.  Viall  was  at  that  time  a  Demo- 
crat. 

In  March,  1885,  he  gave  up  his  business  in 
Charlestown  to  accept  the  treasurership  of 


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the  Stoddard  Lumber  Company,  whose 
offices  were  in  Keene,  where  he  took  up  his 
residence,  and  had  since  remained.  He  held 
the  position  of  treasurer  of  the  lumber  com- 
pany for  a  number  of  years  and  on  the  retire- 
ment of  Henry  S.  Martin  was  chosen  cashier 
of  the  Citizens'  National  Bank,  holding  that 
position  from  1890  until  1894.  During  that 
time  Mr.  Viall's  name  was  brought  before  the 
New  Hampshire  Democratic  convention  as  a 
candidate  for  governor.  Later,  he  became 
identified  with  the  Republican  party  and  was 
a  member  of  the  executive  council  while 
Charles  M.   Floyd  was  governor.     He  was 


also  elected  mayor  of  Keene  for  the  years 
1889  and  1890.  At  the  time  of  the  establish- 
ment of  the  Cheshire  County  Savings  Bank 
in  1898,  Mr.  Viall  became  its  treasurer,  hold- 
ing that  position  until  January  1,  1914,  when 
he  resigned. 

Mr.  Viall  was  for  some  time  a  vestryman  of 
St.  James'  Episcopal  Church  and  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Lodge  of  the  Temple,  Cheshire 
Royal  Arch  Chapter  and  Hugh  de  Payens 
Commandery  of  Keene,  and  of  the  Scottish 
Rite  Masonic  orders.  He  is  survived  by  a 
widow  and  one  son,  William  B.,  and  a  sister, 
Mrs.  Mary  Strong  of  Randolph,  Vt. 


EDITOR  AND  PUBLISHER'S  NOTES 


The  recent  earnest,  exciting  and  extended 
primary  canvass,  in  Massachusetts,  to  be 
followed  by  a  no  less  earnest  and  exciting 
pre-election  campaign,  operates  to  remind  the 
people  of  New  Hampshire  how  much  they 
have  escaped  through  the  adoption  of  the 
biennial  system.  It  would  be  impossible, 
now,  to  secure  a  return  to  annual  elections  in 
New  Hampshire,  and  there  is  little  doubt 
that  the  same  will  be  abandoned  in  Massa- 
chusetts, as  soon  as  the  people  are  given  an 
opportunity  authoritatively  to  express  them- 
selves upon  the  question.  It  would  be  better 
for  all  states  if  elections  were  holden,  quad- 
rennially, or  once  in  four  years  only,  as  in  the 
case  of  the  nation  at  large.  Everybody  but 
the  professional  politicians  and  office  seekers 
would  be  better  satisfied  with  such  an 
arrangement. 


Upon  invitation  of  President  Fairchild  of 
the  New  Hampshire  College,  the  fall  quarterly 
meeting  of  the  New  Hampshire  Board  of 
Trade  will  be  held  in  Durham  on  Wednesday, 
October  20.  The  relations- of  the  college  and 
the  state,  with  reference  to  particular  inter- 
ests, will  be  the  subject  under  consideration. 
State  Superintendent  Morrison  will  speak  of 
"The  College  and  the  Public  Schools"; 
Commissioner  Felker  will  consider  "The 
College  and  the  Department  of  Agriculture," 
and  E.  C.  Hirst,  state  forester,  will  speak  of 
"The  College  and  Forestry."  Governor 
Spaulding  has  been  invited  to  be  present, 
and  it  is  hoped  he  will  attend.  If  unable,  on 
account  of  other  engagements  to  do  so,  it  is 
thought  the  secretary  of  state,  Hon.  Edwin 
C.  Bean,  will  speak,  in  his  place,  upon  "The 
College  and  the  State,"  in  their  general  rela- 
tions. 


We  have  been  reading  and  hearing  a  good 
deal  of  late  about  a  "boom  for  agriculture" 
in  this  state.  The  talk  comes  largely  from 
men  who  know  little  and  care  less  for  the  real 
interests  of  New  Hampshire  agriculture, 
which  are  being  carefully  conserved  and  pro- 


moted by  the  State  Department,  the  Agri- 
cultural College,  and  the  County  Agents  in 
the  several  counties  where  such  have  been 
employed,  all  cooperating  with  the  Grange, 
and  with  wide-awake  and  enterprising  farm- 
ers in  all  sections,  of  whom  the  number  is 
increasing  from  year  to  year,  through  the 
work  and  influence  of  the  several  agencies  to 
which  reference  has  been  made.  The  New 
Hampshire  farmer,  at  the  present  day,  is  not 
the  poor,  forlorn,  unfortunate  person,  to  be 
coddled  and  patronized,  that  some  people 
would  have  the  world  think  he  is.  As  a  gen- 
eral rule  he  is  a  fairly  intelligent,  and  fairly 
prosperous  individual,  who  knows  what  he 
wants,  where  he  is  "at,"  and  understands  the 
motives  of  those  who  assume  to  commiserate 
with,  pity  and  patronize  him.  It  is  proper 
for  the  state  at  large  to  take  an  interest  in 
and  promote  by  all  due  and  proper  measures, 
the  interests  of  agriculture.  It  would  be 
better  for  the  nation  at  large  to  spend  more 
money  in  fostering  and  encouraging  this 
great  basic  industry  than  in  constructing 
battleships  and  other  implements  of  war;  but 
there  is  no  occasion  for  demagogic  appeal  of 
the  patronizing  order.  If  not  discriminated 
against  in  favor  of  other  interests,  the  farmers 
of  the  state  and  nation  will  work  out  their 
own  salvation  and  that  of  the  country  at 
large  in  due  season. 

The  revelations  regarding  the  expenditure 
of  money  by  the  railroads,  or  those  in  direc- 
tion of  railroad  affairs,  to  influence  public 
opinion  and  control  legislation,  brought  out 
in  recent  investigation  by  the  Public  Service 
Commission,  under  the  Tobey  resolution,  are 
astonishing  to  the  average  mind,  to  say  the 
least.  When  a  single  lawyer,  or  law  firm,  is 
paid  more  money  for  incidental  railroad  serv- 
ice, extending  over  a  couple  years,  than  the 
ablest  lawyers  in  the  state  were  able  to  accu- 
mulate in  a  life  time  of  practice  a  generation 
ago,  there  is  little  room  left  for  wonderment 
over  the  financial  straits  in  which  the  railroads 
themselves  are  found  at  the  present  time. 


BAKER    MEMORIAL   M.    E.   CHURCH 


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Vol.  XLVII,  No.  10                                               OCTOBER,  1915  New  Series,  Vol.  X,  No.  10 

THE  BAKER   MEMORIAL  CHURCH  AND 

ITS  NEW  PASTOR 

By  James  W.  Tucker 

On  the  first  Sunday  of  this  month  meeting.     It  was  voted  to  organize  a 

the  Rev.  Raymond  H.  Huse  became  new  church  and  also  that  the  church 

the   sixteenth    pastor    of   the    Baker  should   bear   the   name   of   the   late 

Memorial  Methodist  Episcopal  church  Bishop   Osmon   C.   Baker,   who   had 

of  Concord,  replacing  the  Rev.  Foster  resided    in    Concord.     Rev.    M.    W. 

W.  Taylor,  who  retired  from  the  pas-  Prince,  pastor  of  the  First  church,  was 

torate   to  become,  superintendent  of  appointed  pastor  of  the  new  society, 

children's  work  at  the  Morgan  Me-  and  at  the  First  Quarterly  Confer- 

morial  church  in  Boston,.  Mass.  ence,    held    in    connection    with    the 

The  change  in  pastors  brings  to  organization  meeting,  a  board  of 
mind  the  remarkable  growth  of  the  trustees  and  stewards,  with  the  sev- 
church  which  covers  the  period  of  eral  committees,  was  elected, 
forty-one  years  since  the  inception  of  The  first  public  service  of  the  new 
the  new  society.  Less  than  half  a  society  was  held  in  Phenix  hall  on 
century  is  a  short  space  in  which  to  Sunday,  November  30,  1874,  after 
develop  such  an  influential  organiza-  which  a  Sunday  School  was  organized, 
tion  as  the  Baker  Memorial  church,  In  December,  1874,  a  committee,  ap- 
and  the  fact  that  it  possesses  today  a  pointed  for  the  purpose,  purchased 
beautiful,  well  located  church  edifice  the  lot  at  the  corner  of  Warren  and 
and  chapel,  a  fine  parsonage  and  a  State  streets  for  $8,000  and  on  De- 
large  active  membership  may  be  at-  cember  21,  1876,  the  chapel,  which 
tributed  to  the  stalwart  men  and  now  occupies  the  rear  of  the  lot,  was 
women  of  the  parish  and  the  aggres-  dedicated,  the  cost  of  the  building 
sive  ministers  who  worked  steadfastly  having  been  about  $7,500. 
and  courageously  through  several  In  April,  1877,  the  Rev.  William 
trying  periods  to  bring  about  the  Eakins  succeeded  the  first  minister 
present  ideal  conditions.  and   after  a  successful   pastorate  of 

The  First  Methodist  church  was  two  years,  during  which  time  he  de- 
established  in  the  early  part  of  the  veloped  the  "cottage  praj-er  meeting" 
nineteenth  century,  and  after  nearly  phase  of  the  church  work,  was  in  turn 
forty  years  the  church  building,  in  the  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  Charles  Hall, 
minds  of  many  Methodists,  became  The  fourth  minister  was  Rev.  Charles 
too  small  to  accommodate  the  growth  Parkhurst,  who  afterwards  became  the 
of  the  parish.  Efforts  to  enlarge  the  editor  of  the  well  known  Methodist 
structure  were  unavailing  and  on  Oc-  publication,  Zion's  Herald.  The  Rev. 
tober  30,  1874,  one  hundred  members  Dr.  Parkhurst  had  safely  piloted  the 
of  the  First  church,  twenty-five  of  church  through  a  trying  period  in  its 
whom  were  adult  male  members,  met  history  when  the  ill  health  of  his  wife 
in  Rumford  Hall  with  the  Rev.  T.  H.  made  it  necessary  for  him  to  relin- 
Flood,  then  presiding  elder  of  the  quish  his  pastorate  and  move  to  a 
Concord    district,    in    charge    of   the  warmer  climate  in  August,  1883.     In 


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October  of  that  year  the  Rev.  William  mended  the  Rev.  G,  W.  Curl  as  his 
Sterling  of  Minneapolis  was  called  to  successor.  Mr.  Curl  was  transferred 
serve  the  church  for  the  remainder  of  from  the  Vermont  Conference  in  the 
the  conference  year,  after  which  the  spring  of  1892  and  the  new  church 
Rev.  George  W.  Norris  was  appointed  building  enterprise  taken  up  with  re- 
pastor.  It  was  during  Mr.  Norris'  pas-  newed  vigor.  The  names  of  L.  P. 
torate  that  a  Building  Fund  Associa-  Durgin  and  J.  W.  McNaughton  had 
tion  was  started  with  a  nucleus  of  $800  been  added  to  the  committee,  and 
in  the  treasury,  the  money  having  been  through  the  combined  efforts  of  all 
obtained  through  membership  dues,  interested  in  the  new  church  building 
After  two  years  Mr.  Norris  was  made  the  sum  of  $12,000  was  raised, 
presiding  elder  of  the  Concord  district  The  committee  accepted  the  plans 
and  the  Rev.  D.  E.  Miller  was  trans-  of  Volk  and  Son,  New  York  architects, 
ferred  from  the  Vermont  Conference  and  gave  the  building  contract  to 
in  the  spring  of  1885  to  become  the  E.  B.  Hutchinson  of  Concord  whose 
seventh  pastor  of  the  church.  During  bid  was  a  little  more  than  $12,500. 
the  three  years  he  served  as  pastor  In  August,  1893,  the  foundation  of 
there  were  many  innovations  which  the  new  church  was  laid  and  on  Sep- 
tended  to  increase  the  efficiency  of  tember  13  of  the  same  year,  the  cor- 
the  society.  The  "Epworth  Hym-  ner-stone  was  set  with  appropriate 
nal"  was  introduced,  a  "  Literary  ceremony  by  the  Rev.  S.  C.  Keeler 
Society"  was  formed  and  a  "Ladies'  with  the  Rev.  G.  M.  Curl  presiding. 
Sociable"  became  an  important  The  sermon  was  preached  by  the  Rev. 
branch  of  church  work.  G.  W.  Norris,  presiding  elder  of  the 

The  next  pastor  of  the  church  was  Dover  District,  and  the  pastor  of  the 
the  Rev.  C.  W.  Bradlee,  who  served  First  Methodist  church,  Rev.  J.  E. 
from  1888  to  1892.  It  was  during  Robbins,  offered  prayer.  A  copper 
these  four  years  that  the  church  build-  box  containing  church  records,  copies 
ing  plan  received  its  initial  impetus,  of  the  local  daily  papers  and  an  ori- 
In  1889  a  committee  consisting  of  the  ginal  hymn  by  the  Rev.  J.  W.  Merrill 
pastor  and  eleven  laymen  procured  was  placed  under  the  corner-stone, 
plans  and  estimates  of  expense  for  a  In  a  little  less  than  twelve  months, 
new  church  building.  As  the  plans  the  structure  was  completed  and  on 
were  not  considered  available,  the  May  17,  1894,  it  was  dedicated  with 
project  was  temporarily  dropped,  but  services  held  in  the  afternoon  and 
Pastor  Bradlee  persisted  in  impressing  evening.  The  Rev.  Charles  Park- 
upon  his  charges  the  imperative  need  hurst,  editor  of  Zion's  Herald  preached 
of  a  new  building  with  the  result  that  the  afternoon  sermon  and  in  the  even- 
in  1891  a  new  building  committee,  ing  the  principal  address  was  deliv- 
consisting  of  W.  S.  Baker,  H.  C.  Bai-  ered  by  the  venerable  Bishop  R:  S. 
ley,  Allan  Wilson,  C.  A.  Davis  and  Foster.  The  total  cost  of  the  church 
the  pastor  was  appointed  to  formu-  and  all  the  furnishings,  including  the 
late  plans  for  a  new  church.  Late  in  new  organ,  was  $16,353.39.  Previous 
February  the  church  accepted  the  to  the  building  of  the  new  church, 
plans  and  estimates  submitted  by  the  Mr.  H.  C.  Bailey,  a  member  of  the 
committee,  but  the  response  to  the  committee,  moved  to  South  America, 
call  for  subscriptions  was  not  suffi-  and  F.  P.  Kellom  was  elected  to  fill 
ciently  large  to  warrant  the  immediate  the  vacancy  thus  created, 
commencement  of  building  operations.  The  several  organizations  then  affil- 

Mr.  Bradlee  had  announced  his  in-  iated  with  the  church  helped  mater- 

tention  of  leaving  the  church  at  the  ially  in  the  purchase  of  the  furnish- 

end    of   his   four  year   ministry   and  ings.     The  Junior   League  gave  the 

Pev.    S.    C.    Keeler,    then    presiding  Bible,  also  hymn  and  Psalm  books; 

elder  of  the  Concord  District,  recom-  the  Epworth  League  gave  the  pulpit 


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furniture;  the  Ladies'  Aid  Society 
assumed  the  responsibility  for  the 
payment  of  $1,800  for  the  new  organ 
and  $300  for  a  new  carpet;  and  the 
Sunday  School  contributed  a  consid- 
erable sum  of  money.  A  memorial 
window  was  presented  to  the  church 
in  memory  of  Mr.  J.  B.  Rand  by  his 
children  and  the  widow  of  Rev. 
Elisha  Adams  gave  another  memorial 
window  in  memory  of  her  husband. 

The  completion  of  the  church  build- 
ing marked  the  end  of  the  second 
decade  of  Baker  Memorial  Church  his- 
tory. Since  the  church  was  com- 
pleted, two  decades  more  have  passed 
and  although  the  efforts  of  the  parish 
have  perhaps  been  applied  in  a  differ- 
ent direction,  the  period  has  been 
marked  by  the  same  eager  desire  for 
service  and  social  uplift  that  char- 
acterized the  first  twenty  years  of 
the  church.  The  project  of  building 
a  home  having  been  consummated,  the 
society  immediately  began  to  make 
the  fullest  possible  use  of  the  building 
in  directing  into  proper  channels  the 
thought  of  that  portion  of  the  com- 
munity that  elected  to  worship  within 
its  walls.  The  epoch-making  pas- 
torate of  the  Rev.  G.  M.  Curl  was 
brought  to  a  close  in  1896  when  he 
was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  G.  N.  Dorr 
who  remained  with  the  church  for  a 
period  of  one  year. 

Pastors  since  that  time  have  been 
Rev.  J.  M.  Emerson,  one  year;  Rev. 
W.   H.   Hutchins,   three  years;  Rev. 

E.  C.  Strout,  six  years;  Rev.  C.  C. 
Garland,  six  years  and  the  Rev.  Fos- 
ter W.  Taylor,  two  years.  During 
the  pastorate  of  the  Rev.  C.  C.  Gar- 
land, the  chapel  was  entirely  rebuilt 
and  refurnished,  kitchen,  parlor  and 
toilets  being  added,  the  chapel  having 
been  remodeled  in  such  a  way  as  to 
give  considerably  more  floor  space. 
During  recent  years  there  have  been 
large  gains  in  membership,  particu- 
larly  during   the   pastorate   of   Rev. 

F.  W.  Taylor,  a  young  man  filled  with 
fire  and  enthusiasm  and  imbued  with 
a  strong  desire  to  better  the  entire 
community  in  which  he  lived.     Mr. 


Taylor  introduced  a  number  of  inno- 
vations into  the  work  of  the  church 
which  attracted  wide  favorable  com- 
ment, one  of  his  ideas  being  the 
method  of  educating  the  public 
through  motion  pictures. 

To  this  interesting  parish  has  come 
another  man,  young  in  years,  yet 
broadened  by  hard  work  and  long 
experience  in  his  chosen  field  of  en- 
deavor. The  Rev.  Raymond  H.  Huse 
was  born  in  Woburn,  Massachusetts, 
on  July  24,  1880,  the  son  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  John  S.  Huse.     When  his  father 


Bishop  Osmon  C.  Baker 

Fi.i  Whom  the  Church  was  Named 

died,  the  mother  removed  with  her 
children,  Raymond  then  being  a  boy 
of  eight  years,  to  her  old  home  in 
Milton,  New  Hampshire,  and  here  he 
passed  through  the  period  of  youth  to 
young  manhood,  attending  the  public 
schools  and  graduating  from  the  Nute 
High  School  of  that  town  in  1896. 

It  would  seem  that  his  choice  of  a 
life  work  was  indicated  even  before 
his  graduation  from  high  school,  for 
when  he  was  but  eight  years  old  he 
expressed  his  desire  to  lead  a  Christian 
life  at  a  children's  meeting  conducted 
by  the  Rev.  and  Mrs.  L.  D.  Bragg  in 


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Woburn.  In  1891  he  joined  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church  at  Milton  Mills 
and  five  years  afterwards  received  an 
exhorter's  license  from  the  church 
and  a  local  preacher's  license  in  1898, 
two  years  after  his  graduation  from 
High  school. 

The  period  immediately  following 
his  graduation  from  public  schools 
was  occupied  by  Mr.  Huse  in  private 


Exeter.  Here  Mr.  Huse  passed  four 
successful  years  in  the  ministry,  leav- 
ing the  church  there  when  he  was 
appointed  superintendent  of  the 
Dover  District  by  Bishop  Quayle 
at  the  81st  Session  of  the  New  Hamp- 
shire Conference  held  at  Tilton,  N.  H. 
beginning  on  March  30,  1910.  Mr. 
Huse  was  only  29  years  of  age  at  that 
time  and  was  one  of  the  youngest  men 


Rev.   Raymond   H.   Huse 


study  and  teaching.  In  1900  he  en- 
tered the  Drew  Theological  Seminary 
at  Madison,  N.  J.,  and  graduated 
with  honors  in  1903,  having  been 
chosen  by  the  faculty  to  be  one  of  the 
speakers  at  commencement. 

Following  his  graduation  from  the 
seminary  he  joined  the  New  Hamp- 
shire Conference  and  was  appointed 
to  Sanbornville,  where  he  remained 
for  a  period  of  three  years,  going  from 
that  town  to  the  academv  town  of 


ever  put  in  this  responsible  position 
in  New  England. 

In  commenting  on  the  appointment 
of  Mr.  Huse  to  be  superintendent  of 
the  Dover  District,  Zion's  Herald 
said:  "He  is  a  strong  preacher,  pos- 
sesses a  unique  personality  and  has 
qualities  of  heart  and  mind  that  are 
expected  to  make  him  a  success  as 
superintendent  of  the  Dover  District." 
These  same  qualities  of  heart  and 
mind   which   made   a  success   of  his 


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work  in  the  wide  field  which  he  has 
just  relinquished  will  undoubtedly 
stand  him  in  good  stead  in  the  pas- 
torate which  he  has  just  accepted. 

That  Mr.  Huse  is  possessed  of  dis- 
tinct literary  ability  is  evidenced  by 
his  published  books  "The  Soul  of  a 
Child,"  and  "The  Songs  of  an  Itin- 
erant" and  numerous  other  poems, 
several  of  which  have  been  contrib- 
uted to  and  published  in  this  maga- 
zine. In  1906  he  married  Miss  Mabel 
H.  Ridgeway,  a  deaconess,  of  New- 
buryport,  Mass. 

A  paragraph  from  the  personal  note 
sent  to  the  ministers  of  the  Dover 
District  immediately  following  his 
acceptance  of  the  pastorate  in  Con- 
cord not  only  indicates  the  scope  of 
the  work  accomplished  by  the  man  in 
that  field,  but  also  gives  an  insight 
into  the  ideals  which  he  holds  con- 


stantly before  him  and  which  will 
undoubtedly  bring  to  him  continued 
success  in  his  latest  field  of  endeavor. 
The  quotation  is  as  follows: 

"I  have  tried  during  these  years  to 
give  my  wrhole  self  to  the  service  of 
the  churches.  In  thirty  of  them  I 
have  conducted  special  evangelistic 
campaigns,  and  in  all  of  them  I  have 
lectured  and  preached  freely  and 
gladly.  Every  church  in  the  district 
has  changed  pastors  during  this  time 
and  the  problems  of  Quarterly  Con- 
ference and  cabinet  have  sometimes 
been  very  perplexing.  No  one  has 
been  more  aware  of  my  mistakes  than 
I  have  myself — and  if  I  haven't  ac- 
knowledged them  before,  I  hereby  do 
now — but  I  have  tried  to  make  few 
promises,  tell  no  lies  and  keep  always 
before  me  the  best  good  of  all  con- 
cerned." 


SACRED  TO  THE  MEMORY 

By  Martha  A.  S.  Baker 

I've  journeyed  far  today,  dear  friend, 
Down  through  the  length  of  years, 

Brought  back  with  me  sweet  memories 
Freighted  writh  smiles  and  tears. 

I  stood  beside  my  childhood  home, 

Entered  its  portals  grey, 
Looked  through  its  tiny  window-panes, 

Out  on  the  sunlit  day. 

Bereft,  the  old  house  stands  alone, 

Bereft  its  neighbors,  too; 
No  friendly  smoke  from  house-tops  near, 

Ascends  in  clouds  of  blue. 

I  wandered  through  each  silent  room, 

Deserted  now  and  bare, 
Revived  some  childish,  mirthful  pranks, 

In  which  I  had  a  share. 


Each  room  spoke  of  some  loved  one  dear, 

Some  story  of  the  past — 
I  yield  unto  the  magic  spell, 

These  memories  o'er  me  cast — 


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I  see  them  now,  the  family  group, 
I  name  them  one  by  one; 

Near  all  have  now  celestial  homes, 
Their  life  in  heaven  begun. 

Without  I  see  the  garden  where 
The  sun  la}'  soft  and  warm, 

The  orchard  with  its  bending  trees, 
(Now  scarred  by  many  a  storm), 

The  silver-oaks,  the  lilacs,  too, 
That  bloomed  beside  the  door, 

The  locusts  tall  and  fragrant  still 
Stand  as  in  days  of  yore; 

The  shed,  the  well  with  cooling  depths, 
The  barn  with  well-fed  kine, 

The  horse,  the  dog,  I  see  them  all — 
A  sweet  day-dream  of  mine. 

Fond  voices  now  the  stillness  break — 
The  wind  joins  with  the  sea 

In  singing  tender  lullabies — - 
A  peaceful  symphony. 

The  untrod  paths  are  winding  still 
O'er  meadow,  hill  and  shore; 

The  crickets  pipe  their  requiem, 
Above  the  wild  birds  soar. 

The  meadow,  fair  to  look  upon 
This  sweet  September  day, 

Where  lavish  blooms  the  golden-rod, 
And  asters  all  the  way, 

Seemed  but  a  picture  all  aglow 
With  colors  from  the  skies; 

The  gold  and  purple  of  the  west, 
Before  the  daylight  dies. 

These  memories  of  the  past,  what  charm 
Their  influence  to  me  brings — ■ 

O'er  them  I  linger  lovingly, 
To  them  my  fond  heart  clings. 


FROM  THE   "SHAY"   TO  THE  MOTOR  CAR 


By  Helen  Rolfe  Holmes 

Over  half  a  century  ago  (in  1853)  appearing  small  indeed  to  us  of  this 
the  eyes  of  Washington  people  were  period  with  our  fine  carriages  and 
turned  with  admiration  upon  the  one-     automobiles,  was  then  thought  to  be 

quite  expensive. 

In  later  years  this  shay  came  into 
•  the  possession  of  Mr.  C.  P.  Kimball 
of  Chicago,  son  of  the  man  who  had 
made  it. 

As  time  passed  on.  naturally  the 
styles  in  vehicles  changed  and  im- 
proved to  such  an  extent,  that  there 
was  a  decided  difference  between  the 
quaint  little  shay  of  President  Pierce 


President  Pierce's  Shay 

horse  shay  in  which  President  Frank- 
lin Pierce  rode  in  state  about  the 
streets. 

It  was  a  two-wheeled  affair,  as  the 
illustration  shows,  and  was  built  at 
the  carriage  factory  of  a  Mr.  Kimball, 
in  Norway,  Maine.  At  that  time  it 
was  considered  a  very  stylish  and  and  the  elaborate  carriage  in  which 
elegant  carriage.  Its  price,  just  one  President  McKinley  took  his  drives 
hundred   and   fifty   dollars,   although      about  Washington. 


President  McKinley's  Carriage 


President  Wilson's  Motor  Car 


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It  happened  that  the  McKinley 
carriage  was  made  at  the  factory  of 
a  large  Chicago  firm,  whose  head  was 
Mr.  C.  P.  Kimball,  the  son  of  the 
man  who  had  made  the  shay  for 
President  Pierce. 

Its  value  was  thirteen  hundred 
dollars.  It  was  well  built,  the  latest 
style  at  that  time,  and  quite  fine  in 
appearance,  as  our  picture  shows. 

But  now,  even  this  carriage  looks 
quite  out  of  date  beside  the  beautiful 
Pierce-Arrow  car  in  which  President 
Woodrow     Wilson    rides.     The    one 


hundred  and  fifty  dollars  which  Presi- 
dent Pierce's  shay  cost  would  scarcely 
pay  for  the  tires  of  this  splendid 
motor  car.  Its  value,  six  thousand 
dollars,  would  be  quite  beyond  the 
dreams  of  the  people  of  President 
Pierce's  time.  What  a  wondrous 
sight  it  would  be  to  them  to  see  this 
car  which  we  picture  on  this  page, 
with  its  power,  beauty  and  luxurious 
appointments ! 

No  more  than  they  can  we  look 
ahead  and  see  what  the  vehicle  of 
over  half  a  century  hence  will  be. 


THE  FLOWER  OF  GOD 

By  David  Alawen 

The  Flower  of  God  fell  from  His  hand.     He  watched  where  it  fell  down 
From  heaven  to  earth.     The  mother  of  man  looked  from  her  child 

While  the  moan  of  death  was  its  lullaby,  and  the  lilies 

Of  love  looked  up  to  their  Lord  through  sunlight  undefiled. 

The  Flower  of  God  fell  down,  past  peak  and  the  perilous  path, 
Its  rays  of  light  touched  the  eagle's  wing  and  the  pineheads  sang, 

As  the  zephyr  of  Eden  before  the  Fall,  at  the  Flight 

Of  the  Flower  of  God, — but  the  challenge  of  Hell  then  rang 

Around  the  great  Leader  of  horror,  and  ruin,  and  death 

Where  he  waited  for  what  he  could  not  tell.     .     .     .     Suddenly  rose 

He,  knowing  not  why,  but  the  Flower  of  God  had  flamed  across 
The  dark  between  Home  and  the  field  of  his  pitiless  woes. 

Then  into  the  heart  of  the  Leader  came  a  new  desire, — 

He  willed  of  the  life  to  give  that  a  God,  unconquered,  gives. 

Then  the  murderer  rose  as  a  monarch.     The  fight  he  stays. 

That  Flower  was  the  Soul  that  saves.     It  now  in  the  Leader  lives. 

He  had  cheated  the  world  so  long,  destroj^ed  the  heart  of  birth, 
But  the  Flight  of  the  Flower  of  God  smote  the  chord  of  Life: 

The  Soul  of  his  Mother  had  winged  past  the  perilous  peak, 
And  he  knew  for  all  time  Creation  is  nobler  than  strife. 


HaiH  rhill,  Mass. 


A  MILLION  ANCESTORS 

By  E.  P.  Tenney 

I  had  four  grandparents,  and  they  iky"'  —in   whatever   way   they    have 

eight;    and    the    eight  had    sixteen,  spelled  it.     Yet  the  first  Baron  Abin- 

This   process   continued   gives   me   a  ger,   Sir  James  Scarlett,  the  famous 

million     ancestors     in     about     seven  English  Advocate,  took  pride  in  dis- 

centuries,  and  a  thousand  million  mil-  covering  the  Greek  origin  of  his  name, 

lion    since   Julius    Caesar.     When    I  when  it  was  used  to  designate  a  color; 

think,  however,  that  the  first  Tenney  even  if  the  " scarlet"  line  could  no 

anybody  ever  heard  of  was  at  least  a  more    be  traced  than  many    another 

hundred  and  fifty  generations  earlier  cobweb    thread,    tied    into    antique 

than  Caesar,  "I  rest."  as  the  lawyers  knots  and  duly  venerated,  and  leading 

say  in  court.  with  certainty  no  whither.     Indeed, 

Only  five  out  of  five  hundred  of  the  Scarlett,    as   a   lawyer,    would   never 

oldest  aristocratic  families  of  Great  have  set  up  a  claim  in  court,  based  on 

Britain  today  can  trace  their  direct  any  evidence  he  had,  that  he  was  an 

ancestors  through  the  male  line  to  the  heir    to    some    Greek    dye    house    so 

fifteenth    century.*     This  makes  me  famous  as  to  give  its  scarlet  name  to 

timid  if  not  hopeless  in  trying  to  draw  the  proprietor;  nor  can  I  claim  "  Teni" 

the  line  accurately  between  my  own  in   Eygpt   as   beyond   all   doubt   the 

birthplace  and  that  of  the  first  Tenney  point  of  departure  for  the  Tenneys  in 

on  the  Nile  forty  centuries  before  the  all  ages,  albeit  the  story  is  not  without 

fall  of  Troy.  a  curious  phonetic  interest. 

Tenney,  as  it  was  spelled  by  Thomas, 

our   English   immigrant   ancestor,    is  I 

by  some  families  spelled  without  the  At  the  very  dawn  of  history,  in  the 

second  vowel  generation  after  genera-  valley    of   the   Nile,    the   first    name 

tion.     "Teny,"  I  have  seen,  written  heard  was  " Teni."  f 

by  one  enthusiastic  spelling  reformer  To  the  present  point  is  the  com- 

of  the  nineteenth  century.     Old  rec-  bination  of  the  two  consonants  in  the 

ords  reveal  "Tiney,"  "Tinny,"  "Tin-  name,    since   little   save   consonantal 

ney,"  and  so  many  other  variations  skeletons  are  found  in  Old  Egyptian; 

that  they  cease  to  excite  attention,  indeed  the  Phoenician  alphabet,  from 

Etymologists,  too,  are  familiar  with  which   the   Greek   was   derived,    had 

the  precession  of  vowels:  a  changing  consonants    only.     To    express    the 

to  e,  and  e  to  i.     D  and  T  have  been  current    Egyptian    language    of    the 

interchanged  as  the  initial  letter  in  second     Christian     century,     foreign 

proper  names:  the  D  sometimes  used  writers  in  Egypt  unskillfully  used  the 

by  one  nationality,  and  T  by  another.  Greek     alphabet     with     its     vowels. 

Even  among  the  Egyptian  Copts  the  This  method  was  carried  so  far  by 

D  was  sometimes  changed  to  a  T.  Coptic  Christians,  that  their  spelling 

Is  it  not  safest,  then,  in  the  search  is  commonly  used  by  Egyptologists 
for  a  million  ancestors,  not  to  take  it  for  investigating  and  restoring  Old 
too  seriously,  unless  as  a  phonetic  Egyptian.  How  far  the  vowels  con- 
study?  It  could  not  wisely  be  called  nected  with  the  two  consonants  in 
an  etymological  study,  even  if  it  were  Teni  may  have  varied  in  the  millen- 
true  that  the  human  race  has  been  niums  of  its  use  before  the  Christian 
attempting  age  after  age  in  world-  era  can  never  be  known.  The  first 
wide  experiments  to  pronounce  "Ten-  vowel  has  been  e,  i,  or  a;  the  e  most 

*Kidd's  Social  Evolution,  p.  258. 

fAmelia  B.  Edwards:  A  Thousand  Miles  up  the  Nile,  pp.  471-6.  Also,  Edwards  in  the 
Century  magazine  for  January,  1890,  pp.  323-4. 


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favored  by  usage.  The  second  vowel 
has  never  varied  but  "has  been  often 
followed  by  a  sibilant.  The  con- 
sonants have  never  changed,  save 
that  the  initial  has  varied  between  the 
Cheek  Tau  and  Theta—  T  and  Th— 
with  historic  usage  favoring  the 
former.  The  Archaic  Dictionary  give 
the  form  as  Tena  or  Teni. 

The  immemorial  antiquity  of  the 
locality  is  represented  today  by  the 
oldest  burial  mound  in  Egypt,  under- 
lying the  modern  Girga.  Teni  ante- 
dated written  Egyptian  records.  It 
was  the  fountain  head  of  civilization 
in  the  valley  of  the  Nile:  the  first 
temple  was  here,  and  the  first  picture 
writing.  As  the  burial  place  of  Osiris 
it  was  for  ages  the  holy  city.  From 
Teni  went  forth  Menes,  the  founder  of 
Memphis,  the  first  of  the  Pharaohs, 
the  conqueror  of  Lower  Egypt,  not 
far  from  five  thousand  years  before 
the  Christian  era.*  Here,  too,  origi- 
nated the  Second  Dynasty. 

Not  only  was  Teni  used  as  the  name 
of  a  locality,  but  of  a  person;  there 
being  one  Teni,  a  prince  of  Kush,  in 
the  reign  of  Rameses  I. 

In  Lower  Egypt,  too,  we  have  Ten- 
nis as  a  city,  once  Tennesus,  upon  an 
island  in  Lake  Menzala,  famous  for 
its  Roman  ruins.  This  must,  I  think, 
be  the  locality  referred  to  in  an  Eng- 
lish book  of  travel  that  first  led  me  to 
look  to  the  Orient,  when  searching  for 
a  few  of  my  millions  of  ancestors. 
The  Englishman  in  question,  who 
traveled  without  Baedeker,  merely 
wrote  what  he  heard,  in  this  style, — 
"Tennys." 

With  no  disposition  to  claim  every- 
thing in  sight  to  illustrate  the  story 
of  my  millions  upon  millions  of  ances- 
tors, I  will  name  Tanis,  one  of  the 
most  notable  localities  of  Lower 
Egypt,  the  Zoar  of  the  Hebrew 
Scriptures.f  For  the  purposes  of  this 
paper,  indeed,  Zoar  is  valueless,  save 


as  the  consonants — t  and  n- — in  the 
Tanis  lend  themselves  to  a  certain 
phonetic  effect  that  persists  age  after 
age. 

II 

The  same  combination  of  conso- 
nants is  found  in  Strabo  XIII,  640 — 
Tenes,  or  Tennes,  the  second  vowel 
being  long.  He  was  the  King  of 
Tenedos;  the  son  of  Cycnus  the  invul- 
nerable son  of  Neptune,  who  found 
his  final  fate  in  being  smothered  by 
Achilles  and  changed  to  a  swan. 
Pindar  and  Ovid  attest  it.  Tennes' 
mother  was  Proclea.  Tennes'  step- 
mother, Philomene,  fell  in  love  with 
her  stepson,  whereupon  his  irate 
father  "exposed"  him  to  the  mercy 
of  the  seawaves  on  the  coast  of  Troy. 
Tennes  arrived  safely  at  Leucophrys, 
and  named  it  for  himself — Tenedos; 
and  became  king  of  the  island.  The 
Greeks  went  there,  to  make  the 
Trojans  think  they  had  returned  to 
Greece.  Tennes,  in  defending  his 
island,,  was  slain  by  Achilles.  His 
statue  at  Tenedos  was  worshipped 
more  than  a  thousand  years;  then  it 
was  carried  away  by  the  despoiler, 
Verres,  a  contemporary  of  Cicero,  f 

There  seems  to  have  been  another 
Tennes,  a  little  later  than  400  B.  C. 
He  was  the  King  of  Sidon.  That  the 
name — the  two  combined  consonants 
and  a  uniformity  of  vowel  usage — was 
not  an  exceptional  one  in  Phoenician 
annals  appears  from  its  occurring 
two  hundred  and  fifty  years  later,  as 
the  name  of  the  city  and  cape  that 
marked  the  Carthagenean  Empire 
boundary  west  at  the  time  of  the 
Third  Punic  War.  It  continues  to 
this  day  as  a  relic  of  Phoenician  pre- 
dominance in  the  Western  Mediter- 
ranean, when  their  language  was  the 
prevailing  one  in  Northwestern  Africa. 
It  has  been  written  in  various  forms, 
Tennes,  Thenae,  Tina.  In  an  Alger- 
ine  coast  map  of  1736,  it  is  Tennez. 


*I  give  the  latest  results  of  Egyptological  studies.  By  no  scholar  is  the  date  given  as  later 
thaii  3300  B.  C.  The  two  consonants  in  the  name  of  Menes  do  not  vary,  nor  the  first  vowel; 
the  second  syllable  is  sometimes  a. 

fNu.  13:32.     Ps.  78:12.     Is.  19:11  and  30:4.     Ezk.  30:14. 

JBesides  Strabo,  consult  Bayle's  Dictionary,  V.  311-315;  and  Leverett's  Lexicon,  Tenedos. 


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Stanley   Lane    Poole's   Barbary   Cor-  a  great  force  into  Italy,  as  far  south 

sairs  gives  it  as  Tinnis.     Both    cape  as  Rome?     Did  not  a  great  wave  of 

and  town  are  spelled   Tenes   in  the  migration  pass  over  from  Greece  to 

current    British    Encyclopedia.     The  Italy    a   thousand   years   before    the 

location  is  not  far  from  a  hundred  Christian   era?     Did    not    the   racial 

miles  west  of  Algiers.  divisions  of  Etruria,  extending  from 

the  Tiber  to  the  Alps,   become  ex- 

IH  ceedingly  complicated  in  their  com- 

As    Phoenician    enterprise    passed  posite  character? 
out  through  the  Pillars  of  Hercules,         It  would,   therefore,   be   almost   a 

it  was,  too,  in  evidence  far  and  wide  miracle  if  there  should  not  have  been 

upon  the  continent  of  Asia.     It  looks  a  reappearance  in  Central  Europe  of 

like  a  Punic  survival  to  find,  to  this  the   combined   consonants,   t   and  n, 

day,  Teniz  Lake  in  Turkestan.  with  their  varying  vowels. 

If  every  man  has  a  million  ancestors  It  is  recognized  by  scholars  that 

in  seven  centuries  and  many  millions  some  of  the  best  clues  to  the  origin  of 

in  ages  preceding,  it  is  plain  that,  as  family  names  are  found  in  the  names 

the  heir  of  all  the  ages,  he  represents  of  places;  yet,  in  solving  the  mighty 

in  his  own  person  the  average  man.  problems  of  origins,  it  is  harder  to 

This  is  made  the  more  thoroughly  so  keep  out  spurious  claimants  than  to 

by  the    ceaseless    migration    of    the  let  them  in;  and  how  can  I  but  so 

earth's    peoples,    and    the    ultimate  draw  the  line  as  to  exclude  the  patois 

intermingling  of  vast  populations  and  of  the  fishermen  who  valiantly  angle 

modification    of    great    nationalities,  in  the  "shallows"  occupied  by  fight- 

This  is  illustrated  by  what  we  see  ing  Helvetians  in  the  iron  age?  f 
going  on  today  in  our  own  country.         The  names  of  things  are  next  in 

The  process  has  already  created  a  new  value  to  the  names  of  places  in  the 

Great  Britain  and  a  new  "Germany,  investigation  of  the  origin  of  family 

One  of  the  most  eminent  authorities  names. 

in  things  Teutonic  affirms  that  there         For   possible   derivation   from   the 

is   no  doubt  that  the  inhabitants   of  names  of  things,   take  Tennys-play, 

England  and  of  the  German-speaking  as  it  appears  in  some  of  the  early  books 

regions  of  the  continent  are  descended  relating  to  it. 

very  largely  from  people  which  two         It  is  said  by  some  to  come  from  the 

thousand  years  ago  spoke  non-Ten-  Greek  Teino,  which  is  used  by  Homer 

tonic  languages.*  to  express  quick  walking  or  running — ■ 

Nothing  could  be  more  unreason-  "their  pace  was  strained  to  the  ut- 

able,  therefore,  than  to  create  a  hard  most";  in  Euripides,  it  is  to  hasten,  to 

and  fast  theory  of  the  origin  of  any  hurry  on;  in  Xenophon,   to  stretch, 

one  family  name,  even  if  the  name  push  on,  pursue  one's  way.     Meta- 

itself  with  slight  modifications  may  phorically,    Homer    says    that    "the 

recur  among  widely  scattered  peoples  fight  was   strained  to  the  utmost," 

at  remote  intervals  of  time.  "the  bow  was  stretched  to  the  full." J 

As  Central  Europe  poured  barbaric  So  in  the  Latin  Teneo  and  Tench,  we 

hosts  into  the  south,  so — even  if  not  have  the  stretching,  and  the  keeping, 

in  the  same  generation — the  people  the  holding  fast.     It  is  on  this  account 

of  the  south  flowed  north.     Did  not  that  my  friend  Will  C.  Wood  made  a 

the  Gauls,  as  early  as  390  B.  C,  send  drawing  for  my  "coat  of  arms" — a 

♦British  Encyclopedia,  XXVI,  679  a. 

fLa  Tene  is  the  site  of  a  lake-dwelling  at  the  north  shore  of  Lake  Neuchatel,  famous  for  the 
remarkable  relics  of  the  Iron  Age  discovered  there.  It  was  either  a  Helvetic  town  or  a  Gallic 
commerical  settlement.  Its  name  has  been  given  to  what  is  known  as  the  La  Tene  Period  of 
Culture,  500  B.  C.-A.  D.  100. 

JCompare  Iliad:  XX.  101;  XVII.  543;  IV.  124. 


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hand  stoutly  gripping  the  cross,  with 
the  motto,  "I  hold  it,  and  am  held  by 
it" — Teneo,  et  Teneor.  From  the 
Latin  tenere  is  the  French  tenir;  from 
tenir  we  have  tennis  and  tenez.  "  Ten- 
et" and  "tenacity"  look  back  to  the 
old  forms.  In  this  way,  from  the 
French,  from  the  Latin,  from  the 
Greek  Teino,  we  have  Teneys-play,  or 
Tennys-play,  as  it  has  sometimes 
appeared  in  the  earlier  books.  By 
some  authorities  it  is  so  derived: 
teino,  to  stretch,  as  stretching  the  net. 
The  Tennis  play  of  the  middle  ages 
— in  Italy  and  France,  and  in  Eng- 
land in  the  time  of  Henry  VII — -is 
by  Wedgewood  (Etymology)  referred 
to  driving  to  and  fro,  as  "tennis"  is 
used  in  Spenser.  The  first  English 
mention  of  it  is  in  Chaucer — "Ten- 
nes":  the  poet's  orthography  recalling 
the  king  of  Tenedos  or  of  Sidon. 
"Tenys-pley"  and  "  Tennys-pley  "  are 
very  old  forms.  "Tenyse"  was  one 
usage;  "Tenies"  another.  Strat- 
mann's  Dictionary  of  Old  English 
says  that  Tennis,  or  teneis,  means 
prompt.  Skeat,  in  his  Dictionary, 
suggests  that  it  may  be  from  the  Old 
French  "Tenies"  (not  the  teneis  of 
Stratmann),  the  plural  of  "Tenie, "  a 
fillet  or  headband,  a  ribbon,  the  string 
over  which  to  play,  or  the  wall  streak 
as  in  rackets;  but  on  the  whole  he 
leaves  the  name  of  the  play  as  of  un- 
known origin.  This  leaves  it  entirely 
open  for  me  to  suggest  that,  in  view  of 
all  the  facts,  it  would  be  less  fanciful 
than  many  an  origin  that  has  been 
seriously  maintained,  if  it  were  to  be 
said  that  the  progenitors  of  the  Eng- 
lish and  American  Tenneys,  for  their 
means  of  living,  commonly  played 
tennis  or  kept  tennis  courts  during 
seven  or  eight  centuries;  and  either 
gave  their  name  to  the  game,  or — if 
that  pleases  the  etymologists  better — 
derived  their  name  from  it! 

IV 

To  pursue  further  certain  sugges- 
tions made  in  a  preceding  section,  I 
present  another  possible  or  not  im- 
probable derivation  of  Tenney  from 


the  name  of  "things"  in  the  Teutonic 
northland. 

Special  students  are  not  in  agree- 
ment on  all  points.  It  is  clear,  how- 
ever, that  to  the  Roman  world  the 
Teutonic  as  distinguished  from  the 
Celtic  was  first  known  from  the  time 
of  Caesar.  It  is  equally  well  settled 
that  northern  Germany,  Denmark, 
and  southern  Sweden  were  inhabited 
by  people  of  the  same  type  during  the 
neolithic  age  or  earlier,  some  centu- 
ries before  the  Christian  era.  Indeed, 
the  Germanic  stock  appears  to  have 
been  present  in  southern  Norway  at 
a  period  antedating  the  Jewish  exodus. 
During  uncounted  prehistoric  genera- 
tions, the  rovers  of  the  Baltic  and  the 
North  Sea  reaped  the  ocean  and  the 
land.  Yet  no  Teutonic  inscriptions 
have  been  found  among  German 
peoples  earlier  than  the  third  or  fourth 
Christian  century,  although  the  later 
Etruscan  influence  is  discoverable 
among  the  neolithic  Teutons,  and 
among  the  older  races  writing  had 
already  been  in  vogue  quite  possibly 
from  fifty  to  sixty  centuries. 

In  the  meantime,  in  the  wild  Ger- 
man forests  and  among  the  Scandi- 
navian plowers  of  the  sea,  the  com- 
bined consonants  t  and  n  appeared 
with  their  variant  vowels. 

Tene,  in  Danish,  is  a  bow  net.  In 
Danish-Norse,  the  Norwegian,  tene  is 
tendon,  a  ligament.  Tenna  appears 
in  Icelandic.  Tenne,  in  German,  is  a 
threshing  floor;  in  Old  High  German 
it  is  Tenni,  derived  from  Tenne,  liter- 
ally "made  of  fir," — of  which  the 
primary  idea  is  the  forest  tree  (Kluge, 
Ety.  Die).  Tenneberg  is  a  firclad 
mountain.  Tennengbirge  is  the  name 
of  Alpine  heights  of  fir.  Tinn  is  Old 
Low  German  for  tin.  "Y-  as  an 
English  suffix  indicates  having  on. 
being.  Tinny  might  be  having  tin. 
Almost  any  etymologist  and  searcher 
for  name  origins  might  account  for 
the  original  Tenney  by  the  bow  net,  or 
the  threshing  floor.  Tenneberg  appeals 
to  me — the  firclad  mountain.  Either  of 
these  would  be  better  than  the  Tennys- 
play  business,  or  the  heraldic. 


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Tenney,  in  heraldry,  is  a  chestnut  or 
orange-brown  color,  one  of  the  tinc- 
tures enumerated  but  seldom  used  in 
coats  of  arms.  In  engraving,  it  is 
expressed  by  diagonal  lines,  drawn 
from  the  sinister  chief  point,  traversed 
by  horizontal  ones.  In  Old  French,  it 
is  Tane,  tanned:  tan  being  the  bark  of 
young  oak  used  for  tanning.  It  would 
require  little  etymological  twisting 
and  turning  to  derive  Tenney  from 
the  tanning  business,  in  which  Simon 
of  Joppa  was  engaged  when  he  lodged 
Simon  Peter  the  fisherman. 

To  illustrate  my  self  restraint  in 
not  pouncing  upon  some  one  of  the 
foregoing  pointers,  and  sticking  to  it 
that  I  have  found  out  the  origin  of 
the  Tenneys,  I  will  cite  three  English 
works. 

Dann  was  one  of  the  legendary 
founders  of  Denmark.  Danno  and 
Denno  are  Old  German  proper 
names  of  the  sixth  century.  Denne, 
ten,  corresponds  with  the  Old  German 
Denno,  which,  by  the  interchange 
between  D  and  T  so  often  noted,  is 
Tenno.*  Hence  Dennison  is  Tenny- 
son ;  and  the  French  Danne  is  Tennes- 
son. Tenison,  Tennison,  Tennyson 
are  probably  corruptions  of  Dennison. 
From  Dennis  we  have  the  son,  Deni- 
son;  and,  from  Denison,  Tennison. f 

The  poet  Tennyson's  Memoir,  by 
his  son,  says  that  he  was  of  a  Lincoln- 
shire family,  probably  of  Danish 
extraction.  The  American  Tenneys 
are  the  descendants  of  Yorkshire,  or 
(in  my  own  mature  judgment)  of 
Lincolnshire  families;  some  of  whom 
may  have  left  their  bow  nets  in  Den- 
mark or  threshing  floors  in  Germany. 
Among  all  our  millions  of  ancestors, 
they  may  nave  come  straight  down, 
without  a  knot  in  the  line  of  descent, 
from  the  Teni  home  on  the  Nile; 
Teni  prince  of  Kush;  Tennes  of  Tene- 
dos;  the  Teneys-players  of  the  poets; 


the  mixers  of  tawny  colors  for  adorning 
coats  of  arms;  the  sturdy  fishermen  of 
the  Baltic;  or  the  firclad  bergs  of 
Germany. 

The  antiquity  of  the  phonetic  form 
Tene  is  further  attested  by  its  deriva- 
tives— as  Tennyson,  Tenison,  J  Tenne- 
mann,  §  Tenne-Guy  or  Taneguy.  ||  In 
Belgium,  near  La  Roche,  there  has 
been  a  Tenneville  for  some  centuries. 
Tenesone  is  a  Swiss  town;  and  Tenni- 
son an  English  town  in  Yorkshire. 
In  London,  Tenison  street  is  near 
Lambert  palace.  Tinney  is  a  town  in 
Cornwall.  Teny  Cape  is  a  headland 
at  the  mouth  of  Teny  River  in  Hartz 
county,  Nova  Scotia.  There  is  a 
Point  Tinney,  69  degrees,  30  minutes 
north,  in  the  map  attached  to  Rich- 
ardson's Arctic  Search  Expedition, 
Vol.  I. 

V 

There  should,  therefore,  be  no 
difficulty  for  any  one  of  the  Tenneys 
to  pick  out  his  ancestors.  There 
were  millions  upon  millions  of  them. 

Dr.  Alexander  Wilder,  of  Newark, 
long  the  philological  editor  of  the  New 
York  Evening  Post — -a  most  learned 
author,  who  has  specialized  in  philo- 
sophical studies,  and  in  things  Roman, 
Greek,  Persian  and  Egyptian — has 
suggested  that  Tenney  is  the  French 
Denis  (pronounced  Dene),  the  D 
being  changed  to  T  in  leaving  France 
for  England.  The  French  name  Denis 
is  in  high  honor,  Denis,  the  first 
Bishop  of  Paris,  being  the  patron 
saint  of  France."  Hilduin,  abbot  of 
the  priory  of  St.  Denis  in  the  first 
half  of  the  ninth  century,  "identified" 
Denis  of  Paris  with  Dionysius  the 
Areopagite  (mentioned  in  Acts  XVII- 
34),  bishop  of  Athens  (Eusebius, 
Hist.  Eccl.  iii-4-10  and  iv-23-3). 
His  identification  was  much  like  my 
identifying  one  of  my  far  off  grand, 
fathers    with    Tennes    of    Tenedos- 


*Curiously  enough,  the  title  of  the  Emperor  of  Japan  is  Tenno;  Mikado  being  his  poetical 
title — "Exalted  Gate." — British  Encyclopedia,  article  Mikado. 

fFor  this  paragraph,  compare  Ferguson's  English  Surnames,  p.  395,  1858;  Bardsley'»s  English 
Surnames,  p.  70,  1875;  Lower's  Essay  or  Family  Nomenclature,  p.  167,  1849. 

^Cambridge,  England,  1636-1715. 

§Professor  at  Jena  and  Marburg,    1788-1819. 

!i  French  Protestant  exiles,  naturalized  in  England,  one  in  1685,  the  other  in  1700. 


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since  the  regular  historical  list  of  the 
bishops  of  Paris  begins  A.  D.  250! 

Dr.  Wilder's  Denis-Tene  origin  of 
the  name  is  quite  in  accord  with  the 
steadfast  tradition  of  the  Tenney  folk 
in  England,  that  their  ancestors  came 
over  from  Normandy.  Professor  Jon- 
athan Tenney,  who  gave  some  years' 
time  all  told  to  genealogical  research, 
reached  the  conclusion  that  they 
came  to  England  in  the  time  of 
Edward  the  Confessor,  about  the 
middle  of  the  eleventh  century.  Ed- 
ward spent  more  than  twenty-five 
years  of  his  early  life  in  Normandy, 
and  brought  over  many  of  the  Nor- 
man people  during  his  reign  of  a 
quarter  of  a  century;  and,  through 
him,  William  the  Conqueror  came  to 
England.  Tenus  is  recorded  in 
Domesday  book  as  already  holding 
lands  in  England  before  William  came 
over ;  and  the  Norman  Tany  or  Tanny 
later  than  William.* 

I  find  in  a  note  on  page  69  of 
Thomas  Fuller's  History  of  Cambridge 
University,  London,  1840,  that  John 
Tanneys,  or  Tonneys,  was  a  noted 
gremmarian  at  the  beginning  of  the 
reign  of  Henry  VIII. 

As  to  the  true  origin  of  the  Tenneys 
of  today,  there  is  no  doubt  that  they 
were  early  in  the  north  of  Europe; 
early  in  Normandy;  and  four  hundred 
years  in  England  before  the  American 
emigration. 

If  it  is  not  any  worse  than  this,  I 
am  thankful.  This  business  of  having 
millions  upon  millions  of  ancestors  has 
haunted  me  like  a  nightmare;  and  I 


look  at  the  Tenneys  with  their  pointed 
chins  and  long  noses,  and  the  inevi- 
table crook  in  the  little  finger,  and  I 
ask — Where  did  they  come  from? 
When  I  look  at  their  large  under- 
standing and  full-sized  hands  I  re- 
joice, and  am  glad  to  know  that  they 
came  from  an  ancestry  accustomed 
to  labor;  and  I  believe  that  they  never 
shirked,  but  if  anything  had  to  be 
done  they  took  hold  of  it  with  both 
hands  and  did  it  at  once.  How 
much  of  all  this  came  from  the  Nile, 
from  the  Aegean  Sea,  from  the  north 
of  Europe,  the  north  of  France,  or 
from  the  threshing  floors  of  Germany, 
who  can  tell?  If  seven  centuries  give 
me  a  million  ancestors,  I  must  have 
had  almost  that  number  through 
British  intermarriage.  There  may 
have  been  a  million  among  the  Nor- 
mans of  France  and  the  Vikings  on 
the  whale  roads  of  the  North  Sea;  as 
well  as  millions  primeval  near  the 
Mediterranean   Sea   eastward. 

Whether  Teni  or  Tini,  Tennesus, 
Tennis,  or  Tanis,  Egyptian;  Tennes, 
Phoenician  or  Carthagenean;  Teino, 
Teneo,  Tenere,  Tenir,  Tenez ;  Tennis, 
Old  English;  Tene,  Norwegian;  Tenna, 
Icelandic;  Tenne,  Tanne,  German; 
Tenni,  Old  High  German;  Denno, 
Denne,  in  Danish,  changed  to  Tenno, 
Tenne;  Denis  in  French,  pronounced 
Dene,  changed  to  Tene  in  England; 
Tenus,  Tany,  Tanny ; — these  names 
were  easily  modified  by  usage, — as 
Dunholm  was  first  softened  to  Du- 
resme  by  the  Normans,  then  to  the 
Durham  of  todav. 


*Barber\s  British  Family  Names,  p.  66,  London.  1894. 


EARLIER   TRANSPORTATION  IN  THE 

UNITED  STATES 

By  Charles  Nevers  Holmes 


Walking  is  certainly  excellent  for 
the  health,  and  there  is  no  doubt  that 
the  good  health  of  our  early  "fore- 
fathers was  due  in  a  large  measure  to 
the  fact  that  they  had  to  walk  a  great 
deal.  If  most  of  us  did  more  walking, 
if  there  were  not  so  many  means  of 
easy  transportation  in  this  luxurious 
twentieth  century,  we  should  be  more 
healthy.  But  it  is  indeed  necessary 
to  this  age  to  have  modern  methods  of 
transportation;  and  we  could  not 
afford  to  be  without  "century  fliers" 
and  "express  cars"  in  our  subways. 

When  our  forefathers  settled  upon 
the  Atlantic  seaboard,  they  had  only 
poor  paths  and  an  occasional  poor 
road  to  aid  their  transportation. 
Carriages  and  carts  were  of  compara- 
tively little  use,  and  the  common 
people  depended  upon  their  sturdy 
legs  to  go  from  town  to  town.  Horses 
were,  of  course,  of  great  advantage, 
but  only  the  rich  possessed  them.  If 
one  of  the  common  people  wished  to 
transport  some  baggage  a  distance, 
he  had  to  bear  it  upon  his  back.  The, 
well-to-do  man  would  travel  on  a 
horse  with  his  baggage,  his  saddle 
ofttimes  provided  with  a  pillion  or 
side-saddle  where  a  woman  or  child 
could  ride.  As  would  be  expected, 
there  were  at  first  few  carts  and  few 
carriages.  Indeed,  as  late  as  1768, 
it  was  estimated  that  only  twenty- 
two  persons  in  Boston  kept  carriages 
or  carts.  In  1798,  however,  the  citi- 
zens of  Boston  possessed  145  such 
carriages  and  carts.  Also,  on  the 
main  line"  of  travel,  what  were  known 
as  public  "post  chaises"  were  estab- 
lished— two-wheeled  vehicles  drawn 
by  relays  of  horses.  At  this  time, 
almost  any  kind  of  public  vehicle 
was  called  a  "stage-coach." 

In  1718,  there  existed  a  so-called 
stage-coach  line  between  Boston  and 
Rhode  Island.     In  1751,  there  was  a 


public  coach,  seating  four  passengers, 
which  travelled  from  Charlestown, 
Mass.,  to  Portsmouth,  N.  H.  This 
trip  from  Charlestown  to  Portsmouth 
took  two  days.  Around  1761,  Mr. 
Bartholomew  Stavers  inaugurated  a 
stage  line  from  Charlestown  to  Ports- 
mouth, which  ran  once  a  week,  with 
a  cost  of  13s.  6d.  to  each  passenger. 
This  line  was  ambitiously  called  the 
"Portsmouth  Flying  Stagecoach!"  In 
1770,  the  stages  travelling  between 
New  York  and  Boston  were  in  very 
poor  condition,  some  of  the  harnesses 
being  made  of  rope.  The  trip  was 
conducted  with  relays  of  horses,  one 
pair  of  horses  being  used  18  uncom- 
fortable miles.  As  is  probably  well 
known,  it  took  General  Washington, 
when  he  came  from  Philadelphia  to 
Boston  to  take  command  of  the  Amer- 
ican Army,  about  twelve  days  to 
complete  his  journey.  Indeed,  the 
first  lines  of  stages  between  New  York 
and  Philadelphia  took  about  three 
days  for  the  trip.  Compared  with 
the  rapid  and  comfortable  travel  in 
these  modern  days,  it  will  be  interest- 
ing to  quote  a  letter  from  Mr.  Thomas 
Twining  who,  in  1795,  travelled  from 
Philadelphia  to  Washington  and  then 
back  to  Philadelphia.  He  wrote  as 
follows : 

"The  vehicle  was  a  long  car  with 
four  benches.  Three  of  these  in  the 
interior  held  nine  passengers.  A 
tenth  passenger  was  seated  by  the 
side  of  the  driver  on  the  front  bench. 
A  light  roof  was  supported  by  eight 
slender  pillars,  four  on  each  side. 
Three  large  leather  curtains  sus- 
pended to  the  roof,  one  at  each  side, 
and  the  third  behind,  were  rolled  up 
or  lowered  at  the  pleasure  of  the 
passengers.  There  was  no  place  nor 
space  for  baggage,  each  person  being 
expected  to  stow  his  things  as  he 
could  under  his  seat  or  legs.     The 


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entrance  was  in  front  over  the  driver's  first  being  built  at  Concord,  N.  H., 

bench.    Of  course  the  three  passengers  in    1827.      It    was    really    a    perfect 

on  the  back  seat  were  obliged  to  crawl  passenger  vehicle  and  indeed  is  still 

across  all  the  other  benches  to  get  to  in  use  today. 

their  places.  There  were  no  backs  to  Outside  of  such  public  vehicles, 
the  benches  to  support  and  relieve  the  people  possessed  several  kinds 
us  during  a  rough  and  fatiguing  of  private  conveyances.  The  "one- 
journey  over  a  newly  and  ill-made  hoss  shay"  is  still  well  known,  being 
road."  a  two-wheeled,  covered  carriage  with 

In  1786,  there  was  a  stage-coach  shafts.  There  were,  also,  various 
line  established  between  Boston  and  carts  and  wagons;  but  the  "  Washing- 
Providence,  a  distance  of  some  forty-  ton  Chariot,"  having  four  wheels, 
five  miles.  This  trip  to  Providence  two  smaller  ones  in  front,  two  larger 
took  about  ten  hours.  The  stage  ones  behind,  with  a  covered,  enclosed 
started  on  Monday,  Wednesday  and  part  for  passengers,  was  an  exceed- 
Friday,  and  if  a  passenger  wished  to  ingly  aristocratic  vehicle, 
go  to  New  York  City  by  this  same  Meantime,  a  line  of  certain  "fast" 
route,  it  took  him  three  or  more  days,  packet-boats  was  established  between 
It  cost  18s.  to  travel  from  Boston  to  Providence,  Newport  and  New  York. 
Providence,  fourteen  pounds  of  bag-  The  fare  was  24s.,  and  a  passenger 
gage  being  allowed  to  each  passenger,  could  travel  from  Boston  to  Provi- 
"  Excess  baggage"  was  carried  at  an  dence  by  stage-coach  and  then  take 
expense  of  12s.  per  100  pounds.  In  a  packet-boat  to  New  York  City. 
1818,  all  the  stage  lines  in  eastern  Such  a  trip  from  Boston  to  New  York 
Massachusetts,  in  New  Hampshire,  would  cost  him  57s. 
and  some  of  those  in  Maine  and  Rhode  As  is  well  known,  the  stage-coach, 
Island  were  united  into  a  syndicate  and  the  necessity  for  stopping  now 
called  the  "Eastern  Stage  Company."  and  then  for  meals  and  sleep,  created 
The  capital  of  this  company  consisted  a  large  number  of  inns  and  taverns, 
of  425  shares,  costing  $100  per  share,  some  of  which  became  very  famous. 
This  syndicate  did  an  enormous  busi-  In  fact,  all  through  the  thirteen 
ness  and  received  large  profits.  In  original  states  there  are  today  to  be 
1829,  there  were  seventy-seven  stage-  found  many  of  these  old  hostelries, 
coach  lines  running  out  of  Boston,  some  of  which  are  still  serving  the 
the  fare  to  Albany  being  from  $6  to  public.  In  their  day,  "mine  host" 
$8,  to  Worcester  $2,  to  Portland  $8,  was  a  regular  institution;  but  the 
and  to  Providence  $2.50.  In  1832,  coming  of  steam  cars  did  away  with 
there  were  106  coach  lines  from  Bos-  the  necessity  for  most  of  these  taverns, 
ton;  but  presently  the  steam  train  just  as  in  the  case  of  the  "Eastern 
began  to  appear,  and  it  soon  put  an  Stage  Company,"  the  swifter  and  far 
end  to  the  prosperity  of  the  "Eastern  more  comfortable  steam  trains  dimin- 
Stage  Company,"  which  went  out  of  ished  the  prosperity  of  the  old-fash- 
business  in  1838.  ioned  "road-inn." 

There  were  in  all  a  number  of  Means  of  transportation  by  rail 
different  kinds  of  stage-coaches.  As  a  rapidly  took  the  place  of  the  stage- 
rule  these  were  drawn  by  four  horses,  coach.  This  had  already  happened 
and  the  average  coach  had  three  in-  in  England  where  George  Stephenson, 
side  seats,  one  at  each  end  and  one  in  in  1829,  used  the  famous  steam  engine 
the  middle,  each  seat  accommodating  "Rocket,"  which  was  made  to  travel 
three  passengers — nine  in  all.  Later,  as  fast  as  twenty-nine  miles  per 
there  were  outside  seats,  and  the  back  hour.  However,  before  this  time — ■ 
seat  was  used  for  baggage.  The  Con-  in  1814 — he  had  invented  a  steam 
cord  Coach  was  easily  the  best  of  all  engine  which  was  called  "My  Lord"; 
these  different  kinds  of  coaches,  the  while  in  1825  the  Stockton  and  Darlin- 


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445 


ton  railroad  was  opened.  The  suc- 
cess attending  this  railroad  line 
created  a  great  impression  here  in 
America. 

The  Erie  Canal  was  a  remarkable 
step  forward  in  public  transportation 
in  the  United  States.  It  had  been 
called  "Clinton's  Ditch";  but  it 
proved  to  be  a  great  success,  particu- 
larly in  assisting  westward  emigration. 
As  early  as  1826  there  were  some 
seven  steamers  on  Lake  Erie,  while 
in  1830  there  was  a  daily  line  from 
Buffalo  to  Detroit.  In  1826,  Mr. 
Gridley  Bryant  obtained  a  charter 
for  a  railroad  from  Quincy,  Mass.,  to 
Neponset  River — a  short  distance — 
that  he  might  transport  granite  to  be 
used  in  constructing  Bunker  Hill 
monument.  The  rails  of  this  Quincy 
road  were  pine  timber  with  bars  of 
iron  on  top,  with  a  stone  foundation. 
Mr.  Bryant  completed  this  "  railroad" 
in  six  months,  at  a  cost  of  about 
$34,000.  His  was  not,  however,  the 
first  horse-railroad  in  America,  it 
having  been  preceded  by  the  Phillips- 
burg  and  Juniata  line  on  the  Alle- 
ghany mountains,  and  also  by  other 
roads.  In  1827,  a  nine-mile  line  was 
built  in  Pennsylvania,  the  motive 
power  of  which  was  furnished  by 
mules.  In  1828,  the  Delaware  and 
Hudson  Canal' Company  constructed 
a  railroad  for  carrying  coal,  'and  in 
that  same  year  there  was  the  charter 
of  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  railroad, 
which   in    1830   opened   a   line  from 


Baltimore  to  Ellicott's  Mills.  This 
first  line  of  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio 
was  operated  by  horse-power. 

In  1825-26,  John  Stevens  built  a 
locomotive  in  New  Jersey  which 
carried  passengers  over  a  circular 
track.  The  first  locomotive,  how- 
ever, that  was  constructed  in  our 
country  for  real  service,  was  the 
"Best  Friend,"  built  in  1830  for  the 
South  Carolina  Railroad  Co.,  it  being 
first  used  in  1831.  The  second  engine 
to  be  constructed  for  actual  service 
was  named  "West  Point,"  also  for 
the  South  Carolina  Company,  while 
the  third  locomotive  was  called  the 
"De  Witt  Clinton."  All  three  of 
these  engines  were  built  at  the  foundry 
in  West  Point. 

This  really  ends  the  era  of  earlier 
transportation  in  the  United  States. 
Following  this  time,  there  came  the 
era  of  later  transportation  in  our 
country.  And,  today,  still  another 
era  seems  to  have  come.  Tlue  change 
from  a  road-bed  of  "Corduroy," 
where  some  marshy  place  was  filled 
with  logs  set  close  together,  to  our 
beautiful  "state  roads"  has  taken  a 
long  time,  and  the  change  from  a 
slow  stage-coach  to  a  swift  parlor 
car  is  certainly  very  great;  but  we 
are  on  the  threshold,  so  to  speak,  of 
changes  vaster  than  those,  and  trans- 
portation in  the  United  States  during 
the  remainder  of  this  twentieth  cen- 
tury will  become  more  and  more 
amazing  and  efficient. 


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446  The  Granite  Monthly 

THE  DIRGE  OF  THE  WAR 

By  E.  M.  Patten 

"Fight,  fight,  fight, 
Kill,  kill,  kill." 

Fight,  fight,  fight, 
Fight  while  we  still  have  breath, 

Fight,  fight,  fight, 
Till  our  foemen  lie  cold  in  death ; 
The  men  in  the  trench  and  the  men  on  the  hill, 
With  no  hate  in  their  hearts,  but^vith  orders  to  kill, 
Though  they  honor  the  brave,  and  all  murder  abhor, 
Chant  this  dirge  of  the  war. 

Kill,  kill,  kill, 
Kill  through  the  daylight  and  dark, 

Kill,  kill,  kill, 
Till  of  life  there  is  left  no  spark 
In  thousands  of  men  with  their  strong  years  untried, 
Life's  grand  heights  unsealed,  and  love's  great  law  denied; 
Still,  with  voices  half  choked  by  fear,  protest,  and  awe, 
They  chant  this  dirge  of  the  war. 

Dead,  dead,  dead, 
Land  and  sea  are  glutted  with  slain, 

Blood,  blood,  blood, 
Shell  we  ever  wash  out  the  stain? 
Vet  the  strife  goes  on,  and  the  ranks  are  filled, 
Strong  men  stop  the  gaps  made  by  wounded  and  killed — 
Who  will  rise  in  the  might  of  humanity's  Law 
And  end  this  dirge  of  the  war? 
Hanover,  X.  H. 


EVENING 

By  Katharine  Winifred  Bean 

'Tis  sunset  and  the  river  floweth  by 

Swiftly  through  meadows,  fields  and  wooded  dell, 

Splashing  o'er  rocks  the  sparkling  water  fell, 

Still  rhyming  with  the  river's  lonesome  sigh. 

From  distant  hills  echoes  the  night  bird's  cry, 

Borne  softly  by  the  winged  winds  to  tell 

A  faithful  sentry  calling,  "All  is  well." 

The  day  is  done;  so  great  and  small,  and  high 

And  low  have  quiet  sought  and  peaceful  rest, 

A  just  reward  from  God  on  high  to  all 

After  the  weary  toil  of  day  is  done, 

To  all,  who  spent  that  day  to  serve  him  best. 

He  is  the  watchful  shepherd  of  them  all; 

He  knows  them  all,vand  watches  one  by  one. 


A  COUNTRY   GRAVEYARD 

By  Col.  Daniel  Hall 


In  one  of  my  automobile  rambles 
about  the  country  a  few  days  ago,  in 
a  most  beautiful  spot,  on  a  hill 
commanding  a  broad  view  of  lovely 
country,  for  miles  and  miles,  of  fields, 
and  lakes,  streams  and  forest,  partly 
by  design  and  partly  by  chance,  I 
came  upon  a  burial  enclosure,  neatly 
enclosed  and  carefully  kept,  and  on  a 
handsome  headstone,  or  rather  monu- 
ment, of  gray  Westerly,  read  the 
following  inscription: 

John  Badger  Bachelder, 

Historian  of  the 
Battle  of  Gettysburg, 
Born  in  Gilmanton,  N.  H., 

Sept.  29,  1825; 

Died  in  Hyde  Park,  Mass. 

Dec.  20,  1894. 

This  started  a  long  train  of  reminis- 
cence in  my  mind  of  the  celebrated 
man  who  has  found  his  last  resting- 
place  here  in  our  own  beautiful  town 
of  Nottingham. 

Col.  John  B.  Bachelder  played  a 
conspicuous  and  not  undistinguished 
part  in  life.  He  was  raised  in  Gilman- 
ton, and  came  to  Barrington  when 
a  young  man  to  keep  the  Hale  District 
School,  as  before  him  John  P.  Hale 
had  clone.  The  reason  for  his  coming 
smacks  somewhat  of  the  early  char- 
acteristics of  the  New  Hampshire 
country  school  where  very  often 
physical  prowess  was  the  highest  and 
most  indispensable  qualification  of 
the  schoolmaster.  Colonel  Bachel- 
der was  a  magnificent  physical  speci- 
men, standing  six  feet  three  or  four 
inches  high,  a  giant  in  stature  and 
strength,  and  found  no  difficulty  in 
mastering  the  school. 

Besides  a  proper  equipment  of 
mental  and  physical  qualities,  he  was 
a  "fine  penman,,  and  supplemented  his 
other  instructions  by  keeping  an 
evening  writing  school.  I  was  a 
small  boy  in  a  contiguous  district, 
and  attended  his  writing  school,  and 


may  admit  that  my  chirography,  such 
as  it  is,  was  formed  upon  the  instruc- 
tions of  John  B.  Bachelder. 

Under  these  circumstances  I  formed 
and  ever  afterwards  kept  up  an  ac- 
quaintance with  him.  This  must 
have  been  about  1845  or  1846,  and 
I  saw  him  only  occasionally  after  that 
up  to  the  war  in  1861.  He  married, 
meantime,  a  sister  of  Mr.  Thomas 
Stevens  of  Nottingham,  a  niece  of 
Gen.  Benjamin  F.  Butler,  who  was 
bred  in  Deerfield  close  by.  Mr. 
Stevens  is  now  a  venerable  gentleman 
of  eighty-five  years,  well  preserved, 
living  on  the  farm  where  he  was  born, 
and  which  contains  the  beautiful 
graveyard  which  I  have  described, 
and  1,000  acres  besides  of  the  grandest 
forest  and  farm  lands  in  our  State. 

Colonel  Bachelder,  at  an  early  day 
conceived  an  absorbing  interest  in  the 
battle  of  Gettysburg,  and  took  it  up, 
and  made  it  the  study  of  his  life. 
He  learned  everything  possible  to  be 
learned*  about  it,  and  was  thoroughly 
conversant  with  its  every  incident 
and  detail  from  the  dawn  of  that 
July  1st  when  the  town  was  awakened 
by  the  guns  of  Archer's  Brigade  com- 
ing in  from  the  North,  and  its  collision 
with  Buford's  Division  of  Cavalry 
coming  up  from  the  South,  to  the 
retreat  of  Lee,  defeated,  baffled,  and 
crest-fallen,  from  the  town  on  the 
night  of  the  3d,  after  the  terrible- 
discomfiture  of  Pickett's  Charge. 

It  was  the  passion  of  Colonel 
Bachelder's  life  to  know  and  to  tell 
the  story  of  Gettysburg,  and  bring  it 
in  all  its  lurid  but  glorious  complete- 
ness before  the  American  people. 
His  eagerness  to  learn  every  fact 
connected  with  it  on  both  sides  of  the 
great  conflict,  engrossed  his  time  and 
labor  for  years,  and  his  narrative  of 
those  labors  and  investigations  was 
dramatic  in  the  last  degree.  He 
delivered  lectures  upon  it  to  great 
audiences    throughout    the    country, 


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and  made  the  nation  familiar  with 
it.  In  fact  he  was  the  acknowl- 
edged authority  on  every  phase  of  the 
battle. 

He  was  the  author  of  the  great 
historic  picture  of  "Gettysburg" 
which  is  one  of  the  noblest  steel 
engravings  to  be  found  in  the  art 
galleries  of  the  world,  and  was  the 
projector  of  the  great  "Cyclorama  of 
the  Battle  of  Gettysburg"  which  was 
on  exhibition  in  Boston  and  else- 
where for  years.  It  was  called  "Phil- 
lipolleaux's  Cyclorama"  but  was 
understood  to  have  been  devised  and 
constructed  under  the  guiding  hand 
and  master  mind  of  Col.  John  B. 
Bachelder. 

In  fact  he  knew  more  about  the 
battle  than  everybody  else  in  the 
world,  and  became  universally  known 
as  the  "Historian  of  the  Battle  of 
Gettysburg"  a  title  which  is  given 
to  him  with  pride  on  his  tombstone. 

I  mention  an  incident  which  illus- 
trates his  marvellous  memory  and 
versatility.  One  night  I  heard  him 
lecture   on    Gettysburg    at    Tremont 


Temple  in  Boston,  and  at  the  close  he 
invited  any  and  every  one  in  the 
audience  to  ask  of  him  to  locate  the 
position  and  describe  the  part  of  any 
corps,  division,  brigade,  or  regiment, 
of  either  army  in  that  battle;  and 
a  hundred  interrogatories  were  imme- 
diately put  to  him,  each  and  even- 
one  of  which  he  answered  without 
hesitation,  and  with  absolute  fullness 
and  accuracy. 

As  I  stood  by  his  grave,  sentinelled 
about  by  hill  answering  to  hill  from 
every  point  of  the  compass  around 
the  splendid  panorama  encircled  by 
Pawtuckaway,  Saddle-back,  and  the 
Blue  Hill  Range,  I  could  but  think 
what  a  proud  figure  he  would  have 
been  at  the  Semi-Centennial  Anniver- 
sary, when  the  Blue  and  the  Gray 
assembled  together  in  fraternal  re- 
union, 50,000  strong,  and  told  the 
story  again,  in  its  infinite  detail  of 
heroic  achievement,  of  the  greatest 
and  most  decisive  battle  of  the  world! 

Colonel  Bachelder's  widow  survives 
him,  and  is  living  at  the  age  of  eighty- 
six  years  in  Hyde  Park,  Mass. 


THE  PASSING  OF  SUMMER 

By  H.  Thompson  Rich 

Down  a  winding  woodland  pathway,  hung  with  garlands  red  and  gold; 

Through  the  silence  of  the  vallevs  where  the  shadows  deepen  fast; 
Up  the  riot  of  the  hillsides  in  their  colors  manifold, 

Passes  Summer  like  the  shadow  of  a  glory  that  is  past. 

Under  saffron-tinted  sunsets,  over  seas  of  ripening  grain; 

Over  all  the  fruits  of  harvest,  leaving  each  a  fond  caress; 
Sighing  softly,  like  the  south  wind,  on  the  mountain  and  the  plain, 

Passes  Summer,  singing  sadly,  full  of  sorrow  and  distress. 

Looking  backward  as-  it  lingers,  with  a  long  departing  look; 

Dwelling  here  on  field  and  forest,  there  on  orchards  bending  low; 
Gazing  fondly  at  its  image  in  each  rivrer,  lake,  and  brook, 

Till  it  swells  anew  with  courage,  waves  farewell,  and  turns  to  go. 

Everywhere  the  leaves  are  falling,  everything  is  red  and  gold; 

Flying  tassels  in  the  cornfields,  blazing  splendor  in  the  sun, 
Bands  of  purple  in  the  twilight,  evenings  long  and  dark  and  cold, — 

All  proclaim  as  one  united,  Autumn's  pageant  has  begun. 


A  BOY'S  VISIONS  OF  FRANKLIN  PIERCE 


[The  following  letter,  received  by  the  editor  of  the  Granite  Monthly,  last  spring,  was  laid 
aside  for  publication  at  some  future  time,  as  likely  to  be  of  interest  to  many  readers.  It  is, 
therefore,  now  presented.] 


H.  H.  Metcalf,  Esq., 

Concord,  New  Hampshire. 
Dear  Sir: 

I  wish  to  thank  you  for  sending  me 
the  volume — "Dedication  of  A  Statue 
of  General  Franklin  Pierce,  Four- 
teenth President  of  the  United  States, 
at  the  State  House,  Concord,  N.  H., 
Nov.  25,  1914." 

I  have  looked  over  the  volume  so 
carefully  that  I  have  laid  it  aside  to 
read  as  carefully  as  eyes  and  brain  can. 
It  takes  me  back  to  the  days  that 
ran  from  my  childhood"  to  those  of 
the  later  "teens."  Though  born, 
bred  and  educated  in  New  Hampshire, 
I  have  passed  my  active  life  in  the 
west.  The  volume  you  have  edited 
brings  back  to  me  much  that  is  still 
dear  and  interesting  to  me  in  memory. 
I  saw  President  Pierce  but  three  times 
in  my  life.  I  will  tell  you  about  those 
three  occasions. 

I  was  a  student  in  Gilmanton 
Academy  a  part  of  the  time  in  the 
years  from  1846  to  1850.  Some  time 
— I  think  in  the  fall  of  1849 — six  of  us 
boys  hired  a  double  team  and  drove 
up  to  Meredith  Bridge  to  hear 
Franklin  Pierce  argue  a  case  in 
court,  which  case  grew  out  of  damage 
done  by  the  backset  of  water  resulting 
from  the  dam  built  by  the  down- 
stream factories,  over  the  outlet  of 
Lake  Winnepesaukee.  How  we  got 
the  information  that  Franklin  Pierce 
was  to  argue  that  particular  case  on 
that  particular  day,  I  do  not  now 
rememler.  But  I  know  that  before 
the  court  convened  in  the  afternoon 
we  six  were  seated  in  the  Court  Room. 
We  did  not  leave  it  till  shadows  im- 
pressed us  that  the  driving  on  the  road 
would  be  safer  before  dark.  All  this 
while  Mr.  Pierce  was  speaking. 

Now  I  am  not  going  to  give  a 
description  of  that  effort  of  Franklin 
Pierce.  There  was  no  spell-binding 
about  it,  but  it  was  interesting.     It 


did  its  work  with  us  and  I  have  no 
doubt  it  did  with  the  jury.  Mr. 
Pierce  was  easy,  graceful  in  manner 
and  word.  There  was  very  little 
action  about  him.  I  should  corrobo- 
rate what  one  of  your  speakers  in  the 
dedication  volume  designates  as  a 
"conversational"  mode  of  argument. 
But  there  was  charm  about  the  con- 
versation— it  was  intent,  to  the  point, 
and  held  you.  This  is  a  boy's  vision 
of  Franklin  Pierce  in  argument  before 
a  jury.  Ira  Perley  was  opposing 
counsel.  Sometimes  he  interrupted 
Mr.  Pierce.  I  thought  then,  occa- 
sionally, rather  abruptly,  but  my 
judgment  then  might  be  valueless. 
But  certainly  gracefulness  of  manner 
and  speech  lay  with  Mr.  Pierce,  rather 
than  with  Mr.  Perley, 

It  was  several  years  after  this  before 
I  again  saw  Franklin  Pierce.  In  the 
summer  of  1852,  after  he  had  been 
nominated  for  the  presidency,  I 
stopped  one  night  at  the  Gault  House 
in  Concord.  I  had  been  sick  at  home 
in  Strafford  all  summer  and  was  on 
my  way  to  college  at  Hanover  to  try 
to  pass  the  final  examinations  at  the 
end  of  sophomore  year.  Perhaps  I 
have  the  right  to  say — •"  Fortune 
favors  the  brave."  It  did  me.  I 
was  successful  in  the  examinations. 
But  at  breakfast  at  the  long  table 
in  the  dining  room  of  the  hotel  a  party 
of  three  or  four  gentlemen  and  several 
ladies  came  in  and  were  seated  not 
more  than  three  or  four  chairs  down 
the  table  from  me.  I  saw  the  situa- 
tion at  once — Franklin  Pierce  had 
been  nominated  for  the  presidency 
and  here  he  was  again  before  me. 
Sidney  Webster,  who  was  a  student 
at  law  in  General  Pierce's  office,  was 
afterward  the  President's  private 
secretary.  I  knew  Sidney  Webster 
fairly  well.  He  was  a  Gilmanton 
boy.  His  home  was  in  the  Academy 
village.     When  I  was  in  the  Academy 


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I  used  to  see  him  as  he  came  back 
for  his  vacations  from  Yale.  More 
than  that,  his  younger  brother  was  a 
classmate  of  mine  in  the  Academy. 
We  read  Cicero,  Sallust  and  Virgil 
together  and  I  often  went  with  him 
to  his  home.  So  I  knew  the  Webster 
family. 

But  now  this  distinguished  party 
behaved  just  like  any  other  party  of 
acquaintances  at  a  breakfast  table. 
They  talked  and  laughed  and  spoke 
of  common  things — wind  and  weather 
and  the  morning  news.  Mr.  Pierce 
was  genial,  jovial  and  drank  his 
coffee  as  a  common  citizen.  Why  do 
I  speak  of  so  inconsequential  affair? 
Because  it  is  a  happy  memory  to  me. 
It  is  what  came  to  me  and  I  am  glad 
it  has  its  place  with  me  in  the  mul- 
tiplicity of  things  I  have  learned 
about  Franklin  Pierce.  I  am  glad 
of  this  memory  of  him  in  careless, 
happy  social  life. 

The  third  and  last  time  I  saw  Mr. 
Pierce  was  in  January  or  February 
of  the  winter  of  1853  after  his  election 
to  the  presidency  and  before  his  in- 
auguration. I  was  sauntering  along 
one  of  the  famous  streets  of  Boston — 
Tremont — and  as  I  came  in  front  of  a 
famous  hotel  bearing  the  name  of  the 
street,  a  carriage  drove  up  contain- 
ing four  gentlemen.  In  it,  I  looked 
straight  in  the  face  of  Franklin  Pierce. 


But  alas!  How  changed  from  the 
countenance  I  had  twice  before  seen! 
I  have  seen  the  pall  of  sadness  that 
sometimes  came  over  the  face  of 
Abraham  Lincoln,  but  it  was  no  more 
unmistakably  sad  than  the  counte- 
nance of  Franklin  Pierce  as  he  alighted 
from  the  carriage  on  that  day.  A 
few  weeks  before,  his  last  child — his 
only  living  son — had  been  killed  in 
a  railroad  accident  in  which  father 
and  mother  were  both  present.  The 
inauguration  la>  but  a  few  weeks 
before  him.  But  what  could  the 
presidency  have  of  attraction  before 
a  soul  with  such  "sorrow  laden"! 
That  countenance  passed  before  me 
up  the  steps  of  the  hotel  and  dis- 
appeared. I  have  never  seen  it  since, 
but  I  remember  it. 

Behind  all  your  book  may  say  I 
have  these  glimpses  of  Franklin  Pierce 
in  his  work,  in  his  joy,  in  his  suffering. 

I  am  glad  that  statue  of  Franklin 
Pierce  has  been  erected,  glad  of  the 
words  that  were  said  at  its  dedication, 
glad  of  the  volume  that  contains  them. 
It  does  not  come  to  an  unsympathetic 
heart. 

Again  I  thank  you  for  your  kindly 
thought  in  sending  it  to  me. 
Most  cordially, 

Charles  Caverno. 

Lombard,  III., 
May  6,  1915. 


Exeter,  N.  H. 


TODAY! 

By  Edward  H.  Richards 

This  little"  strip  of  light, 
'Twixt  night  and  night, 
Let  me  keep  bright 
Today! 

And  let  no  shade  of  yesterday 
Nor  shadow  of  tomorrow 
From  its  brightness  Borrow 
-  Today! 

I  take  the  gift  of  Heaven 
As  simple  as  'tis  given 
And  if  tomorrow  shall  be  sad, 
Or  never  come  at  all,  I've  had, 
At  least, 

Today! 


AUTUMN   AND  ITS  FLORA 


By  Fred  Myron  Colby 


As  I  stood  one  morning  at  the 
window  of  an  old  New  England  farm- 
house, looking  out  through  a  tangle 
of  withered  honeysuckle  vines  on 
"the  happy  autumn  fields,"  I  grew 
half  sorrowful  to  think  how  soon  the 
color  would  fade  out  of  the  rich  land- 
scape, and  wished  that  this  one  view, 
at  least,  might  be  saved  from  the  cold 
touch  of  winter,  and  even  the  sunny 
touch  of  spring.  There  is  a  splendor 
in  our  New  England  autumn  which 
makes  the  other  seasons  seem  tame. 
Spring  is  a  fresh,  sparkling  lyric,  of 
which  summer  is  the  more  sober  end- 
ing; but  autumn  is  the  true  poem  of 
the  year,  and  fitly  closes  the  volume; 
for  after  that  are  blank  white  pages. 

How  I  longed,  as  I  gazed  on  that 
brilliant  October  landscape  with  as 
many  varied  colors  as  there  were  in 
the  ancient  patriarch's  coat,  for  some 
magician  to  come  along  and  put 
nature  to  sleep  in  her  beauty,  and 
keep  her  just  as  lovely  and  unchanged 
for  a  hundred  3rears,  like  the  princess 
in  the  fairy  tale  that  I  read  when  a 
child.  Then  we  should  come  to  this 
same  window  at  all  times  of  the  year, 
and  look  out  on  the  dreamy,  placid 
autumn.  The  hail  might  rattle 
against  the  other  windows  of  the  old 
house,  the  honeysuckles  might  climb 
up  and  press  their  rosy  faces  against 
the  panes,  the  roses  and  the  lilies 
bloom  underneath  the  sill — but  not 
here.  Here  only  fringed  gentians, 
goldenrods,  asters,  dahlias,  and  the 
clematis  with  its  fleecy  seeds,  should 
blow.  Like  a  picture  in  a  frame  that 
patch  of  gray  woodland  on  yonder 
hill  should  bound  one  side,  and  on 
the  other  a  twisted  thread  of  water 
glimmering  in  the  distance  among 
the  purple  hills,  with  a  group  of  cows 
grazing  indefatigably  in  the  meadow 
under  the  soft  fleecy  sky,  fill  the 
vision — a  scene  of  perpetual  rest  and 
beauty,  and  majesty  and  tenderness 
inexpressible. ' 


These  September  mornings  and 
October  afternoons,  are  they  not  the 
most  charming  of  the  whole  year? 
The  grass  is  still  soft  and  green,  the 
vines  are  still  hanging  in  full  rich 
clusters  along  the  roadsides,  gold- 
enrods and  frost  flowers  nod  to  us 
in  field  and  pasture,  while  the  autumn 
sun  conies  in  aslant  under  the  trees 
and  lights  up  everything  with  a 
golden  glow.  From  the  orchards  as 
we  walk  along  is  wafted  a  rich  apple 
odor,  thistledown  and  milkweed  are 
flying  along  on  the  breeze;  there  is 
a  feeling  of  ripeness,  of  harvest,  in 
the  air,  a  sunny  warmth  so  different 
from  the  fierce  summer  heat  that  it 
gladdens  us  and  does  not  fatigue  us. 

But  these  autumn  days  are  brief 
enough.  The  sun  suddenly  goes  down 
behind  the  western  hills,  and  dark- 
ness comes  on  apace.  While  the  wet 
vapor  rises  from  the  river,  or  exhales 
from  the  plants  that  the  sun's  hot 
rays  have  been  all  day  drawing  out, 
we  hurry  homewards,  trailing  along 
our  autumn  bouquet — large  bunches 
of  cattails,  stately  goldenrods,  the  last 
of  the  blue  vervain,  fringed  gentians, 
and  great  boughs  of  clematis  drooping 
to  the  ground. 

Autumn  flowers!  They  seem  love- 
lier and  more  precious  than  even 
their  summer  sisters;  by  the  law  of 
reversion,  we  suppose,  though  many 
of  them  have  a  loveliness  of  their  own 
that  cannot  be  matched  by  the  flowers 
of  June  or  August.  The  delicate 
yellow,  late  appearing  blossoms  of 
the  madeira  vine,  and  its  shining 
graceful  leaves,  have  a  wonderful 
grace.  Then  the  garden  asters  and 
dahlias,  what  can  match  their  gay 
and  showy  splendor?  They  seem  to 
have  picked  up  all  the  mellowness 
of  the  autumn  time  along  with  its 
royal  coloring. 

One  can  make  as  beautiful  a  garland 
in  October  as  at  any  time  during  the 
year.     One  of  the  loveliest  floral  dis- 


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plays  I  ever  saw  was  made  up  wholly  they  have  since  yielded  their  royalty 

of  autumn  flowers.     It  was  brighter  to  more  fashionable  flowers,  although 

and    richer    than    any    diadem    ever  they    still   remain   among   the    most 

worn  by   czar  or  rajah,   a  thing  of  important   members  in  the  flora   of 

beauty  that   dwells  in  my   memory  autumn. 

among  the  joys  that  last  forever.     In  To  many  of  us  at  this  time  comes 

this  bouquet  there  was  a  bewildering  the  memory  of  long  rambles  in  the 

variety  of  goldenrods,  some  of  them  country  after  the  flaming  blossoms  of 

shooting  up  into  tall  plumes;  others  the  lobelia  cardinalis.     And  morepre- 

drooping  gracefully,  the  flowers  rising  cious  even  than  the  memory  is  the 

from   the   upper   side  "of   the   stalk;  inspiration  of  such  a  walk  taken  in  a 

small  flowers  of  various  forms  gath-  September    afternoon,    especially    if 

ered  in  racemes  or  clusters.  there  be  time  for  idle  sauntering  to 

These  varieties  of  solidago,  or  gold-  enjoy  the  charms  that  are  spread  so 
enrod,  afford  one  a  pleasing  study,  profusely  over  the  rural  landscape, 
leading  as  it  does  along  delightful  How  many  beauties  there  are  to  allure 
lanes  and  hedges  in  these  glowing  us  on  either  side — a  sylvan  vista,  a 
autumn  days.  They  belong  to  the  waterfall,  a  bird,  a  leaf,  a  blossom, 
composite  family,  which  includes  the  possibly  a  bit  of  moss.  "We  are  con- 
dandelion,  sunflower,  the  succory,  stantly  being  enchanted  till  we  are 
the  white-weed,  as  well  as  all  kinds  liable  to  half  forget  the  very  thing 
of  asters  growing  in  the  garden.  So,  that  tempted  us  forth,  and,  like  the 
in  fact,  we  have  all  summer  long  been  prince  in  the  story  book  in  search  of 
getting  acquainted  with  this  extensive  the  enchanted  ring,  we  hardly  know 
family,  beginning  with  leonto  don  whether  to  remain  still  or  to  wander 
taraxacum  and  ending  with  the  asters,  on.     But  we  never  return  without  a 

These  last  we  associate  with  autumn,  gaudy  handful  of  the  royal  flower — 
though  some  of  the  tribe  appear  in  the  a  handful  that  for  color  rivals  all  the 
summer.  Yet  the  fall  is  the  time  blaze  of  magnificence  in  a  pontifical 
when  they  are  in  their  greatest  glory,  procession  on  a  carnival  day. 
When  all  the  other  flowers  have  been  The  common  country  name  for  this 
blighted  by  the  freezing  hand  of  Jack  flower  is  "king's  finger,"  which  is 
Frost,  when  the  shrubs  and  other  nearly  as  suggestive  of  royalty  as  the 
herbs  are  withered,  you  may  still  see  other  more  florid  appellation.  Speci- 
whole  beds  of  gay  asters  looking  up  mens  have  been  found  in  which  the 
fresh  and  joyous  to  the  blue  sky,  a  blossoms  are  rose-colored  and  even 
perfect  tangle  of  color.  Long  after  white;  these  latter  usually  occur  in 
the  goldenrod  and  the  frost  flowers  open  places.  At  all  times  they  are 
have  gone,  one  can  pick  a  bright  and  stately  and  magnificent  plants.  Noth- 
variegated  bouquet  of  asters  alone,  ing  can  exceed  their  grace  of  form  or 
They  bloom  in  surprising  variety,  delicacy  of  texture;  but  these  qualities 
white,  lilac,  yellow  and  purple;  some  are  subordinate  to  the  matchless 
with  large  showy  heads,  with  broad  splendor  of  their  scarlet  livery.  This 
rays,  others  with  many  small  heads  blending  of  fragility  and  affluent 
on  the  branches;  some  with  yellow  strength  adds  the  last  fine  charm  to 
disks  and  some  with  the  purple  creep-  their  regal  loveliness, 
ing  into  the  center.  I  can  remember  Queen  of  the  autumn  wild  flowers, 
m>  grandmother's  garden  at  the  old  a  Noor  Mahal  in  an  Eastern  harem, 
farm,  which  was  not  complete  without  blooms  the  fringed  gentian,  its  sky- 
its  beds  of  asters.  In  it  was  a  small,  blue  corolla  lighting  up  the  sandy 
white,  starry  kind  which  was  her  slope  that  shuts  in  some  mountain 
favorite.  It  had  numberless  rays  as  road.  Happy  is  he  who  stumbles  on 
fine  as  silk  thread.  Asters  were  the  tall  foot-stalk  with  its  calyx  as 
queens  in  those  long  ago  days,  but  long  as  its  bell-shaped  tube  out  of 


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which  press  the  fringed  edges  of  the 
flower.  It  is  hardly  correct  to  call 
its  color  sky-blue,  though  Byrant 
sanctions  it  in  his  lines  upon  it: 

"Blue,  blue,  as  if  that  sky  let  fall 
A  flower  from  its  cerulean  wall." 

It  has  a  purpler  tinge  than  the  sky, 
sometimes  even  approaching  the  im- 
perial purple  of  Tyre.  A  more  com- 
mon variety  of  the  gentian  is  the 
soapwort  gentian,  which  is  light- 
colored  and  has  its  corolla  closed  at 
the  mouth. 

Then  there  is  the  dahlia;  was 
there  ever  a  statelier  or  more  showy 
flower?  Its  birthplace  the  mountain 
plateaus  of  tropical  South  America, 
it  was  a  favorite  plant  in  the  royal 
gardens  of  the  Incas,  and  bloomed, 
anxiously  guarded  by  priestly  care,  in  • 
the  Temple  of  the  Sun  at  Cusco. 
Andrea  Dahl,  a  Swedish  botanist, 
made  it  known  to  Europeans  and 
honored  it  with  his  name.  Its  several 
varieties  form  annually  the  chief 
ornament  of  all  our  horticultural 
exhibitions.  The  flowers  of  all  the 
species  are  distinguished  by  the  ab- 
sence of  a  pappus,  and  by  double 
involucres,  the  outer  being  many- 
leaved  and  the  inner  consisting  of  one 
leaf  divided  into  eight  segments. 

In  arranging  our  autumn  bouquet 
the  clematis  must  not  be  left  out. 
It  is  a  wonderful  climbing  plant  and 
embraces  more  than  fifty  different 
species,  distributed  eastward  from 
Mexico  to  Japan,  nine  of  these  being 
natives  of  North  America.  It  is  a 
familiar  shrub  to  all  who  live  in  the 


country;  along  every  roadside  and 
riverside  it  is  seen  covering  hedges 
and  fences  and  old  stone  walls  with 
its  ample  pinnate  leaves  and  its  par- 
ticles of  white  flowers.  The  C.  vita- 
cella,  or  blue  clematis,  is  especially 
esteemed  for  forming  trellises  in 
gardens,  and  is  distinguished  for  its 
beautiful  purplish  bell-shaped  blos- 
soms hanging  gracefully  upon  soli- 
tary peduncles.  Beautiful,  cheering 
plant,  it  well  deserves  the  name  given 
to  it  in  England  of  "the  traveler's 

joy." 

Among  the  autumn  glories  of  hedge 
and  wood  and  meadow  are  the  bright- 
colored  berries.  There  are  the  orange 
and  scarlet  berries  of  the  bitter  sweet, 
whose  leaves  have  a  fresh,  yellowish, 
springlike  greenness  late  into  the  fall. 
In  some  places  are  found  the  showy 
milk-white  berries  of  the  cohosh,  or 
white  baneberry,  and  the  red  bane- 
berry,  with  oval,  cherry-colored  fruit. 
Along  the  forest  path,  sometimes  half 
concealed  by  the  drooping  under- 
brush, gleam  the  brilliant  berries  of 
the  Solomon's  seal,  and  the  deep  red 
seeds  of  the  dwarf  cornel,  by  some 
called  bunchberries — each  set  as  the 
flower  was,  in  a  frame  made  by  four 
or  five  oval  leaves.  Crowning  the 
waving  elder  bushes  along  the  wayside 
are  the  thick  bunches  of  black  pur- 
plish fruit.  These  remain  until  late 
in  the  autumn.  Even  later  than  these 
are  the  red  globular  berries  of  the 
black  alder,  which  gleam  brightly 
from  the  branches  when  the  leaves 
are  gone,  and  even  amid  the  white 
coverlet  of  the  first  snowfall. 


THE  COUNTRY  SCHOOLHOUSE 

By  Mrs.  Theo  Hasenjager 

Oh,  how  sacred  it  is  to  me, 

I  see  it  in  memory  still, 
The  little  white  country  schoolhouse 

That  stands  on  the  brow  of  the  hill. 


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The  old  wooden  shutters  unchanged, 
The  whiteness  has  long  turned  to  gray : 

The  footsteps  of  many  children 
Have  worn  the  old  doorsills  away. 

Though  the  benches  are  old  and  marred, 
The  desks  may  be  scratched  and  worn. 

Though  the  walls  are  dingy  and  soiled. 
And  the  maps  discolored  and  torn; 

Though  the  friends  and  the  schoolmates  are  gone, 
We  have  scattered  and  drifted  apart, 

Yet  you,  little  country  schoolhouse, 
Are  still  near  and  dear  to  my  heart. 

Often  in  thoughts  I  have  wandered 

Out  there  to  the  old  maple  tree, 
Where  a  group  of  children  are  playing. 

And  one  little  girl  is  me. 

In  a  little  blue  gingham  apron, 

With  cheeks,  that  with  health  were  aglow. 

Ah,  you  were  my  better  self,  dear, 
Way  back  in  the  sweet  long  ago. 

If  I  could  tell  you  the  sorrow, 

All  the  heartaches  and  deep  despair 

I've  found  on  life's  busy  highway, 
That  was  pictured  to  me  so  fair, — 

If  I  could  tell  you  the  failures 

I've  met  since  you  and  I  parted  here, 

You  would  not  blame  me  for  holding 
The  little  white  schoolhouse  so  dear. 

Perhaps  if  my  path  had  been  roses, 

No  thorns  had  been  strewn  on  my  way, 

The  sweet  tender  thoughts  of  childhood 
Would  have  not  drifted  back  today. 

Perhaps  it  was  best  I  left  you, 

Little  girl,  with  the  untroubled  brow. 

Back  there  in  the  sweet  happy  days, 
Though  we've  drifted  so  far  apart,  now. 

I  will  think  of  you  tenderly,  dear, 

And  see  you  in  memory  still, 
There  with  the  little  white  schoolhouse 

That  stands  on  the  brow  of  the  hill. 


THE  ART  OF  WALKING 


By  Harold  L.  Ransom 


"Give  to  me  the  life  I  love 
Let  the  lave  go  by  me, 
Give  the  jolty  heaven  above, 
And  the  byway  nigh  inc." 

Walking  is  a  lost  art.  The  twen- 
tieth century  is  the  avowed  enemy 
of  the  pedestrian.  Men  have  con- 
spired to  invent  new  and  rapid  means 
of  locomotion.  Steam  cars,  electric 
cars,  bicycles,  motor  cycles,  automo- 
biles, flying  machines — each  in  turn 
has  done  its  best  to  tempt  the  walker 
from  the  ways.  He  who  would  walk 
is  now  styled  a  hobo  or  a  faddist. 
Most  of  us  follow  the  crowd,  con- 
fessedly creatures  of  habit;  and  so 
it  is  not  remarkably  strange  that, 
when  the  spirit  of  the  age — speed  at 
any  cost — once  has  a  firm  hold  on  us, 
we  all  acquire  wheels  or  wings  and 
forget  that  when  primitive  man 
wanted  to  go  from  one  place  to  an- 
other he  walked.  No  one  will  deny 
that  there  is  novelty  and  exhilaration 
in  a  dash  across  country  in  a  six 
cylinder  touring  car,  or  in  soaring 
into  the  heavens  in  a  fragile,  bird- 
like machine;  but  he  who  would  know 
solid,  lasting,  satisfying  enjoyment 
must  turn  his  back  on  these  inven- 
tions and  be  a  knight  of  the  road. 

It  is  safe  to  say  that  no  two  people 
walk  for  precisely  the  same  reason, 
or  in  exactly  the  same  frame  of  mind. 
Some  walk  with  no  higher  motive 
than  mere  bodily  exercise.  They  do 
ten  miles  with  their  eyes  on  the 
ground  or  straight  ahead  of  them, 
doing  their  stint  as  they  would  pace 
off  the  same  distance  on  a  running 
track  in  a  gymnasium.  Others  may 
stroll  into  the  country  for  an  after- 
noon with  no  other  purpose  than  to 
while  away  a  few  dull  hours.  Still 
a  third  class  walk  purely  for  the 
mental  stimulus  and  enjoyment  af- 
forded by  a  change  of  environment 
and  the  contact  with  nature.  None 
can  presume  to  dictate  the  attitude 
of  mind  in  which  a  person  shall  under- 
take his  outing  on  foot.     If  a  man 


conscioUsty  strives  for  a  definite 
frame  of  mind  for  his  tramp,  the 
spoilt  uieity  of  his  enjoyment  will  be 
lost.  In  fact,  this  is  the  time  to  give 
his  fancy  free  play.  Surely  no  fixed 
program,  no  hard  and  fast  rules  can 
be  given  the  man  who  would  make 
his  walking  an  art.  It  is  a  matter 
of  temperament,  of  moods,  of  likes 
and  dislikes.  Thoreau  was  an  en- 
thusiastic pedestrian.  In  his  essa3r 
on  walking  he  says  that  he  has  met 
but  one  or  two  persons  in  the  course 
of  his  life  who  understood  the  art  of 
walking.  Could  he  not  better  have 
said  that  he  had  met  but  one  or  two 
persons  in  the  course  of  his  life  who 
entertained  the  same  conception  of 
the  art  of  walking  as  did  he? 
Thoreau's  ideal  walker  is  born  not 
made.  "  It  requires  a  direct  dispensa- 
tion from  Heaven  to  become  a  walker, ' ' 
he  asserts.  "No  wealth  can  buy  the 
requisite  leisure,  freedom,  and  inde- 
pendence which  are  the  capital  in 
this  profession."  Says  he,  "If  you 
are  ready  to  leave  father,  mother, 
brother  and  sister,  wife,  child,  and 
friends  and  never  see  them  again, 
if  you  have  paid  all  your  debts,  and 
made  your  will,  and  settled  all  your 
affairs,  and  are  a  free  man,  then  you 
are  ready  for  a  walk."  What  a 
strenuous  preparation!  It  reminds 
one  irresistibly  of  the  prerequisites 
to  a  choice  course  in  a  college  curric- 
ulum. How  many  of  us  are  eligible? 
How  many  of  us  agree  with  him?  All 
reverence  to  the  kindly  Thoreau.  At 
times  his  genius  is  unfathomable  to  us 
la3mien.  Is  not  one  of  the  most 
delightful  features  of  a  long  tramp 
the  return,  the  coming  back  to  the 
evening  meal,  to  a  warm  fireplace, 
perchance  to  friends  and  home? 

First  of  all,  I  believe  that,  if  a 
person  would  enjoy  walking  in  its 
fullest  and  best  sense,  he  must  have 
walked.  He  must  have  acquired  the 
habit.  When  he  strikes  the  road  for 
a  tramp  he  should  have  a  sense  of 


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being  at  home.  If  he  feels  like  a  exchange  a  cheeiy  word  of  greeting 
stranger  in  a  strange  land  when  he  with  a  fellow  traveller  always  sends 
must  depend  solely  on  the  means  him  on  his  way  refreshed,  and  a  feeling- 
nature  has  given  him  for  reaching  his  of  gladness  lightens  his  sense  of 
destination,  his  journey  will  be  wholly  fatigue. 

formal  and  superficial,  like  a  ride  in  "Whether  or  not  one  should  invite 

the  cars.     All  must  be  amateurs  at  a  friend  to  share  the  pleasures  of  a 

sometime  in  the  art  of  walking,  but  tramp  is  a  matter  of  individual  taste, 

the   joys    of   the    road    are    not   for  Stevenson    says,    "A    walking    tour 

beginners.     Walking  is  the  key  to  the  should  be  gone  upon  alone,  because 

pleasures  of  the  tramp.  you  should  be  able  to  stop  and  go  on, 

Stevenson  says,   "For  my  part,  I  and  follow  this  way  and  that,  as  the 

travel  not  to  go  anywhere,  but  to  go.  freak    takes    you."     True    enough, 

I  travel  for  travel's  sake."     No  doubt  perhaps,  but  can  we  alone  enjoy  to 

there  is  pleasure  in  "travel  for  travel's  the  full  a  rare  bit  of  landscape  which 

sake,"  but  that  pleasure  is  increased  suddenly    opens    up    before    us,    the 

twofold  if  one  has  a  fixed  destination,  sweet  notes  of  a  song  bird,   or  the 

a  trip  to  friends  or  home  that  gives  gorgeous  tints  of  an  autumn  forest? 

an  excuse  for  walking.     A  friend  once  To  make  a  practice  of  solitary  tramps 

remarked  to  the  writer,  "We  had  a  is  to  indulge  oneself  in  a  refined  form 

delightful  social  hour  this  afternoon,  of  selfishness. 

Ostensibly,   the  people  were  invited  The  habit  of  walking  long  distances 

to   drink   tea.     You   know   it   never  carries  with  it  a  feeling  of  indepen- 

would  do  to  get  people  together  with-  dence.     A  man  need  no  longer  rely 

out   an   excuse   and  then   announce,  on  horses,  steam,  or  gasoline.     If  the 

'You  are  here  to  talk;  go  to!'  "     So  ordinary   modes   of   conveyance   fail 

with  walking,  if  a  person  would  derive  him  at  any  time  he  can  say,  "Never 

the  keenest  pleasure  from  it  he  should  mind;  I  will  walk."     He  leaves  his 

make  it  apparently  the  means  to  some  luggage  (if  perchance  he  has  luggage), 

end,  and  not  the  end  itself.  hastily    turns    up    the    cuffs   of   his 

Walking    is    a    great    leveler.     It  trousers;  and  is  off  on  the  road,  path, 

matters  not  whether  you  are  king  or  or  track  while  people  stand  about  in 

peasant,   whoever  you  meet  on  the  open-mouthed   astonishment   at   this 

road    is    for    the    time    your    equal,  original    specimen    of    a    resourceful 

When  a  man  rides  it  is  human  nature  individual.     They  wonder  and  pity, 

to  loll  back  at  ease  and  look  down  while  he  feels  the  pleasant  tightening 

with  disdain  at  the  traveller  on  foot;  of  his  muscles,  the  quickened  pulsing 

but  not  so  when  he  walks.     If  he  has  of  his  blood,  and  is  glad  he  is  alive, 

a    particle    of    democratic    spirit    in  There  is  no  way  of  seeing  a  section 

his    makeup    he    greets    any    other  of   the    country   so   satisfactorily   as 

pedestrian  he  may  meet  as  an  equal  walking  through  it.     No  other  method 

and  a  brother.     Recently  the  mayor  of    travel    is    so    inexpensive.     The 

in  one  of  our  large  cities  insisted  on  walker  receives  a  lasting  impression 

walking  in  a  procession  through  the  of  the  beauties  of  scenery  not  to  be 

city  streets  in  celebration  of  a  certain  had  by  dashing  past  in  an  automobile, 

event.     It  is  said  that  in  an  hour's  He  comes  in  contact  with  the  people, 

time  thus  spent  he  came  closer  to  the  Indeed,  he  has  a  satisfying  sense  of 

hearts  of  the  people  than  in  all  his  going  through  the  country,  not  over  it. 

previous    term    in    office.     A    good  Then  too,  each  day  he  is  storing  up 

walker  feels  acquainted  with    every-  a  fund  of  good  health  which  will  last 

one    on    the    road.     He    may    never  him  indefinitely, 

before  have  seen  the  man  he  meets,  It  is  not  necessary  that  we  become 

but  he  carries  with  him  the  atmos-  enthusiasts  about  walking,  or  that  we 

phere  of  a  hail-fellow  well  met.     To  aim    to    be    professional  pedestrians. 


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It  is  not  necessary  to  give  a  large 
proportion  of  time  to  the  pursuit  of 
this  pastime.  But  if  any  one  of  us 
would  acquire  a  larger  amount  of 
bodily  vigor,  a  better  understanding 
of  human  nature  as  it  is  at  first  hand, 
a  greater  appreciation  of  the  great 
out-of-doors,  and  would  approximate 
even  in  a  measure  the  art  of'  walking, 


let  him  strike  the  road  with  his  sen- 
sibilities open  to  new  impressions,  a 
cheery  word  on  his  lips,  a  heart  ready 
for  any  fate,  and  in  larger  and  larger 
measure  he  will  be  rewarded. 

"Wealth  I  ask  not,  hope  nor  love, 
Nor  a  friend  to  know  me ; 
.All  I  ask,  the  heaven  above. 
And  the  road  below  me." 


THE  JOURNEY 

Bij  William  E.  Davis 

The  death  was  sudden,  unexpected : 

How  quiet  she  lies! 

And,  but  a  few  tense  hours  ago 

Bright  were  her  eyes,  and  ripe  and  warm 

The  bloom  upon  the  smiling  lips 

And  dimpled  cheeks. 

The  step  was  free  and  firm, 

And  launched  with  ease  and  grace 

The  rounded  life,  warm  form  and  queenly  head 

From  joy  to  joy. 

The  hands  were  tender,  tireless,  in  their  ministerings, 

And  all  the  world  she  knew  was  filled 

With  love  of  life  and  being. 

And  now  how  quiet  she  lies,  and  cold  and  white; 

The  bloom  has  turned  to  marble. 

The  tireless,  loving  hands  move  only  in  obedience 

To  those  who  fondle  them  with  sorrow 

At  her  bier. 

She  was  so  good,  and  wise,  and  happy  here;  and  now? 

Ah!     Now!     Who  knows  what  wisdom  and  what  happiness  are  hers 

In  truth,  while  those  who  loved  her  drop  but  one  tear 

Of  sorrow  and  regret  that  she  has  gone? 

She  may  span  the  wisdom  and  the  joy  of  centuries; 

May  count  all  future  years, 

And  plan  the  happiness,  and  bless  the  sorrows 

Of  her  share  of  the  world  more  in  a  second's  time 

Than  could  she  here  in  four  score  years  and  ten.     Ah,  yes! 

Though  that  clear  voice  is  hushed, 

That  loved  form  motionless, 

It  cannot  be  that  that  which  made  the  eye  so  bright, 

The  voice  so  tender,  and  the  hand  so  kind 

Has  ceased  to  be.     Ah,  no! 

That  was  but  a  loaned  or  borrowed  part 

From  that  which  rules  and  knows  it  all: 

And  in  some  form  'twill  come  again 

And  love,  and  smile,  and  kiss,  and  help; 

So  benefit  earth's  mortals  all  the  more 

For  having  journeyed,  listened  and  rejoiced 

At  the  fountain  head  of  Wisdom,  Hope  and  Love. 

New  Ipswich,  N.  H. 


458  The  Granite  Monthly 

IF  I  HAD  KNOWN 

By  L.  Adelaide  Sherman 

If  I  had  known  when  last  I  clasped  your  hand 
That  on  this  earth  we  two  should  meet  no  more— 

That  you  would  be  the  first  to  pass  beyond  " 

That  never  outward-swinging  "low,  green  door," 

Would  I  have  spoken  in  that  jesting  tone, 
If  I  had  known? 

The  air  is  filled  with  fragrance  from  the  pines; 

The  odorous  fields  with  golden  grain  are  sweet. 
I  walk  beside  the  sorrow-laden  sea, 

Where  last  we  met,  with  lingering,  aimless  feet. 
Perhaps  I  should  not  heed  its  dreary  moan, 
If  I  had  known. 

The  very  sunlight  mocks  me — on  the  waves 
Its  arrows  fall  in  lambent  gleams  of  light. 

No  white-winged  boat  comes  o'er  the  snowy  foam 
To  bring  my  loved  and  lost  one  to  my  sight. 

Alas!  I  had  not  thus  been  left  alone, 
If  I  had  known! 

Contoocook,  N.  H. 


ONLY  GOOD 

By  Hannah  B.  Merriam 

When  hopes  are  blighted,  friendships  broken. 
And  cherished  plans  have  come  to  naught; 

When  dear  ones  the  last  word  have  spoken 
And  all  the  soul's  with  anguish  wrought, 

In  deep  regret  to  Him  we  kneel 

Who  can  alone  our  anguish  heal. 

When  bitter  thought,  or  unkind  word, 
Has  caused  some  loving  heart  to  bleed; 

When  act  of  ours  too  long  deferred 
Has  failed  to  give  the  timely  need, 

In  deep  regret  we  now  appeal 

For  help,  that  we  may  justly  deal. 

Anguish,  regret,  remorse  is  sown 

By  loving  hand,  unerring  sight, 
No  thought  of  ours  remains  unknown, 

Each  deed  of  ours  is  brought  to  light; 
And  we  at  last  must  understand 
That  only  good  conies  from  His  hand. 


NEW  HAMPSHIRE  NECROLOGY 


CAPT.   PAUL  WHIPPLE 

Paul  Whipple,  born  in  New  Boston,  N.  H., 
April  20,  1840,  died  at  Darlington,  S.  C, 
August  16,  1915. 

He  was  a  son  of  the  late  John  Whipple  of 
New  Boston,  and  the  fifth  of  eight  children, 
of  whom  the  late  J.  Reed  Whipple,  a  noted 
hotel  proprietor  of  Boston,  was  one.  At  the 
outbreak  of  the  Civil  War  he  enlisted  in 
Company  K,  Seventh  New  Hampshire  Regi- 
ment, and  attained  the  rank  of  captain. 

At  the  close  of  the  war  he  settled  in  Dar- 
lington, where  he  became  a  planter,  and  there 
continued  till  his  death. 

ARTHUR   P.    DODGE 

Arthur  Pillsbury  Dodge,  a  native  of  En- 
field, N.  H.,  born  in  1850,  died  at  Freeport, 
Long  Island,  October  12,  1915.  He  was  a 
descendant  of  Simon  Dodge,  who  came  to 
America  from  England  in  1630.  He  was  self 
educated,  studied  law  and  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  Massachusetts  in  1879.  He  was  lo- 
cated for  a  time  in  practice  in  Manchester,  but 
became  interested  in  literary  work,  and  was 
for  a  time  associated  with  the  late  John  N. 
McClintock  in  the  publication  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts Magazine,  an  offshoot  of  the  Gran- 
ite Monthly,  and  subsequently  started  the 
Bay  State  Monthly,  from  which  the  present 
New  England  Magazine  was  evolved. 

In  1892,  Mr.  Dodge  went  to  Chicago,  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  of  Illinois  and  became 
associated  with  the  late  George  M.  Pullman. 
He  devoted  his  time  to  the  development  of 
the  Dodge  system  of  stored  heat  motive 
power.  Later  he  founded  the  Kinetic  Power 
Company,  the  Dodge  Motor  Company,  and 
the  Kinetic  Manufacturing  Company.  Mr. 
Dodge  bought  the  franchise  of  the  Babylon 
Railroad  at  Babylon,  L.  I.,  and  with  the  aid 
of  the  late  Colonel  Robert  G.  Ingersoll, 
planned  to  use  it  to  demonstrate  his  system  of 
stored  heat  motive  power.  Later  he  sold  the 
franchise  to  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad. 

In  1900,  in  company  with  his  wife,  who 
was  Miss  Elizabeth  Ann  Day  of  Boston,  and 
whom  he  married  in  1870,  he  made  a  pil- 
grimage to  the  ancient  prison  city  of  Acre  in 
Palestine,  Syria,  where  Abdul  Abbas  was 
proclaiming  the  Bahai  message  to  the  world. 
Three  years  ago,  Abbas  visited  this  country 
and  was  entertained  by  Mr.  Dodge,  who 
made  arrangements  whereby  he  was  allowed 
to  preach  the  gospel  of  Universal  Peace  and 
Unification  of  Religions  in  a  number  of  im- 
portant churches  throughout  the  United 
States.  Mr.  Dodge  was  a  close  student  of 
religion  and  was  the  author  of  a  number  of 
books  on  religion,  the  most  recent  of  which 
were  "The  Truth  of  It"  and  "Whence? 
Why?     Whither?" 

He  is  survived  by  his  wife  and  three  sons, 


William  C.  Dodge,  a  lawyer  of  New  York; 
Wendell  Phillips  Dodge,  editor  of  the  Strand 
magazine,  and  Richard  P.  Dodge,  a  scenic- 
artist  in  New  York. 

HON.  HERBERT  E.  ADAMS 

Hon.  Herbert  E.  Adams,  a  prominent  citi- 
zen of  Gilsum,  and  long  time  manufacturer, 
died  at  his  home  in  that  town,  October  4, 
1915. 

Mr.  Adams  was  a  native  of  Roxbury,  born 
August  14,  1845,  the  son  of  Rev.  Ezra  and 
Abigail  (Bigelow)  Adams,  and  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  and  Kimball  Union 
Academy,  Meriden,  from  which  he  was 
graduated.  On  account  of  the  death  of  his 
father,  who  had  moved  to  Gilsum  in  1850 
and  was  pastor  of  the  church  there  until  his 
death,  he  relinquished  his  plan  for  a  college 
course,  and  engaged  in  business  in  Gilsum, 
where  he  was  long  a  member  of  the  Gilsum 
Woolen  Company,  which  did  a  successful 
business  many  years. 

He  was  long  active  in  public  affairs,  serving 
as  town  clerk,  treasurer,  for  twenty  years  "as 
a  member  of  the  school  board,  selectman, 
representative  in  1891  and  1897,  and  as  a 
member  of  the  State  Senate  in  1909.  He 
married  in  1871  Eliza  R.  Francis  of  Edgar- 
town,  Mass.,  who  died  a  few  j^ears  ago.  To 
them  were  born  four  sons,  George,  Charles  E., 
Albert  F.  and  William  H.,  all  now  living.  He 
is  also  survived  by  one  brother,  Rev.  Myron 
W.  Adams,  dean  of  Atlanta  University.  He 
was  a  member  of  Ashuelot  and  Cheshire 
County  Pomona  granges. 

REV.    JOSHUA   W.    WELLMAN,    D.    D. 

Rev.  Joshua  Wyman  Wellman,  D.  D., 
Dartmouth's  oldest  alumnus  and  one  of 
Maiden's  oldest  residents,  died  at  his  home, 
117  Summer  street,  Maiden,  Mass.,  on  Septem- 
ber 28,  at  the  age  of  93  years. 

He  was  born  in  Cornish,  N.  H.,  November 
28,  1821,  and  attended  school  in  his  native 
town  until  he  was  fifteen.  He  fitted  for  col- 
lege at  Kimball  Union  Academy,  being  grad- 
uated in  1842.  He  then  entered  Dartmouth 
college  and  was  graduated  in  1846.  After 
teaching  at  Kimball  Union  Academy  for  a 
while  he  entered  the  Andover  Theological 
School  in  1847,  being  graduated  in  1850. 

He  was  ordained  to  the  Congregational 
ministry  and  installed  as  pastor  of  the  First 
Church  at  Derry  a  year  later.  He  became 
pastor  of  the  Eliot  Church  in  Newton,  Mass., 
in  1856  and  served  seventeen  years.  Called 
to  the  First  Congregational  Church  of  Maiden, 
he  took  charge  on  March  25,  1874,  and  re- 
mained there  until  May,  1883.  Since  that 
time  he  held  no  pastorate.  He  is  survived 
by  two  children,  Arthur  H.  Wellman  and 
Mrs.  Robert  C.  King,  both  of  Maiden. 


EDITOR  AND  PUBLISHER'S  NOTES 


The  fall  meeting  of  the  New  Hampshire 
Board  of  Trade  was  held  at  the  New  Hamp- 
shire State  College,  in  Durham,  upon  invita- 
tion of  President  Fairchild,  on  Wednesday, 
September  20.  Although  the  weather  was 
decidedly  unfavorable,  on  account  of  rain, 
there  was  a  fair  attendance,  including  as 
usual,  good  delegations  from  Concord  and 
Salem.  A  party  of  six,  including  four  ladies, 
also  made  the  trip  from  Hillsboro,  a  distance 
of  65  miles.  A  short  business  session  was 
held  before  dinner,  which  was  served  in  a 
room  in  Thompson  Hall,  by  the  young  ladies 
of  the  Domestic  Science  Department  of  the 
College.  Upon  the  urgent  invitation  of 
President  Fairchild,  the  members  of  the  Board, 
in  lieu  of  their  advertised  public  speaking 
session,  at  which  addresses  were  to  have  been 
given  by  Secretary  of  State  Bean,  Superin- 
tendent MoiTison,  Commissioner  Felker  and 
State  Forester  Hirst,  marched  to  the  college 
gymnasium,  where  the  entire  student  body 
assembled  at  1.30  p.  m.,  for  chapel  exercises, 
held  there  then  for  the  first  time,  but  to  be 
continued  there  hereafter  because  of  the 
increased  number  of  students  rendering  the 
old  assembly  room  in  Thompson  Hall  inad- 
equate. The  members  of  the  Board  were 
seated  on  the  platform,  facing  the  student 
body  which  filled  the  floor  of  the  gymnasium 
to  its  utmost  capacity,  making  a  most  in- 
spiring spectacle.  After  the  regular  chapel 
exercises,  President  Fairchild  made  an  address, 
setting  forth  the  wonderful  advance  made  by 
the  college  in  the  last  few  years,  its  present 
needs  and  future  prospects.  Short  addresses 
were  also  called  out  from  Secretary  Bean, 
speaking  for  the  State,  Secretary  Metcalf  for 
the  Board  of  Trade,  in  the  absence  of  Presi- 
dent Cox,  who  was  compelled  to  leave  on  the 
2.20  train,  and  Commissioner  Felker  for  the 
Department  of  Agriculture.  College  cheers 
and  songs  by  the  student  body  followed,  after 
which  adjournment  was  taken.  Many  of 
those  in  attendance  had  never  before  visited 
the  college,  and  all  were  strongly  impressed 
by  the  growth  and  importance  of  the  institu- 
tion which  is  destined  to  be  one  of  the  great- 
est factors  in  the  future  progress  of  the  state. 


Merrimack  County  is  to  follow  the  example 
of  Belknap,  and  hold,  on  Wednesday,  Thurs- 
day and  Friday,  November  17,  18  and  19, 
what  is  denominated  a  "Family  Gathering," 
the  purpose  being  to  bring  the  people  of  all 
callings  and  interests,  throughout  the  county, 
together,  in  one  common  family,  and  thereby 
insure  better  acquaintance  and  stimulate  a 
sentiment  of  cooperation  and  community  of 
interest.  Afternoon  and  evening  sessions 
will  be  held  each  day,  the  use  of  Representa- 
tives Hall  in  the  State  House  having  been 
secured  therefor.  Topics  of  interest  to  all 
classes  will  be  discussed  by  competent  speak- 
ers at  all  the  sessions,  and  appropriate  music 


also  provided.  Friday  afternoon  will  be 
especially  devoted  to  school  interests,  and 
the  various  school-boards  of  the  county  are 
asked  to  forego  the  school  sessions  for  that 
day  to  enable  teachers  and  scholars  to  be  in 
attendance;  while  Friday  evening  will  be 
devoted  to  the  interest  of  the  churches. 
Belknap  County  has  held  these  gatherings 
two  years,  with  excellent  results,  and  much 
good  is  hoped  for  in  Merrimack.  The  move- 
ment is  under  the  auspices  of  the  Concord 
Board  of  Trade,  the  Grange  and  the  County 
agricultural  agent. 


"Deborah  Moses,  or  Pen  Pictures  of 
Colonial  Life  in  New  England,"  is  the  title \>f 
a  volume  of  550  pages,  in  thirty  chapters,  with 
sixteen  illustrations,  written  by  a  retired 
clergyman  of  Concord,  under  the  nom-de- 
plume  of  Andrew  Wellington.  An  interesting 
thread  of  romance  runs  through  a  body  of 
moral  and  religious  dissertation,  and  all  is 
enlivened  by  tales  of  the  hunt,  of  Indian 
warfare,  and  the  trials  and  perils  of  the  early 
settlers,  of  the  witchcraft  delusion,  and  other 
phases  and  features  of  early  New  England 
life,  as  indicated  in  the  title.  The  primary 
purpose  of  the  work  seems  to  be  the  inculca- 
tion of  the  spirit  of  obedience  to  the  laws  of 
health,  the  rules  of  morality  and  the  demands 
of  religion,  a  sufficient  framework  of  fiction 
being  supplied  to  enhance  the  interest  and 
command  the  attention  of  the  reader.  The 
characters  are  all  strongly  drawn,  and  true  to 
the  life  of  the  time,  and  the  situations  gen- 
erally of  deep  interest.  It  is  a  book,  when 
once  read  not  soon  forgotten. 


"  Alaskaland,  "  by  Isabel  Ambler  Gilman, 
LL.  B.,  published  by  the  Alice  Harriman  Com- 
pany, New  York,  is  a  book  of  prose  and  poetic 
gems,  descriptive  of  that  wonderful  land  in  the 
far  Northwest,  whose  stores  of  wealth  have  as 
yet  been  but  slightly  developed.  Mrs.  Gil- 
man,  formerly  a  Meredith  teacher,  Grange 
lecturer,  and  social  progress  leader,  after 
teaching  school,  writing  for  the  newspapers, 
and  studying  and  practicing  law  on  the 
Pacific  Coast,  spent  four  years  in  Alaska, 
subsequently  returning  to  Seattle;  but,  yield- 
ing again  to  the  "call  of  the  wild,"  she  is  now 
once  more  quartered  amid  the  eternal  snows, 
in  the  service  of  the  government,  at  Rampart, 
close  under  the  Arctic  Circle.  Meanwhile, 
her  old  friends,  of  whom  there  are  not  a  few 
in  the  state,  should  read  her  book. 


The  next  number  of  the  Granite  Monthly 
will  be  a  double  one,  for  November  and  De- 
cember, issued  as  a  Holiday  Number  about 
the  20th  of  December. 


New  Hampshire  book  collectors  should  note 
the  advertisement  of  Frank  J.  Wilder  on  the 
inside  front  cover  page  of  this  issue. 


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State  House,  West  Front 


THE  LEGISLATIVE  REUNION 

Third    Day's    Exercises — Concord's   One   Hundred    and   Fiftieth 

Anniversary    Celebration 


A  strong  desire  has  been  expressed, 
by  some  of  those  most  interested  in 
the  matter,  that  there  shall  be  some 
permanent  record  of  the  proceedings 
of  the  last  day  of  Concord's  One 
Hundred  and  Fiftieth  Anniversary 
celebration,  mainly  included  in  what 
was  known  as  the  "Legislative  Re- 
union," the  details  of  which  could  not 
be  anticipated  for  presentation  in  the 
Anniversary  number  of  the  Granite 
Monthly,  issued  on  Monday,  June  7, 
the  preceding  day,  since  it  was  not 
definitely  known  in  advance  who 
would  be  the  speakers  on  that  occa- 
sion. 

In  compliance  with  this  desire,  the 


publisher  has  decided  to  devote  a 
considerable  portion  of  this  double 
number  of  the  magazine  to  such 
purpose,  so  that  there  may  be  in- 
cluded within  a  single  volume,  bound 
copies  of  which  will  be  found  in  all 
the  principal  libraries  in  the  State, 
and  in  many  beyond  its  borders, 
through  the  years  to  come,  a  sub- 
stantially complete  report  of  the 
proceedings  of  the  celebration  in 
question — an  affair  of  vital  impor- 
tance in  the  history  of  the  capital 
city,  in  which  all  public-spirited 
citizens  took  due  pride,  and  to  whose 
wonderful  success  they  all  contributed. , 
A  detailed  outline  of  the  proceed- 


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The  Granite  Monthly 


ings  of  Monday,  June  7,  the  Anni- 
versary day,  proper,  was  given  in  the 
great  Anniversary  number  for  May- 
June,  above  referred  to,  together 
with  the  Historical  Address,  given 
by  Judge  Charles  R.  Corning,  which 
appears  in  full  in  no  other  publica- 
tion; and  it  is  only  to  be  regretted 
that  the  eloquent  and  inspiring  ora- 
tion by  President  W.  H.  P.  Faunce  of 
Brown  University,  could  not  also 
have  been  presented,  but  as  it  was 
entirely  extemporaneous,  and  no  copy 


than  the  great  military  and  civic 
parade  of  the  preceding  day.  This 
was  generally  known  as  the  Trade 
and  Industrial  Parade.  The  first 
division,  however,  was  made  up  of 
automobiles,  largely  decorated,  over 
100  cars  being  included.  The  second 
division  included  an  imposing  pro- 
cession of  floats,  many  of  them  elab- 
orately and  artistically  decorated, 
representing  nearly  all  of  the  impor- 
tant industrial  and  commercial  es- 
tablishments of  the  city,  as  well  as  a 


Fred  L.  Johnson's  Auto — Eagle  Garage 


ever  made,  its  publication  was  im- 
possible. The  admirable  Anniver- 
sary sermon,  given  by  the  Rev.  John 
Vannevar,  D.  D.,  at  the  great  union 
service  on  Sunday  evening  previous, 
was  also  most  worthy  of  publication 
which  lack  of  space,  however,  pre- 
cluded. 

While  the  Legislative  Reunion  was 
the  principal  feature  of  Tuesday's 
celebration,  from  a  historical  point 
of  view,  mention  must  not  be  omitted 
of  the  great  parade  of  the  forenoon, 
which,  although  entirely  different  in 
character,    was    no    less    impressive 


large  number  of  civic  organizations 
and  societies.  It  would  be  impos- 
sible to  mention  them  all  in  detail; 
but  while  nearly  every  one  was  worthy 
of  special  mention  it  is  but  just  to  say 
that  the  contribution  of  the  W.  B. 
Durgin  Company,  silverware  man- 
ufacturers, to  the  success  of  this 
great  parade  surpassed  all  others, 
and  excelled  anything  of  the  kind 
ever  before  witnessed  in  the  State. 
Preceding  a  splendidly  decorated 
float,  ornamented  by  a  life  sized 
portrait  of  the  company's  founder, 
loaded  with  the  finest  products  of  the 


Legislative   Reunion — Concord  Anniversary 


465 


manufactory,  and  headed  by  Rainey's 
Band  of  Manchester,  marched  the 
200  employes  of  the  corporation, 
neatly  uniformed,  with  the  officers 
of  the  company  and  veteran  employes 
following  in  automobiles. 

Among  the  clubs  and  other  organi- 
zations represented  were  the  Won- 
olancet  Club,  Woman's  Club,  Friendly 
Club,  Concord  Charity  Organization, 
Capital  Grange,  Knights  of  Colum- 
bus, Concord  Equal  Suffrage  Asso- 
ciation, Dartmouth  Club,  Woman's 
Christian  Temperance  Union,  Daugh- 


lines  of  business.  Among  these  were 
five  two  horse  teams  of  George  L. 
Theobald,  seven  two  horse  and  four 
one  horse  teams  by  the  Tenney  Coal 
Company;  nine  two  horse  teams  by 
the  Concord  Ice  Company;  City 
sprayer  and  two  street  sprinklers, 
drawn  by  two  horses  each,  by  the 
Concord  Highway  Department ;  drays 
loaded  with  Profile  Brand  Goods  and 
Webster  Flour,  by  the  Dickerman 
Company;  immense  six  horse  load 
of  "Stratton  Brand"  flour,  by  Strat- 
ton  &  Co.;  four  horse,  two  horse  and 


Section  of  Parade— W.  B.  Durgin  &  Co.'s  Men 


ters  of  Pocahontas,  Daughters  of 
Liberty,  Pilgrim  Fathers,  Mount 
Holyoke  Alumni,  and  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association,  with  others 
too  numerous  to  mention.  Specially 
interesting  features  were  a  represen- 
tation of  the  old  "Amoskeag,"  the 
first  railway  locomotive  appearing  in 
Concord,  provided  by  the  B  &  M. 
Railroad,  and  the  old  log  "Town 
House"  of  1727,  by  the  young  lady 
employees  at  the  City  Hall. 

The  third  division  included  work 
teams,  in  great  numbers, — single, 
double,  four  and  six  horse  teams — 
representing  different  industries  and 


single  teams  by  the  Concord  Lumber 
Companjr,  and  last,  but  by  no  means 
least,  in  interest,  a  hayrack  drawn  by 
four  yokes  of  oxen  owned  by  Charles 
Farnum  of  West  Concord. 

The  fourth  and  last  division,  which 
by  a  large  portion  of  the  spectators 
was  more  strongly  admired  than  any 
other,  was  made  up  of  school  children 
of  the  city,  of  grades  below  the  high 
school,  in  regiments,  each  of  three 
battalions,  including  more  than  a 
thousand  in  all.  The  first  two  regi- 
ments included  children  from  the 
public  and  the  last  from  the  parochial 
schools.     The  children  marched  beau- 


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tifully,  and  made  a  most  attractive 
appearance,  although  a  sudden  down- 
pour of  rain,  prevented  their  covering 
the  entire  route.  They  were  warmly 
applauded  all  along  their  line  of  march. 
The  general  direction  of  the  parade 
was  in  the  hands  of  Chairman  Charles 
W.  Wilder  of  the  Committee-in- 
charge,  with  Fred  L.  Johnson,  chief 
marshal  of  the  automobile  division; 
Arthur  H.  Knowlton  of  the  Industrial 
and  organization  float  division; 
Alfred  Clark  of  the  workhorse  division 


The  parade  was  more  .than  two 
miles  in  length  and  over  an  hour  in 
passing  a  given  point,  and  though 
not  witnessed  by  so  large  a  crowd  of 
people  as  viewed  that  of  the  preceding 
day,  aroused  no  less  enthusiasm,  and 
appealed  to  local  pride  in  even  stron- 
ger measure. 


The  Legislative  Reunion  held  in 
Representatives  Hall  in  the  State 
House,  like  the  Anniversary  exercises 
of  the  previous  day,  and  the  Sunday 


W.  B.  Durgin  Co.'s  Float.    First  Prize  Winner 


and  Capt.  Jacob  Conn  of  the  school 
division,  each  assisted  by  a  large 
staff  of  aids.  It  should  be  stated 
here  that  it  was  mainly  through  the 
earnest  efforts  of  Captain  Conn  that 
this  division  was  organized  for  the 
parade,  and  it  may  be  added  in  this 
connection  that  the  prize  of  $5.00  in 
gold,  offered  by  him  to  the  company 
making  the  finest  marching  appear- 
ance, was  awarded  by  the  judges  to 
Company  A  of  the  Sacred  Heart 
(Irish-Catholic)  parochial  school— 
Capt.  Dorothy  Sullivan. 


evening  union  service,  opened  shortly 
after  1.30  p.  m.,  with  a  large  attend- 
ance, including  no  less  than  four 
ex-governors  of  the  State,  both  United 
States  senators,  both  congressmen- 
elect,  an  ex-senator  and  many  men  of 
prominence  in  the  government  during 
the  last  half  century  and  more.  The 
oldest  members  of  the  legislature 
present,  so  far  as  known,  were  Hon. 
Josiah  G.  Dearborn  of  Weare,  state 
treasurer  in  1874,  who  was  a  repre- 
sentative from  that  town  in  1853  and 
1854,  and  William  A.  Berry  of  Bristol, 


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a  member  from  Hebron  in  1855, 
although  Andrew  L.  Fox  of  Auburn, 
a  member  from  that  town  in  1852, 
was  heard  from  as  still  living. 

The  arrangements  for  the  reunion 
were  elaborately  worked  out  by  Hon. 
James  0.  Lyford,  chairman  of  the 
committee,  who  called  the  meeting 
to  order,  and  after  music  by  the 
Blaisdell  and  Nevers  orchestra,  spoke 
briefly,   as  follows: 

In  presenting  Mr.  Parker,  Chair- 
man Lyford  said:     "It  is  my  pleas- 


as  a  fellow  delegate  in  1876.  I 
have  the  honor  of  introducing  the 
Hon.  Hosea  W.  Parker  of  Claremont 
as  the  presiding  officer  in  this  second 
legislative  reunion  in  the  state  of 
New  Hampshire." 

On  assuming  the  chair,  Mr.  Parker, 
who  served  as  a  member  of  the  House 
in  1859  and  1860,  from  the  town  of 
Lempster,  and  subsequently  repre- 
sented the  Third  New  Hampshire 
District  in  Congress,  from  1871  to 
1875,  spoke  substantially  as  follows: 


Harry  G.  Emmons'  Float.     Second   Prize  Winner 


ure  to  call  this  assembly  of  New 
Hampshire  statesmen  to  order  and  to, 
introduce  the  presiding  officer.  No 
more  fitting  selection  could  be  made 
than  the  gentleman  chosen.  He  was 
baptized  in  state  politics  nearly  sixty 
years  ago  by  an  election  to  the  leg- 
islature. He  graduated  from  state 
into  national  politics  while  still  a 
young  man.  No  state  convention 
of  his  party  even  to  the  present  day 
has  been  complete  without  his  pres- 
ence. His  political  career  covers  al- 
most two  generations,  yet  he  hardly 
seems  older  than  when  I  first  met  him 


Address  of  President  Parker  * 

Mr.  Chairman :  I  am  not  unmindful  of  the 
great  honor  which  has  been  conferred  upon 
me  by  being  invited  to  preside  over  this  large 
and  representative  body  of  gentlemen  here 
assembled,  and  I  express  my  thanks  to  the 
committee  for  the  honor  thus  conferred. 

I  will  take  this  opportunity  to  extend  a 
hearty  and  cordial  greeting  to  all  here  present. 
We  have  met  here,  today,  for  social  inter- 
course and  to  strengthen  the  ties  that  bind 
us  together,  and  also  to  renew  our  allegiance 
to  the  good  old  State  of  New  Hampshire  that 
we  all  love  so  well. 

My   legislative   experience   dates   back   to 


*The  portrait  of  President  Parker,  as  well  as  that  of  Chairman  Lyford,  appeared  in  the  May-June  Anniversary 
number.  Portraits  of  Senators  Hollis  and  Gallinger  and  Ex-Senator  Chandler  w^re  also  presented  in  that  issue. 
The  portrait  of  William  F.  Whitcher,  appears  in  the  Col.  Timothy  Bedel  Memorial  article  farther  on  in  this  number. 


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1859  and  1860,  fifty-six  years  ago  the  present 
month.  At  that  time  the  legislature  met 
annually  in  the  month  of  June,  and  it  was  an 
unwritten  law  that  the  business  of  the  session 
must  be  concluded  before  the  Fourth  of  July, 
but  this  was  not  always  accomplished. 

Perhaps  it  would  not  be  in  good  taste  to 
compare  the  representatives  of  those  early 
years  with  those  of  the  present  time,  as  com- 
parisons are  said  to  be  odious.  This  was  be- 
fore the  Civil  War  and  party  spirit  was  intense 
at  that  time.  Those  times  demanded  strong 
men,  and  they  were  not  found  wanting.  In 
the  legislature  of  1859,  Hon.  Joseph  A.  Gil- 
more  was  President  of  the  Senate,  and  Napo- 
leon Bonaparte  Bryant  was  Speaker  of  the 


least  who  served  as  Members  of  Congress  in 
later  years.  These  were  the  Hon.  James  L. 
Briggs,  a  distinguished  lawyer  of  the  State, 
and  Daniel  Marcy  of  Portsmouth,  and  your 
humble  servant.  It  will  therefore  be  seen 
that  the  state  had  at  that  time  many  of  its 
representative  men  in  the  New  Hampshire 
legislature,  who  afterward  occupied  more 
advanced  positions  in  the  public  service  in 
state  and  nation,  and  their  names  seem  to 
stand  out  more  prominently  as  leaders  than 
those  of  the  present  time,  but  we  must  re- 
member that  we  view  men  and  measures, 
today,  from  a  different  standpoint.  I  am  of 
the  opinion  that  the  men  of  today  are  acting 
upon  a  higher  plane  in  public  service  and 


Capital  Grange  Float.    Third  Prize  Winner 


House.  In  the  Senate  there  were  at  least 
two  gentlemen  who  were  afterwards  Govern- 
ors of  the  State,  Joseph  A.  Gilmore  and 
General  Walter  Harriman,  and  there  were 
also  other  strong  men  in  the  Senate,  I  recall 
particularly  the  name  of  the  Hon.  John  G. 
Sinclair  of  the  north  country. 

In  the  House  there  were  also  strong  and 
representative  men.  Hon.  Charles  H.  Bell 
was  chairman  of  the  judiciary  committee,  and 
afterwards  Governor  of  the  State.  There 
were  also  in  the  House  Ezekiel  A.  Straw,  who 
was  also  afterwards  Governor;  Hon.  Aaron 
H.  Cragin  and  Bainbridge  Wadleigh,  who 
were  subsequently  elected  United  States 
Senators  from  New  Hampshire.  There  were 
also  in  the  House  of  1859  three  gentlemen  at 


have  higher  and  better  ideals  than  those  of 
former  times.  The  men  of  today  have  had 
better  opportunities  to  prepare  themselves  for 
public  service,  and  intelligence  is  more  gen- 
eral among  the  masses  of  the  people.  Our 
schools  and  colleges  have  offered  higher 
inducements  to  the  young  men,  and  they  are 
naturally  better  educated  and  better  prepared 
for  the  great  duties  of  life.  I  must  not  omit 
the  name  of  one  gentleman  who  was  in  the 
legislature  of  1860  with  me,  Governor  An- 
thony Colby  of  New  London.  He  was  a 
gentleman  somewhat  advanced  in  years,  but 
active  in  public  life,  and  seemed  to  take  a 
special  pleasure  in  defeating  any  measure 
brought  forward  in  the  House  by  the  young 
men.     As  an  illustration  of  this  fact,  I  will 


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mention  one  instance.  At  that  time  the 
farmers  of  Sullivan  county  were  in  the  habit 
of  importing  large  herds  of  cattle  from  Massa- 
chusetts for  pasturage,  and  there  was  found 
among  these  herds  a  disease  known  as  pluro- 
pneumonia.  The  farmers  were  very  much 
excited  and  importuned  me  to  secure  the 
necessary  legislation  to  prevent  the  spread  of 
this  disease.  Consequently  I  prepared  a 
bill,  got  it  through  the  committee,  invited 
distinguished  gentlemen  from  Massachusetts 
to  address  the  House  on  this  subject,  and 
when  the  bill  was  about  ready  to  be  put  upon 
its  passage,  I  addressed  the  House  upon  the 
subject,  not  anticipating  any  opposition. 
Governor  Colby  arose  and  with  great  dignity 
addressed  the  Speaker,  saying  in  substance 
that  this  proposed  legislation  was  all  unnec- 
essary and  a  piece  of  torn-foolery.  He  said: 
"There  is  nothing  new  about  this  disease, 
and  all  there  is  about  it,  my  friend  Parker  has 
gotten  up  a  new-fangled  name  connected 
with  it,  which  he  now  calls  "Epluro  E  Pluribus 
Unum."  As  a  result  of  this  remarkable 
speech  my  proposed  legislation  went  "where 
the  woodbine  twineth." 

In  the  early  fifties  there  was  a  class  of 
representative  men  here  in  New  Hampshire 
who  were  about  passing  off  from  the  stage 
of  action  who  have  never  been  surpassed  in 
character  and  ability.  In  the  western  part 
of  the-  state  there  was  Hon.  Henry  Hubbard 
of  Charlestown — who  had  been  Governor, 
Senator  and  cabinet  member.  Again  there 
was  Harry  Hibbard  of  Bath, — a  prominent 
member  of  Congress.  In  the  middle  and 
eastern  part  of  the  state  there  were  Hon. 
John  P.  Hale  a  distinguished  Senator — 
Charles  G.  Atherton,  Daniel  M.  Christie, 
John  S.  Wells  and  many  others  who  have 
"left  their  footprints  on  the  sands  of  time." 

Much  as  we  like  to  review  the  past  and 
admire  the  men  of  the  past  for  all  that  they 
have  done  and  said  for  our  beloved  State,  I 
believe  we  are  constantly  making  advances 
and  improvement  in  our  state  government 
and  its  institutions.  The  working  classes 
are  held  in  higher  esteem  and  much  is  being 
done  to  better  their  condition.  The  human- 
itarian idea  has  taken  possession  of  the  minds 
and  thoughts  of  our  people.  The  State  was 
never  in  a  prouder  position  than  she  is  today, 
and  I  am  optimistic  for  her  present  and  future 
prosperity.     However  much  we  are  governed 


by  party  feeling  or  party  strife,  our  watch- 
word should  always  be  "New  Hampshire  first 
and  her  interests."  We  all  love  her  for  her 
granite  hills,  her  fertile  valleys,  but  best 
of  all  we  love  her  for  the  virtue  and  intelli- 
gence of  her  citizens. 


In  introducing  the  first  speaker  of 
the  afternoon — Secretary  of  State 
Bean,  who  appeared  as  the  represen- 
tative of  Governor  Spaulding,  Pres- 
ident Parker  said: — "The  Secretary 
of  State  is  the  natural  representative 
'  of  the  Governor  in  the  latter's  ab- 
sence. The  present  Secretary  of  State 
has  been'  a  member  of  both  branches 
of  the  legislature  and  of  one  of  our 
Constitutional  Conventions.  He  was 
promoted  from  the  Speaker's  chair 
to  his  present  position.  I  present 
the  Hon.  Edwin  C.  Bean  of  Belmont." 

Address  of  Secretary  Bean 

Mr.  President,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen: 

I  am  commissioned  by  His  Excellency, 
the  Governor,  to  extend  to  you  in  behalf  of 
the  state,  a  most  cordial  welcome  to  this 
reunion  of  so  many  of  the  members  and 
former  members  of  the  various  departments 
of  the  state  government.  As  you  come 
together  on  this  occasion  and  clasp  the  hand 
in  friendly  greeting  many  scenes  and  inci- 
dents connected  with  former  associations 
will  readily  come  to  mind,  stirring  events  of 
by-gone  days  will  be  recalled,  and  you  will 
most  gladly  respond  to  the  sentiment  of 
the  occasion,  which  will  inspire  every  heart 
with  a  warmer  friendship  for  those  they  knew 
in  former  days. 

To  those  of  you  who  have  sat  in  stately 
dignity,  within  these  time-honored  walls, 
dealing  with  the  affairs  of  state,  this  occasion 
will  be  especially  inspiring,  as  your  minds 
recall  the  great  and  momentous  questions 
that  have  been  considered  and  settled  within 
these  walls,  and  with  which  you  had  an  active 
part.  You  will  feel  once  again  that  strong 
influence  that  was  wrought  upon  your  minds 
by  the  profound  wisdom,  the  inexorable 
logic,  and  the  keenest  wit  that  were  mar- 
shalled for  and  against  some  of  the  great 
questions  that  agitated  the  public  mind,  in 
the  days  when  you  served  your  state  as  a 
legislator   in    one    of   the   largest   legislative 


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bodies  in  the  world.  All  of  these  things 
will  come  to  you,  and  be  as  fresh  to  your 
minds  as  the  scenes  of  yesterday. 

To  those  of  who  you  have  not  as  yet  en- 
gaged in  legislative  duties,  the  proceedings 
of  today  will  impress  your  minds  with  the 
importance  of  those  fundamental  principles 
which  underlie  our  form  of  government,  for 
who  can  come  within  these  historic  walls, 
and  into  this  distinguished  presence  and  not 
be  imbued  with  the  spirit  of  a  most  lofty 
patriotism  and  with  a  feeling  of  renewed 
allegiance  to  the  principles  of  a  free  govern- 
ment? 

Great  questions  of  state  have  been  debated 
within  these  walls,  and  great  minds  have  lent 
breadth  of  learning,  and  dignity  of  character 
to  the  deliberation,  and  when  the  decision 
was  rendered,  a  full  sense  of  responsibility 
was  readily  assumed  for  whatever  results 
might  follow.  Many  of  the  men  who  took 
their  first  lesson  in  statesmanship  in  these 
halls,  afterwards  became  prominent  in  the 
affairs  of  the  nation;  their  names  were  known 
arid  honored  throughout  the  length  and 
breadth  of  our  land;  some  of  whom  are  still 
living,  and  are  among  our  distinguished 
guests  today.  The  people  of  this  state  take 
just  pride  in  the  fact  that  our  nation  and  our 
state  have  been  honored  by  the  achievments 
of  such  men,  and  that  New  Hampshire  can 
claim  them  as  her  own. 

Men  have  gone  forth  from  here  to  fill  the 
high  test  positions  in  the  land,  one  of  whom 
became  the  chief  executive  of  the  nation, 
and  in  no  instance  has  one  failed  to  add  fame 
and  lustre  to  his  state. 

As  we  review  the  past  and  bring  to  mind 
the  names  of  those  great  men  who  have 
honored  us  in  the  days  gone  by,  and  look  into 
the  faces  of  those  who  honor  us  today,  may  we 
not  hope,  in  the  light  of  their  distinguished 
careers,  that  there  will  be  those  among  the 
rising  generation  who  will  strive  to  emulate 
their  illustrious  examples  and  attain  as 
exalted  characters  and  as  lofty  positions  as 
any  that  have  gone  before?  The  mark  is 
high,  but  if  reached,  the  victory  will  be 
great,  and  one  to  reflect  credit  upon  state 
and  nation  as  well  as  upon  the  individuals. 

Therefore,  gentlemen,  may  the  pleasures 
and  the  benefits  of  the  day  be  to  your  sat- 
isfaction.    May   the  friendships  formed   and 


reformed  be  everlasting,  and  may  the  parting 
spirit  be  resolved  that: 

There  are  no  friends  like  old  friends, 
There  are  no  friends  like  new, 

Together,  they  make  life  happier 
For  me,  as  well  as  for  you. 


Mayor  Charles  J.  French,  was  next 
introduced  as  one  who  had  held  the 
office  of  chief  executive  of  the  city 
of  Concord  longer  than  any  other 
man,  and  welcomed  those  present 
to  the  Capital  City  in  an  appropriate 
speech. 

The  next  speaker  was  Benjamin  W. 
Couch,  chairman  of  the  House  Judi- 
ciary Committee,  in  presenting  whom 
President  Parker  said: — "It  is  more 
of  an  honor  to  be  chairman  of  the 
Judiciary  Committee  than  to  be 
Speaker  of  the  House.  The  record 
of  the  legislature  depends  upon  the 
ability  and  the  integrity  of  the  chair- 
man of  the  House  Judiciary  Commit- 
tee. To  have  been  chairman  of  that 
committee  for  three  successive  ses- 
sions is  a  rare  distinction." 

Address  of  Benjamin  W.  Couch 

The  ten-minute  rule  is  on  in  the  House.  I 
hope  the  gavel  will  not  be  heard  to  fall  on 
time  when  we  get  around  to  those  from  whom 
we  particularly  desire  to  hear. 

I  like  to  hear  about  the  times  way  back,  the 
June  sessions  and  all  that,  when  Bingham, 
Marston,  Gallinger,  Chandler  and  others 
were  on  the  floor.  When  I  listen  to  the  tales 
as  they  are  told,  it  seems  to  me  that  all  the 
big  fights,  great  speeches,  long  filibusters 
and  funny  things  happened  in  the  old  days. 

One  value  of  a  reunion  is  that  it  compels 
some  of  us  of  the  present  time  to  stop  and 
think  of  those  great  New  Hampshire  men  who 
years  and  years  ago  stood,  or  paced  back  and 
forth,  right  here  in  this  same  pit,  making 
their  arguments  and  conducting  their  con- 
tests. Anything  which  will  make  us  stop 
and  think  of  these  things  is  well  worth  while. 

I  remember  the  first  time  I  ever  appeared 
before  a  committee,  just  after  I  got  out  of  the 
law  school.  I  spent  two  days  getting  ready 
to  tell  the  Judiciary  Committee  of  1901, 
Batchelder   of   Keene,    Chairman,    why   the 


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name  of  a  pond  clown  below  Allenstown  should 
not  be  so  changed  as  to  make  it  a  high-toned 
lake.  An  oral  argument  to  the  Supreme 
Court  would  not  have  filled  me  with  such  awe. 

Mine  was  not  much  like  the  first  appearance 
of  an  eighteen-year-old  high  school  boy  before 
the  Judiciary  Committee  of  the  last  House. 
It  was  on  a  bill  to  prevent  the  pollution  of  a 
stream.  He  opened  his  case  with  as  clear  cut  a 
statement  of  what  he  proposed  to  prove  as 
any  practiced  third  House  man  could  make; 
put  on  his  witnesses  one  after  another,  sev- 
eral of  them  being  men  of  fifty  or  sixty  years 
of  age,  giving  them  a  well  prepared  direct 
examination  and  then  turning  them  over  to 
the  other  side  for  cross  examination,  produced 
exhibits  of  polluted  water,  intervale  and  river 
bank  deposits,  had  them  identified,  testified 
to,  marked  and  filed,  and  wound  up  with  a 
most  excellent  closing  argument,  in  which  he 
analyzed  the  evidence  and  told  the  Committee 
why  he  thought  the  bill  ought  to  pass. 

I  presume  it  used  to  be  wondered  who 
would  take  the  places  of  prominent  members. 
One  hears  it  now,  but  no  one  need  worry; 
some  go,  others  are  here,  some  are  coming, 
like  the  eighteen-year-old  boy,  and  so  has  it 
been  and  so  will  it  be  in  the  House  until  the 
end  of  representative  government. 

A  casual  comparison  of  the  House  Journals 
of  years  ago  with  those  of  recent  years  shows 
a  surprising  increase  in  the  volume  of  busi- 
ness, some  committees  now  handling  more 
bills  and  resolutions  than  used  to  be  intro- 
duced, but  I  doubt  if  there  be  now  any  greater 
diversity  of  subject  matter  than  formerly. 
New  subjects,  like,  for  instance,  motor  vehicle 
regulation,  have  sprung  up,  but  other  things 
have  been  dropped  out,  like  regulation  of  the 
public  service  corporations,  fixing  public 
service  commodity  prices  and  all  that,  which 
by  the  Act  of  1911  have  been  delegated  to  a 
commission. 

There  is  a  popular  impression  that  the  more 
recent  Houses  do  not  attend  to  business. 
This  is  erroneous.  It  grows  out  of  the  fact 
that  in  the  earlier  parts  of  the  sessions  the 
volume  of  business  transacted  on  the  floor  is 
small  and  the  hours  of  session  short. 

Very  much  more  and  very  much  more 
thorough  work  is  done  in  committees  than 
formerly  and  this  work  shows  up  in  the  later 
parts  of  the  sessions. 

Hearings  before  committees,   perhaps  es- 


pecially before  the  Judiciary,  are  coming  to 
be  more  andmore  like  the  trial  of  cases  in  court 
with  the  time  fixed  by  advertisement  in  the 
House  Journal,  witnesses  and  counsel.  I  be- 
lieve this  to  be  a  very  good  thing  as  it  brings 
out  in  the  very  best  possible  way  the  merits 
and  demerits  of  any  measure  proposed  for 
enactment  into  law. 

It  is  also  a  popular  impression  that  recent 
sessions  are  comparatively  long  drawn  out. 
It  is  not  so  if  the  volume  of  business  is  figured 
into  the  comparison.  A  little  figuring  on 
this  will  show  that  the  recent  sessions  are 
comparatively  shorter. 

I  have  often  wondered  what  some  of  the 
people  in  the  state  think  of  the  legislature  and 
its  doings,  and  last  year  I  had  a  chance  to 
find  out . 

Billy  Ahern,  the  Hon.  William  J.,  my  col- 
league, and  I  had  occasion  to  visit  the  san- 
atorium at  Glencliff,  which  is  located  about 
two  and  a  half  miles  up  the  side  of  Mount 
Moosilauke  from  Glencliff  station.  No  con- 
veyance met  us  at  the  station,  so  a  black- 
smith's helper  volunteered  to  drive  us  up  to 
the  sanatorium.  He  had  part  of  a  horse 
and  a  small,  old  sleigh. 

Billy  and  I  each  donated  a  knee  for  him  to 
sit  on  and  after  a  little  I  thought  I  might 
start  somethingby  pretending  to  be  a  stranger, 
and  we  had  this  talk : 

Who  fives  there?      A  man  named   Curtis. 

What  does  he  do?  Bottoms  chairs.  All 
the  time?     Yes. 

What  about  the  fifty-seven-hour  law? 
What  is  that? 

Why,  there  is  a  law  against  a  man  doing 
anything  more  than  fifty-seven  hours  a  week. 

That  is  a  corker.  You  wait  'til  I  tell  him 
that;  I'll  fix  him. 

Who  lives  there? 

He  gave  me  the  man's  name  and  added 
that  I  must  have  seen  his  woman  in  the 
station. 

I  said,  "What  do  you  mean,  his  wife?" 

Well,  I  don't  know,  common  law  wife,  I 
guess. 

What  is  that? 

Why,  they  live  together  all  right  but  never 
bothered  to  get  married. 

Good  Lord,  where  are  your  officers  and 
where  are  your  laws  in  t  his  state? 

Well,  I  will  tell  you  how  it  is;  there  are  a 
whole  lot  of  wise  ones  get  themselves  to- 


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gether  down  in  Concord  in  the  winter  time 
and  they  make  some  of  the  damdest  laws  you 
ever  heard  of,  but  not  more  than  half  of  them 
ever  reaches  up  here. 

He  was  talking  straight  at  Billy  Ahern. 
It  was  after  the  session  of  1911. 

I  see  a  large  number  of  young  men,  mem- 
bers of  recent  Houses,  here,  and  I  know  they 
as  well  as  I  desire  to  hear  of  the  days  gone  by. 

I  want  to  congratulate  everybody  upon 
the  success  of  this  reunion. 

I  will  sit  down. 


Ex-Governor  Samuel  D.  Felker  was 
next  presented,  as  a  "member  of  both 
the  House  and  the  Senate,  and  that 
rare  product  of  New  Hampshire,  a 
Democratic  governor.  He  has  given 
able  and  conscientious  service  to  the 
State.  A  sturdy  product  of  New 
Hampshire,  he  has  always  been  loyal 
to  the  Commonwealth." 

Address  of  Ex-Governor  Felker 
Mr.  Chairman,  Most  Respected  and  Honored 

Sir: 

When  I  recall  the  fact  that  I  was  not  two 
years  old  when  the  War  of  the  Rebellion 
broke  out,  and  I  was  not  born  when  you  were 
elected  to  the  New  Hampshire  legislature, 
and  that  I  am  no  mere  boy  today,  I  wonder  to 
behold  you  the  youngest  of  us  all,  and  I  be- 
lieve you  must  have  solved  the  question  of 
perennial  youth.  As  a  legislator,  congress- 
man and  citizen,  serving  well  this  state  and 
country,  we  rejoice  to  find  you  still  taking  the 
lead  in  every  good  work. 

Last  Sunday  as  I  was  reading  the  Sunday 
newspaper,  I  discovered  for  the  first  time, 
that  the  State  owned  Concord.  Most  of  us 
thought  that  Concord  owned  the  State.  We 
are  willing  it  should  do  so  today,  at  least. 
We  rejoice  with  you  in  all  the  prosperity  and 
happiness  that  has  come  to  you  in  the  last 
hundred  and  fifty  years,  and  know  full  well, 
that  a  greater  prosperity  is  to  be  yours  and 
ours  in  the  future.  For  these  beautiful 
buildings  all  foretell  that  this  city  is  to  be 
the  civic  center  of  all  New  Hampshire  for 
years  to  come.  New  Hampshire  and  Con- 
cord, one  and  inseparable. 

Circumstances  brought  it  about  that  I 
served  as  a  member  of  the  State  Senate  long 
before  I  was  a  member  of  the  House.     At 


that  time  General  Marston  had  just  passed 
away,  Hairy  Bingham  was  serving  his  last 
term,  and  Senator  Gallinger  and  other,  strong 
and  able  men  were  members.     It  was  at  a 
time  when  Austin  Corbin  offered  a  million 
dollars  for  the  state's  interest  in  the  Concord 
Railroad,  an  incident  Senator  Chandler  may 
recall.     There  was  a  public  meeting  in  this 
hall  at  which  Mr.  Corbin  spoke  and  made 
this  offer,  but  there  was  coupled  with  the  offer, 
quite  an  increase  in  the  capital  stock  of  the 
railroad.     Harry  Bingham  asked  Mr.  Corbin 
if  this   increase   of   capital  stock  would  not 
compel  the  public  to  pay  increased  charges 
for    service.     This    rather    nonplussed .  Mr. 
Corbin  for  the  time  being,  and  I  could  not 
resist   the   temptation   to   suggest   that   the 
Concord  Railroad,  and  Boston  &  Maine  alike, 
were  asking  an  increase  of  the  capital  stock, 
and  to  ask  whether  or  not   that  would  not 
increase  the  charges  which  the  public  would 
have  to  pay,  and  both  of  these  eminent  men 
agreed  that  it  would.     Railroad  fights  had 
not  entirely  died  away  at  that  time,  and  I 
can  well  recollect  what  a  commotion  Governor 
Tuttle  and  the  councillor  from  my  district 
and  myself  made  in  going  down  to  Mr.  Pear- 
son's office  one  day,  to  get  a  referee  in  a 
water  case.     Debate  on  the  previous  question 
was  then  still  open,  and  all  night  sessions, 
with  John  B.  Nash  talking  to  us,  were  the 
order  of  the  day. 

In  colonial  days  the  House  of  Representa- 
tives was  the  real  power  and  practically  ran 
the  State.  While  the  nominal  authority 
was  in  the  Royal  Governor  and  his  Council- 
lors, yet  the  Assembly  having  the  power  to 
vote  or  not  to  vote  funds  as  it  saw  fit,  and 
having  power  to  say  how  and  by  whom  they 
should  be  expended,  was  the  real  power. 
Thus  truly  they  had  a  representative  govern- 
ment, and  for  eight  years  after  the  Revolu- 
tion, the  legislature  carried  on  the  affairs  of 
the  state  without  a  governor.  It  was  a 
government  not  apart  and  above  the  people, 
but  of  the  people  and  by  them,  and  if  it  made 
idolatry,  blasphemy,  and  witchcraft  punish- 
able by  death,  it  but  responded  to  the  idea 
of  the  times. 

"  For  forms  of  government,  let  fools  contest 
Whate'er  is  best  administered  is  best ." 

There   is   a   good    deal   being   said    about 
reducing  the  size  of  this  House  of  Representa- 


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tives  and  making  it  conform  more  to  the 
forms  of  government  of  other  states,  but 
certainly  a  large  House  is  not  an  unmixed 
evil  and  represents  the  average  citizen  of  the 
average  town.  If  our  constitution  shall  be 
changed  to  meet  the  conditions  of  the  people 
of  today,  and  if  its  cumbersome  methods  shall 
be  simplified,  it  will  certainly  give  the  people 
the  kind  of  government  they  desire. 

Members  of  this  House  come  to  know  each 
other  more  intimately  and  better  than  they 
can  possibly  under  any  other  conditions. 
The  friendships  here  formed  have  been  to  me 
very  pleasing  and  lasting. 


the  name  of  Charles  S.  Emerson  will 
be  held  in  grateful  remembrance  by 
all  the  people  of  this  municipality. 
He  shares  with  William  E.  Chandler 
the  distinction  of  leading  the  forces 
that  kept  the  State  House  from  being 
moved  down  the  river  to  Manchester, 
Chandler  in  1864,  Emerson  in  1906." 

Speech  of  Charles  S.  Emerson. 
Mr.  Chairman: 

From  the  large  number  present  today,  and 
the  evident  enjoyment  we  all  have  in  meet- 
ing our  former  colleagues,  it  looks  as  though 


Charles  S.  Emerson 


Charles  S.  Emerson  of  Milford, 
Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Public 
Improvements  in  the  House  when  the 
last  attempt  was  made  to  remove  the 
capital  to  Manchester,  was  next 
introduced  by  the  president,  who 
said:  "While  Concord  remains  the 
Capital,  as  it  bids  fair  to  do  forever, 


in  future,  in  place  of  dating  the  events  of  our 
life  from  the  time  we  were  in  the  legislature 
as  has  been  the  habit  of  so  many  of  us,  we 
should  date  things  from  this  year,  1915,  the 
date  of  the  legislative  reunion. 

It  is  a  great  satisfaction  to  us  all  to  have 
been  members  of  the  New  Hampshire  legis- 
lature.    It  is  a  distinction  to  have  been  se- 


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lected  from  the  many  citizens  of  our  commu- 
nities for  this  service,  and  it  is  an  honor  to 
have  been  members  of  this  body,  whose  rec- 
ord is  such  an  exceptional  one,  in  that  though 
the  archives  of  our  state  have  been  searched 
with  such  care  so  many  times  by  those  inter- 
ested to  find  some  scandal,  if  it  were  possible, 
that  so  little,  so  very  little,  has  been  brought 
to  light  that  was  in  the  least  dishonorable, 
either  in  the  legislature  or  in  the  adminstra- 
tion  of  any  department  of  our  state  govern- 
ment. It  speaks  volumes  for  the  honesty  and 
ability  of  the  men  called  to  service  that  such 
should  the  fact. 

As  we  review  our  service  to  the  state  we 
find  in  it  much  upon  which  to  congratulate 
ourselves  as  having  had  our  part  to  perform; 
as  we  look  back  we  are  reminded  of  many 
successes  and  also  of  many  disappointments, 
but  in  the  fight  of  subsequent  events  we 
can  assure  ourselves  that  out  of  our  differ- 
ent opinions,  and  out  of  our  different  activ- 
ities here,  has  come,  after  all,  in  the 
judgment  of  the  majority,  that  which  has 
proven  best  for  the  commonwealth,  which 
tempers  our  disappointments  and  adds  to 
our  pride  in  achievement. 

We  remember  many  of  the  contests  these 
halls  have  witnessed,  especially  in  such  as 
we  were  privileged  or  called  upon  to  have  a 
part — -bitter  contests  some  of  them,  pro- 
longed fights  for  a  principle  or  for  a  policy. 
— some  of  which  we  felt  at  the  time  to  have 
been  fights  for  principles  now  seem  in  look- 
ing back  to  have  been  mere  contests  for 
policies,  but  the  bitterness  is  all  gone  and 
in  its  place  rests  for  all  of  us  who  were  truly 
prompted  by  an  unselfish  desire  for  the 
promotion  of  the  best  interests  of  the  state 
and  its  inhabitants — and  which  of  us  were 
not  so  prompted — a  real  feeling  of  satisfac- 
tion in  the  service,  and  which  satisfaction 
shall  increase  with  the  passing  years.  All 
true  service  brings  its  own  reward,  but  this 
is  specially  true  when  that  service  was  un- 
dertaken for  the  whole  community.  May 
the  men  who  follow  us  in  all  departments 
of  the  state's  service  serve  as  unselfishly 
and  with  as  good  results  as  has  marked  all 
our  past  history. 


In  introducing  the  next  speaker, 
Hon.  William  F.  Whitcher  of  Woods- 
ville,     President     Parker    said:     "It 

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is  seldom  that  a  newspaper  editor 
is  called  upon  to  help  frame  the  laws 
that  in  political  campaigns  he  is 
called  upon  to  defend.  Yet  the  good 
old  town  of  Haverhill  has  had  the 
excellent  judgment  to  send  the  editor 
of  its  newspaper  several  times  to  the 
House  and  to  one  Constitutional 
Convention,  in  both  of  which  bodies 
he  was  a  brilliant  leader."  He  also 
went  on  to  remark  that  Mr.  Whitcher, 
in  his  earlier  and  better  days,  when 
he  was  in  Democratic  fellowship,  was 
largely  instrumental  in  effecting  his 
(Mr.  Parker's)  nomination  for  Con- 
gress. 

Mr.   Whitcher  spoke  substantially 
as  follows: 

Address  of  Hon.  Wm.  F.  Whitcher 

This  is,  I  take  it,  an  occasion  for  remi- 
niscence and  the  relation  of  experience.  My 
experience  in  the  New  Hampshire  legislature 
dates  back  to  1863,  when,  as  a  boy,  I  was 
privileged  to  spend  the  first  week  of  July  in 
Concord,  and  when  every  moment  that  the 
legislature  was  in  session,  I  was  a  member 
of — the  gallery.  I  had  never  seen  a  legis- 
lature in  session,  and  there  was  a  wonderful 
fascination  about  it  to  the  boy  from  the 
North  Country.  I  remember  the  speaker's 
desk  was  on  the  east  side  of  the  hall  and  the 
occupant  of  the  chair  was  to  me  a  wonder. 
He  looked  hardly  more  than  a  boy,  and  his 
years  did  not  belie  his  looks,  but  his  manage- 
ment of  the  House,  in  the  war  time  and  in  the 
days  of  excited  partisanship,  seemed  to  me 
perfection.  I  have  been  privileged  since  to  see 
many,  many  speakers  in  the  performance 
of  their  duties,  in  all  the  New  England  states 
except  Maine,  in  New  York,  New  Jersejr  and 
Virginia,  but  to  my  mind,  to  this  day,  the 
one  speaker  par-excellence,  the  model,  we 
have  with  us  here  today,  in  the  person  of  Hon. 
William  E.   Chandler." 

I  remember  that  I  wondered  if  I  would 
ever  be  so  favored  and  honored  as  to  have  a 
seat  among  the  Solons  upon  whom  for  that 
week  I  looked  down.  I  certainly  had  ambi- 
tions, but,  on  attaining  my  majority,  my  lot 
was  cast  for  some  thirty-one  years  in  states 
other  than  New  Hampshire,  and  there 
seemed  little  probability  of  the  realization 
of  my  ambitions. 


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There  was  a  kind  of  family  attraction  to  me 
in  the  New  Hampshire  House.  My  grand- 
father— one  of  the  first  settlers  and  leading 
citizens  of  his  town — never  could  spare  time 
from  the  bringing  up  of  his  sixteen  sons  and 
daughters  to  be  a  member  of  the  "Great 
and  General,"  but  he  was  fairly  represented 
by  sons,  son-in-law  and  grandsons,  who  have 
been  members  of  the  House  and  Senate  since 
1842,  down  to  1911,  for  no  less  than  thirty- 
nine  sessions,  aside  from  membership  in 
four  constitutional  conventions.  The  fly 
in  this  particular  pot  of  ointment  naturally 
lies  in  the  fact  that  down  to  the  session  of 
1901,  when  I  first  became  a  member  of  the 
House,  they  were,  each  and  all,  Democrats. 
It  has  been  something  of  a  task  for  me,  in 
the  five  sessions  since  then  that  I  have  been 
honored  with  a  seat  in  the  House,  to  try  and 
offset  this,  but  as  a  Republican,  some  of  you 
will  bear  me  witness,  I  have  tried  to  make 
atonement.  I  don't  think  it  was  quite  fair 
either  for  our  presiding  officer  to  remind  me 
of  my  youthful  political  indiscretions,  which 
I  have,  for  a  quarter  of  a  century  been  try- 
ing to  live  down,  by  alluding  to  some 
humble  part  I  took  in  the  convention  which 
placed  him  in  nomination  for  Congress  in 
1869,  but  as  that  was  one  of  the  indiscretions 
in  which  I  may  take  honest  pride,  I  forgive. 

We  hear  a  good  deal  in  these  days,  espe- 
cially when  a  constitutional  convention  is 
held,  concerning  the  desirability  of  reducing 
the  membership  of  the  New  Hampshire 
House.  I  confess  to  little  sympathy  with 
propositions  for  such  reduction.  It  is  charged 
that  it  is  an  "  unweildy"  body,  and  the 
charge  is  rnore  or  less  true.  Therein  lies  its 
glory.  It  is  not  always  a  difficult  matter  to 
wield  and  manage  a  small  body.  Of  course 
I  do  not  allude  to  our  own  Senate — but 
where  any  man,  or  set  of  men,  attempts  to 
manage  or  wield  four  hundred  representative 
men  of  the  towns  and  cities  of  New  Hamp- 
shire, a  contract  of  no  small  magnitude  has 
been  undertaken.  I  doubt  very  much  if  any 
state  in  our  Union  can  show,  session  after 
session,  a  body  of  men  more  thoroughly 
representative  of  the  masses  of  the  people  than 
is  found  in  the  New  Hampshire  House,  which 
was  especially  true  before  the  direct  primary 
force  took  the  choice  of  members  out  of  the 
hands  of  the  people.  We  have  town  repre- 
sentation,  tempered  by  the  facter  of  popu- 


lation, a  combination  of  the  Massachusetts 
and  Connecticut  systems,  which  works  ad- 
mirably, and  the  educational  value  of  the 
New  Hampshire  legislature  in  inculcating 
intelligent  citizenship  can  hardly  be  over- 
estimated. As  to  results  New  Hampshire 
may  invite  comparison  of  her  session  laws 
with  those  of  any  other  state,  with  a  cheerful 
confidence  in  the  results  of  such  comparison. 
New  Hampshire  may  well  take  pride  in 
her  great  and  General  Court. 


Hon.  Clarence  E.  Carr,  of  Andover, 
was  next  introduced  as  a  lawyer, 
manufacturer  and  man  of  affairs, 
member  of  the  House  a  generation 
ago,  and  twice,  since,  his  party's 
candidate  for  Governor  of  New 
Hampshire. 

Mr.  Carr  has  no  manuscript  of  his 
speech,  and  will  not  attempt  a  precise 
presentation  thereof,  but  gives  the 
following  as  substantially  what  he 
might  have  said: 

Speech  of  Hon.  Clarence  E.  Carr 
Mr.  President:  We  are  met  here  to  renew 
acquaintances,  to  recall  interesting  and  varied 
experiences,  to  pay  tribute  of  respect  to  our 
silent  brethren  who  were  our  associates  and 
confreres  in  the  conduct  of  the  legislative 
affairs  of  our  little  commonwealth,  to  honor 
their  memory  and  reflect  upon  their  patriotic 
endeavors. 

I  was  a  member  of  the  legislatures  of  1878 
and  9,  with  Mr.  Woolson  and  Mr.  Huse  respec- 
tively the  Speakers.  I  served  on  the  Normal 
School  Committee  and  on  the  Judiciary  Com- 
mittee, on  the  latter  of  which  in  1879  it  was 
my  fortune  to  meet  some  of  the  notable  men 
of  New  Hampshire.  In  that  year  I  was 
likewise  chairman  of  a  Special  Railroad  Com- 
mittee, and  had  associated  with  me  and 
working  with  me  one  who  has  since  been 
honored  by  the  state  as  the  Speaker  of  this 
House,  as  President  of  the  Senate,  as  a  mem- 
ber of  Congress  from  his  district.  We  should 
be  glad  to  welcome  him  here  today  were  not 
his  health  such  as  to  preclude  Ms  coming. 
He  is  a  strong,  bright,  able  man,  whose  ability 
we  all  appreciate,  and  of  whom  we  are 
fond.  I  refer  to  Hon.  Frank  D.  Currier  of 
Canaan. 

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with  whom  it  was  my  fortune  to  be  acquainted, 
I  easily  recall  General  Marston,  Harry  Bing- 
ham, Chief  Justice  Isaac  N.  Blodgett,  Judge 
Robert  M.  Wallace,  Senator  Gallinger,  John 
G.  Sinclair,  James  W.  Patterson,  Aaron  F. 
Stevens,  O.  C.  Moore,  James  E.  French,  M. 
L.  Morrison,  and  many  others  I  might  name. 
Of  these  only  four  are  living.  The  others 
have  joined  the  great  majority.  As  the 
youngest  member  of  the  Judiciary  Commit- 
tee, at  the  close  of  the  session  of  '79,  I  will 
not  soon  forget  the  honor  given  me  of  pre- 
senting a  cane  to  the  chairman,  General 
Marston,  for  the  Committee;  nor  will  I  forget 
his  simple  words  of  appreciation  in  accepting 


world  should  we  not  examine  our  own  sit- 
uation and  obligations  and  prepare  ourselves 
to  perform  our  sacred  duties  in  protecting  our 
priceless  heritage  even  as  our  fathers  pro- 
tected it? 

We  know  what  this  form  of  government  has 
cost.  We  know  its  value  to  the  American 
people  in  the  boon  conferred  upon  them  in 
the  enjoyment  of  "life,  liberty  and  the  pur- 
suit of  happiness."  We  possess  here  a  wealth 
and  prosperity  and  freedom  unmatched  in 
the  world.  We  have  better  assurances  for 
the  fundamental  principles  which  go  to  make 
up  such  life,  liberty  and  happiness  than  is 
vouchsafed  to  any  people.     These  facts  are 


The  Old  "Amoskeag."    B.  &  M.  Float 


it,  his  modesty,  the  greatness  and  sweetness 
of  his  heart. 

What  should  be  our  fundamental  thought 
and  idea  today?  Should  it  not  be  that  we 
here  dedicate  ourselves  anew  to  the  support 
and  maintenance  of  those  institutions  and 
that  form  of  government  which  gives  us  the 
greatest  freedom  and  places  upon  us  as  in- 
dividuals the  greatest  responsibilities?  Should 
we  not  resolve  to  become  better  citizens  and 
more  devoted  to  the  purposes  of  the  fathers 
that  thereby  in  a  measure  we  may  requite  the 
obligations  we  owe  them  for  the  blessings 
their  patriotism,  wisdom  and  sacrifices  have 
vouchsafed  to  us? 

In  the  great  struggle  between  Freedom  and 
Tyranny  now  shaking  the  foundations  of  the 


evidence  of  the  rare  benignity  of  our  govern- 
ment and  the  wisdom  of  those  who  erected  it. 
However  rough  and  uncouth,  we  have  in 
these  blessings  jewels  of  unmatched  value 
to  civilization  and  posterity.  Wisdom  has 
told  us,  and  experience  teaches  us,  that  the 
invulnerable  defence  we  must  throw  around 
them  is  one  that  those  who  would  destroy  them 
can  understand.  "A  righteous  nation  has  no 
moral  right  to  be  weak  when  it  can  be  strong." 
The  Democratic  idea,  which  lays  at  the 
foundation  of  our  government,  was  fought 
for  by  the  fathers,  provided  for  in  the  Federal 
Constitution  as  the  fundamental  idea  of  the 
union  of  the  states,  and  refought  for  in  the 
elimination  of  slavery  and  the  final  moulding 
of  our  nation.    Our  democracy  is  based  upon  a 


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theory  of  defence,  not  offense,  and  the  desire 
that  our  blessings  may  bless  all  the  people 
of  the  earth.  There  will  be  freedom  only 
where  there  is  a  spirit  of  freedom.  Liberty 
will  not  long  abide  with  those  who  are  un- 
willing to  grant  it  to  others,  or  make  the 
sacrifices  necessary  to  protect  it. 

The  men  whom  I  have  named,  and  their 
compeers,  were  strong  and  able  men,  some  of 
them  were  men  of  Lincoln  clearness  in  state- 
ment and  Websterian  vision  and  power. 
Divergent  in  their  views,  they  were  ready  to 
give  the  best  in  them  for  the  common  good 
and  for  the  preservation  of  the  idea  upon 
which  our  government  is  founded.  In  their 
lives  and  actions  there  was  a  steady,  deep  and 
ever-flowing  current  of  patriotism,  beneficent 
and  irresistible.  That  spirit  was  typical 
of  the  spirit  of  our  land  and  the  love  of  lib- 
erty. It  was  guided  by  the  sense  of  justice 
and  moved  by  the  impelling  force  the  Eternal 
Power  puts  behind  its  benign  purposes. 

We  must  go  forward  with  the  readiness  to 
stand  where  Stark  stood  and  to  plant  our 
feet  for  good  and  all  on  the  bed-rock  of  nation- 
ality for  which  Webster  contended.  Let 
there  be  no  doubt  about  our  purpose.  Let 
not  that  purpose  be  futile — as  it  will  be  un- 
less we  take  proper  steps  to  mould  into  a 
common  and  patriotic  whole  the  various 
peoples  of  this  land,  and  take  further  steps 
to  protect  and  defend  it. 

The  paramount  business  of  this  state  is 
the  business  of  government,  and  the  para- 
mount duty  of  her  citizens  is  to  do  that 
business  well  and  to  achieve  such  citizenship 
as  will  ensure  the  success  of  our  paramount 
business.     The  same  is  true  of  the  nation. 

In  this  country  we  do  not  want  a  large 
standing  army,  nor  anything  that  savors  of 
militarism.  We  are  all  peace  men.  The 
spirit  of  America  is  one  of  peace.  We  are 
a  peace  loving  people.  From  that  it  follows 
that  we  must  so  safeguard  this  nation  that 
we  can  continuously  engage  in  our  peaceful 
pursuits  by  so  preparing  to  defend  ourselves 
that  peoples  or  nations  otherwise  inclined 
will  not  be  likely  to  attempt  to  disturb  our 
business.  This  can  be  done  only  by  such 
preparation  as  will  make  it  apparent  to  them 
that  any  attempt  on  their  part  to  do  so  will 
be  futile  and  disastrous.  Christian  love  must 
be  supported  by  righteous  strength  in  the 
affairs  of  nations  as  well  as  individuals.     It  is 


to  be  hoped  and  expected  the  culmination 
of  this  preparedness  and  the  world  struggles 
will  be  the  subordination  of  the  individual 
Sovereignty  of  nations  to  One  Great  Sover- 
eignty of  Justice,  with  a  force  contributed 
by  all  to  give  sanction  to  its  decisions  in  the 
settlement  of  international  disputes.  Democ- 
racy of  thought  and  action  as  a  world-right 
of  human  beings,  under  whatever  form  of 
government,  must  supercede  despotism  as  a 
world-slavery  of  human  beings,  under  what- 
ever form  of  government . 

Our  forefathers  who  built  this  state,  and 
their  children  who  guarded  and  defended  it, 
dedicated  their  lives  and  fortunes  to  the  task, 
and  the  blessed  results  are  showered  over  us 
as  a  people.  As  they  were  dedicated  to 
their  work,  so  let  us  be  to  ours.  Let  every 
man  prosper  as  he  can,  and  every  one  achieve 
such  distinction  as  his  talents  and  industry 
may  bring.  Let  every  one  enjoy  that  freedom 
and  that  unusual  and  blessed  opportunity 
common  to  our  democracy  and  vouchsafed 
to  no  other  peoples  in  the  world.  In  return 
therefor,  let  no  man  in  this  God's  country  of 
ours  put  his  hand  to  spade  or  wheel  or  law 
or  mandate  or  proclamation  except  with  the 
dominant  idea  that  patriotism,  which  means 
the  uplift  of  humanity  and  the  honor,  the 
true  honor  of  the  Republic,  as  a  part  of  his 
work,  comes  first,  and  stands  paramount  in 
his  heart.  Every  spade  will  mark  a  line  of 
use  and  beauty  for  the  Lord,  and  every  man- 
date will  reflect  his  justice. 

Let  us,  then,  prepare  to  defend  our  price- 
less possessions,  demand  justice,  hope  for 
sanity  and  pray  for  peace. 


Ex-Governor  Henry  B.  Quinby  of 
Laconia  was  next  introduced.  In 
presenting  him,  the  Chairman  said: 
"A  member  of  the  House  of  Rep- 
resentatives for  two  terms.  State 
Senator  for  two  terms.  Member  of 
the  Governor's  Council  and  Governor 
of  New  Hampshire,  he  can  speak 
both  as  a  legislator  and  as  an  execu- 
tive, for  in  all  his  activities  he  has 
been  a  credit  to  the  state." 

Address  of  Ex-Governor  Quinby 
It  is  certainly  a  great  pleasure  to  me  to 
have  a  part  in  celebrating  the  One  Hundred 
and  Fiftieth  Anniversary  of  the  founding  of 


EX-GOVERNOR  HENRY  B.   QUINBY 


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this  beautiful  city,  where  I  have  passed  so 
many  years  of  official  life,  and  in  which  I 
take  almost  as  much  interest  as  if  I  was  a 
permanent  resident. 

Concord  has  ever  been  patriotic  and  a 
center,  in  our  State,  of  military  activities  and 
at  this  time,  when  the  world  around  us  is 
seething  in  war,  and  realizing  as  we  do  the 
defenceless  condition  of  our  State,  upon  whose 
soil  no  foreign  foe  has  ever  trod,  I  can  do  no 
better  than  to  embrace  the  present  oppor- 
tunity, it  seems  to  me,  to  present  a  few  ideas 
as  to  our  immediate  duty  as  citizens,  not 
only  of  our  glorious  State,  with  its  wonderful 
record  as  one  of  the  original  Colonies,  but  as 
patriotic  Americans;  not  in  the  spirit  of  a 
desire  to  precipitate  hostilities,  but  as  a 
measure  of  common  prudence,  in  the  event 
of  an  attack  upon  us  from  some  quarter, 
which  is  possible  and  even  probable,  consid- 
ering the  overt  acts  already  committed  in 
our  country  by  belligerent  agents  in  our 
midst,  to  say  nothing  of  outrages  upon  our 
citizens  and  commerce  on  the  sea,  which,  if 
continued,  will  demand  our  giving  warning 
that  the  United  States  has  exhausted  its 
patience. 

The  most  important  question  for  the  Amer- 
ican people  to  consider  today  is  how  to  pre- 
pare our  country  for  defense  in  case  of  invasion 
by  a  hostile  power.  For  years  we  have  been 
living  in  a  "Fool's  Paradise"  and  only  the 
Providence  of  God  has  preserved  us  from 
annihilation.  If  any,  until  recently,  have 
considered  the  matter  at  all  they  have  either 
argued  that  the  nearest  nation  was  separated 
from  us  by  such  an  expanse  of  water  that 
it  would  be  impossible  for  it  to  transport  men 
and  supplies  to  our  shores,  or  they  have 
relied  upon  the  kindly  nature  of  the  rest  of 
the  world  and  the  tranquilizing  effect  upon 
them  of  our  gentle  disposition,  our  peace  lov- 
ing qualities  and  our  altruistic  conduct. 

The  first  argument  has  been  rudely  shat- 
tered by  the  results  attained  during  the 
struggle  now  going  on  abroad,  among  them 
being  the  steaming  radius  of  even  the  under- 
sea boats  which  in  themselves  are  capable 
of  infinite  harm  to  our  undersized  and  under- 
manned navy,  and  the  latter  fallacy  is  ex- 
ploded as  we  survey  the  plight  of  Belgium. 

The  time  has  arrived  for  our  country  to 
prepare  itself  for  possible  invasion.  This 
does  not  mean  to  get  ready  to  make  war; 


for  the  American  people  as  a  whole  desire 
peace,  but  not  peace  without  honor.  The 
patriots  who  gave  their  lives  to  make  this  a 
great  and  independent  country  will  have 
died  in  vain  if  we,  their  descendants,  fail  to 
take  warning  and  continue  to  doze  on  until 
the  enemy  is  hammering  at  our  gates. 

This  question  of  preparedness  is  not  a 
partisan  one;  we  are  all  Americans  without 
regard  to  political  predilections,  and  must 
join  forces  to  achieve  the  common  weal — to 
put  America  in  a  condition  to  meet  all  comers 
with  as  good  as  they  bring  and  something  a 
little  better. 

This  question  of  protection  for  our  people 
and  our  homes  is  not  a  new  one,  it  is  as  old 
as  our  government  itself.  Washington  in 
his  fifth  annual  address  said:  "If  we  desire 
to  avoid  insult  we  must  be  able  to  repel  it; 
if  we  desire  to  secure  peace,  one  of  the  most 
powerful  instruments  of  our  prosperity,  it 
must  be  known  that  we  are  at  all  times  ready 
for  war." 

John  Adams,  in  a  special  message  said: 
"But  in  demonstrating  by  our  conduct  that 
we  do  not  fear  war,  in  the  necessary  protec- 
tion of  our  rights  and  our  honor,  we  should 
give  no  room  to  infer  that  we  abandon  the 
desire  of  peace:  An  efficient  preparation  for 
war  can  alone  secure  peace." 

The  question  of  preparedness  has  many 
phases,  all  of  them  vital  and  important;  that 
of  the  number  and  character  of  troops,  of 
ammunition,  seagoing  craft,  aeroplanes  and 
many  other  requirements  which  must  be 
provided  for,  and  the  preparation  for  which 
should  not  be  delayed  an  hour  in  its  beginning 
and  prosecution;  but  the  basic  proposition 
is  to  have  a  Congress  which  will  be  a  help  in 
the  future  and  not  a  hindrance,  as  in  the  past. 

We  must  see  to  it  all  over  this  broad  land 
that  if  the  men  we  send  to  represent  us  do 
not  represent  us  that  they  be  relegated  to 
private  life,  no  matter  what  their  political 
affiliations  are,  and  that  men  who  love  our 
country  better  than  they  do  political  pre- 
ferment are  sent  to  take  their  places. 

Congress  must  be  liberal  in  appropriations 
for  our  National  defense,  and  the  money  thus 
provided  must  not  be  regarded  as,  nor  per- 
mitted to  be,  personal  spoil  for  any  man  nor 
set  of  men ;  it  should  be  placed  at  the  disposal 
of  the  officers  of  the  army  and  navy,  that  it 
may  all  go  into  the  proper  channels  to  pro- 


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tect  our  country,  instead  of  being  diverted  to 
sustain  army  posts  where  no  army  posts  have 
been  needed  since  the  Indians  have  ceased 
to  be  a  menace.  It  should  not  be  used,  any 
part  of  it,  to  enlarged  army  posts  which  per- 
haps should  remain,  but  do  not  need  enlarge- 
ment. In  short,  let  every  dollar  be  used  for 
its  legitimate  purpose  and  let  America  be  at 
once  put  in  the  way  of  being  able  not  only  to 
demand  her  rights  but  to  obtain  them. 

I  will  not,  at  this  time,  touch  upon  the 
different  ways  suggested  for  forming  our 
several  lines  of  defense;  the  Swiss  seems  the 
most  practical  and  perhaps  the  least  expen- 
sive; the  Australian  has  many  good  features; 
General  Wood  lays  out  a  plan  which  I  have 
no  doubt  is  workable,  but  whatever  we  do 
let  us  do  it  now  and  under  competent,  in- 
telligent guidance. 


In  next  presenting  Senator  Henry 
F.  Hollis,  President  Parker  said: 
"Unfortunate  in  his  location  in  a 
strong  Republican  ward,  Senator 
Hollis  had  not  the  distinction  of  the 
rest  of  us  of  service  in  the  New  Hamp- 
shire legislature.  There  have  to  be 
exceptions  to  all  rules.  His  novitiate 
was  not  in  the  State  House,  but  at  the 
bar  and  upon  the  stump  in  political 
campaigns.  Yet  we  recognize  him  as 
a  fellow  legislator,  although  his  field 
is  at  the  Capitol  at  Washington,  as 
the  junior  senator  from  New  Hamp- 
shire. " 

Address  op  Senator  Hollis 

Shortly  before  the  beginning  of  the  present 
war  in  Europe  I  heard  one  of  the  great  leaders 
of  thought  in  this  country  state  publicly  that 
easy,  prosperous  conditions  tend  to  produce 
a  low  quality  of  men  in  a  nation;  that  no 
country  gives  birth  to  a  great  artist,  a  great 
poet,  or  a  great  statesman,  except  in  time  of 
stress  and  turmoil  such  as  follow  war,  famine 
or  pestilence. 

I  prefer  to  think  that  a  great  country  like 
ours  does  not  have  to  wait  to  produce  great 
men  in  times  of  crisis,  but  that  the  men  are 
here,  living  quietly  among  us  at  their  ordinary 
tasks,  until  some  great  emergency  galvanizes 
them  into  action  and  demands  heroic  deeds,  or 
consummate  wisdom  and  genius. 

It  is  easy  to  believe  that  for  two  years 


past  the  people  of  this  country,  or  at  least  a 
majority  of  them,  have  rested  serene  in  the 
belief  that  the  President  of  the  United  States 
is  a  scholar  and  a  gentleman ;  but  it  took  no 
more  than  the  drafting  of  a  single  state  paper, 
following  the  sinking  of  the  Lusitania,  to 
convince  them  that  Wilson  is  a  statesman. 
He  has  been  a  statesman  all  the  time,  but  a 
crisis  was  needed  to  convince  the  nation  of  it. 

This  conviction  has  risen  above  party, 
above  racial  origin,  above  creed  or  religion. 
The  entire  nation  has  risen  with  its  President 
and  finds  itself  firmly  resolved  to  play  the 
part  of  men  among  the  family  of  nations. 
Our  nation  today  feels  itself  re-nationalized 
and  re- vitalized. 

We  know  that  peace  Will  be  preserved  if  it 
may  be  preserved  without  dishonor.  We 
know  that  peace  is  not  worth  the  having  if 
it  must  be  achieved  with  the  loss  of  our 
national  self-respect. 

Our  whole  nation  is  soberly  considering 
today  our  state  of  preparedness  for  whatever 
emergency  we  must  face.  It  is  no  longer  a 
question  of  whether  we  shall  face  it,  but  of 
how  best  we  may  face  it.  I,  for  one,  have 
no  fear  that  the  state  of  New  Hampshire 
will  expect  her  representatives  at  Washington 
to  begrudge  such  appropriations  as  are  neces- 
sary to  build  up  our  army  and  navy  to  prompt 
and  powerful  efficiency. 

I  do  not  look  for  war  at  this  time.  I  do 
expect,  however,  great  good  to  come  from  the 
careful  self-examination  which  our  nation  is 
giving  itself  today;  and  I  expect  that  self- 
examination  to  result  in  some  form  of  mili- 
tary training  which  will  make  our  citizens 
quickly  available  as  efficient  soldiers  in  an 
emergency. 

Each  of  you,  as  a  member  of  the  New 
Hampshire  General  Court,  has  received  a 
manual  containing  the  state  constitution, 
and  in  that  constitution  you  have  read  that 
"  'standing'  armies  are  dangerous  to  liberty." 
You  know,  moreover,  that  large  standing 
armies  are  an  intolerable  expense,  and  that 
they  are  unnecessary.  The  alternative  is  a 
citizenry  trained  to  bear  arms. 

This  gathering  represents  New  Hampshire 
as  no  other  gathering  has  ever  represented 
her.  You  are  her  legislative  veterans.  You 
are  New  Hampshire.  I  believe  that  you 
recognize  the  evils  and  burdens  of  a  large 
standing  army  and  in  its  place  favor  a  com- 


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pulsory  military  training  for  every  able- 
bodied  boy  in  the  United  States,  for  six  months 
or  a  year  so  that  he  will  learn  to  shoot  straight, 
to  obey  orders  and  to  care  for  himself  in  camp, 
and  be  prepared  for  the  final  fitting  for  active 
service  on  short  notice. 

Such  training  for  a  year,  or  half  a  year, 
will  render  this  country  safe  from  invasion; 
it  will  prove  a  valuable  lesson  to  every  lad  in 
discipline,  democracy  and  patriotism;  it  will 
tend  to  counteract  the  softening  influence  of 
luxury  and  easy  living;  and  it  is  not  too 
much  to  exact  from  every  youth  who  enjoys 
the  blessings  of  our  free  institutions. 


Senator  Jacob  H.  Gallinger  was  the 
next  speaker.  In  introducing  him 
the  president  said:  "Three  times  a 
member  of  the  House  of  Representa- 
tives. Twice  a  Senator  and  President 
of  that  body.  Member  of  the  Con- 
stitutional Convention  in  1876. 
Member  of  Congress  two  terms. 
United  States  Senator  for  a  longer 
period  than  any  Senator  from  New 
Hampshire.  Chairman  of  the  Repub- 
lican State  Committee  for  thirteen 
campaigns.  From  the  printer's  case 
to  the  position  of  Dean  of  the 
United  States  Senate  is  a  record 
worthy  of  himself  and  of  distinction  to 
his  state." 

Address  of  Senator  Gallinger 

Mr.  Chairman: 

At  this  time  of  historical  reminiscence  it  is 
interesting  to  recall  the  fact  that  the  first 
railroad  in  the  United  States  was  built  in 
1826,  sixty-one  years  after  Concord  was 
incorporated  as  a  town,  and  that  the  first 
railroad  to  use  locomotives  was  five  years 
later  (in  1831).  The  first  passenger  railroad 
in  the  world,  between  Stockton  and  Dar- 
lington in  England  commenced  to  do  busi- 
ness in  1825. 

Concord  was  42  years  old  when  the  first 
steamboat  (the  Clermont)  traversed  the  Hud- 
son River  from  New  York  to  Albany,  and  54 
years  old  when  the  first  steamship  (the 
Savannah)  crossed  the  Atlantic  under  steam, 
taking  twenty-five  days  to  make  the  voyage. 

Concord  was  47  years  old  when  the  first 
city  (London)  was  lighted  by  gas,  and  94 
years  old  when  Moses  G.  Farmer,  a  New 


Hampshire  man,  subdivided  the  electric  cur- 
rent, and  lighted  the  first  dwelling  by  elec- 
tricity. 

When  Morse  sent  his  first  telegraphic 
message  from  Baltimore  to  Washington 
(in  1814)  Concord  had  attained  the  age  of 
79  years. 

The  speaking  telephone  came  in  1876, 
one  hundred  and  eleven  years  after  Concord 
became  a  town.  The  Remington  type- 
writer came  one  year  later,  and  the  first 
electric  railway  in  the  world  (in  Berlin) 
followed  the  next  year,  and  six  years  after 
(in  1885)  an  electric  railway  was  installed 
between  Baltimore  and  Hampden,  in  the 
State  of  Maryland. 

The  graphaphone  came  in  1886,  the  X-ray 
in  1895,  and  wireless  telegraphy  in  1899. 

It  will  thus  be  seen  that  since  Concord  was 
incorporated  almost  every  great  invention 
which  blesses  the  world  today  has  come  into 
existence,  and  in  this  hour  of  reminiscence  it 
would  be  extremely  interesing  to  dwell  at 
greater  length  on  those  I  have  mentioned  as 
well  as  to  add  hundreds  of  others  to  the  list. 
Turning  to  legislative  matters  how  in- 
tensely interesting  it  would  be  if  we  could 
have  a  representative  here  today  of  the  Leg- 
islature of  the  Province  of  New  Hampshire, 
which  met  in  Portsmouth  in  1765,  the  year 
Concord  was  incorporated,  Benning  Went- 
worth  being  Governor,  and  the  membership 
of  the  Legislature  being  31. 

And  of  how  much  greater  interest  it  would 
be  if  the  first  Governor  of  the  state  of  New 
Hampshire,  Meshech  Weare,  and  the  first 
Speaker  of  the  House,  George  Atkinson, 
could  be  with  us  to  tell  of  the  doings  of  the 
Legislature  of  1784,  nineteen  years  after 
Concord  was  an  incorporated  town.  Fortu- 
nately the  records  of  those  early  days  have 
wisely  been  preserved  in  the  Provincial  and 
State  Papers,  to  which  our  people  have  access. 
As  I  shall  speak  of  the  legislatures  with 
which  I  have  been  connected  it  is  unfortunate 
that  it  becomes  necessary  to  make  personal 
allusions,  which  if  possible  would  be  omitted. 
My  first  actual  participation  in  legislative 
matters  was  in  the  year  1872,  being  a  member 
of  the  House  of  Representatives  from  Ward 
Four,  Concord.  The  membership  of  the 
House  in  that  year  was  361.  Ezekiel  A. 
Straw  of  Manchester  was  Governor.  Asa 
Fowler  of  Concord  was  Speaker  of  the  House 


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of  Representatives,  and  Josiah  H.  Benton  of 
Lancaster  was  clerk.  The  legislative  session 
was  held  in  June.  There  were  many  able 
men  in  the  body  of  whom  I  will  venture  to 
mention  Edward  F.  Mann  of  Benton,  Sher- 
burne B.  Merrill  of  Colebrook,  Osman  D. 
Way,  Edward  J.  Tenney,  George  H.  Stowell, 
and  Ira  Colby  of  Claremont,  Benjamin  S. 
Warren,  George  A.  Pillsbury,  P.  Brainerd 
Cogswell,  John  H.  Albin,  Asa  Fowler,  George 
E.  Todd  and  Lyman  T.  Flint  of  Concord, 
Sylvanus  W.  Bryant  of  Cornish,  James  E. 
Lothrop  of  Dover,  Enoch  P.  Marshall  of 
Dunbarton,  Gilman  Marston  and  Charles  H. 


Nashua,  Ezra  M.  Smith  of  Peterborough, 
Joseph  Burrows,  of  Plymouth,  Omar  D.  Con- 
verse of  Rindge,  William  M.  Weed  of  Sand- 
wich, Benjamin  R.  Wheeler  of  Salem,  James 
W.  Emery,  John  Pender  and  John  H.  Brough- 
ton  of  Portsmouth,  Edwin  Wallace  and 
Arthur  D.  Whitehouse  of  Rochester,  George 

F.  Putnam  of  Warren,  John  C.  Pearson  of 
Webster,  Nathan  H.  Weeks  of  Woodstock, 
Jeremiah  Bodgett  of  Wentworth,  and  Warren 

G.  Brown  of  Whitefield.  A  large  majority 
of  these  men  have  records  of  honorable 
service  to  the  state  and  nation. 

Many    interesting    reminiscences    are    re- 


Concord  Lodge,  B.  P.  O.  E. 


Hall  of  Exeter,  James  E.  Hayes  of  Farmington, 
Amos  J.  Blake  of  Fitzwilliam,  George  W. 
Nesmith  and  Alvah  W.  Sulloway  of  Franklin, 
Martin  A.  Haynes  of  Gilford,  Thomas  Cogs- 
well of  Gilmanton,  David  H.  Taggart  of 
Goffstown,  John  L.  Bridgman  of  Hanover, 
Samuel  D.  Bemis  of  Harris ville,  William  C. 
Patten  of  Kingston,  Charles  S.  Faulkner  and 
Thomas  E.  Hatch  of  Keene,  Hiram  Orcutt. 
of  Lebanon,  Hiram  Noyes  of  Lisbon,  Harry 
Bingham  of  Littleton,  Samuel  Clarke,  Hiram 
K.  Slayton,  Cyrus  A.  Sulloway,  and  William 
Parker  of  Manchester,  Bainbridge  Wadleigh 
and  George  C.  Gilmore  of  Milford,  Mark 
B.    Buxton   and  Edward   H.   Spaulding  of 


called  concerning  some  of  these  men,  but 
only  one  will  be  named,  and  it  remains  vividly 
in  my  mind.  Cyrus  A.  Sulloway,  in  debate, 
made  what  I  regarded  as  an  offensive  allusion 
to  Concord  and  to  me  personally.  I  was 
younger  and  more  impulsive  then  than  I 
am  now,  and  Sulloway  was  not  quite  as  large 
then  as  he  is  today.  Quick  as  flash  I  applied 
to  him  the  short  and  ugly  word  that  Colonel 
Roosevelt  has  made  famous.  The  dignified 
speaker  was  so  shocked  that  he  failed  to  call 
me  to  order,  and  I  remained  in  the  House 
during  the  remainder  of  the  day's  session. 
Next  morning  I  made  a  frank  apology  to  the 
House  for  having  violated  its  rule,  which  was 


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accepted,  and  Sulloway  and  I  have  been 
good  friends  ever  since. 

At  this  session  Bainbridge  Wadleigh,  who 
had  served  fourteen  years  in  the  House,  was 
elected  to  the  United  States  Senate,  and  the 
work  of  the  session  was  concluded  in  thirty 
days. 

It  was  my  privilege  to  be  a  member  of  the 
House  next  year  (1873).  Ezekiel  A.  Straw 
had  been  reelected  Governor.  James  W. 
Emery  of  Portsmouth  was  Speaker  and  Sam- 
uel C.  Clark  of  Gilford  was  Clerk. 

Of  the  membership  of  that  year  the  fol- 
lowing are  entitled  to  special  mention:  Ira 
Colby  and  George  H.  Stowell  of  Claremont, 
D.  Arthur  Brown,  George  E.  Jenks  and 
Henry  C.  Sturtevant  of  Concord,  Otis  Cooper 
of  Croydon,  Gilman  Marston,  Jacob  Car- 
lisle and  Charles  H.  Bell  of  Exeter,  Isaac  N. 
Blodgett  and  E.  B.  S.  Sanborn  of  Franklin, 
Ira  F.  Prouty  and  George  A.  Wheelock  of 
Keene,  Richard  W.  Cragin  and  Alpheus  W. 
Baker  of  Lebanon,  Harry  Bingham  and 
Charles  A.  Sinclair  of  Littleton,  Henry  E. 
Burnham,  Ira  Cross,  A.  P.  Olzendam,  C.  A. 
Sulloway,  William  Parker,  and  William  G. 
Everett  of  Manchester,  Henry  A.  Marsh, 
Mark  R.  Buxton  and  E.  F.  McQuesten  of 
Nashua,  Alpha  J.  Pillsbury  of  Northwood, 
Hiram  A.  Tuttle  and  John  P.  Nutter  of  Pitts- 
field,  Joseph  Burrows  and  James  F.  Langdon 
of  Plymouth,  James  W.  Emery,  J.  Horace 
Kent,  Albert  R.  Hatch  and  Daniel  Marcy  of 
Portsmouth,  William  M.  Weed  and  William 
A.  Heard  of  Sandwich,  and  John  E.  Robert- 
son of  Warner. 

This  session  occupied  thirty  days,  pre- 
cisely the  same  length  of  time  as  the  session 
of  the  preceding  year.  Doubtless  the  brevity 
of  these  sessions  was  partly  due  to  the  fact 
that  we  had  annual  elections  and  annual 
sessions  in  those  days,  but  the  fact  that  the 
members  were  largely  reelected,  thus  assuring 
a  majority  who  had  had  former  legislative 
experience,  had  something  to  do  with  it. 

In  1878  I  was  a  member  of  the  state  Sen- 
ate, which  body  was  then  composed  of  twelve 
members.  Benjamin  F.  Prescott  of  Epping 
was  Governor,  and  David  H.  Buffum  of 
Somers worth  was  president  of  the  Senate. 
In  addition  to  Mr.  Buffum  the  membership 
of  the  Senate  was  composed  of  Emmons  D. 
Philbrick  of  Rye,  John  W.  Wheeler  of  Salem, 
Hiram  K.  Slayton  of  Manchester,  Jacob  H. 


Gallinger  of  Concord,  Thomas  Cogswell  of 
Gilmanton,  John  A.  Spaulding  of  Nashua, 
Daniel  M.  White  of  Peterborough,  Charles 
J.  Amidon  of  Hinsdale,  Albert  M.  Shaw  of 
Lebanon,  Joseph  D.  Weeks  of  Canaan,  and 
William  H.  Cummings  of  Lisbon.  Mr. 
Wheeler  and  I  are  the  only  surviving  mem- 
bers of  that  body. 

Augustus  A.  Woolson  of  Lisbon  was 
Speaker  of  the  House,  and  Alpheus  W.  Baker 
of  Lebanon  was  Clerk.  The  House  had  in  it 
a  very  large  proportion  of  able  men,  among 
whom  may  be  mentioned  John  G.  Sinclair  of 
Bethlehem,  W.  E.  Tutherly  of  Claremont, 
W.  H.  Shurtleff  of  Colebrook,  William  E. 
Stevens,  George  A.  Young,  C.  E.  Sargent, 
Charles  R.  Corning  and  Joseph  Wentworth  of 
Concord,  J.  Frank  Seavey  of  Dover,  J.  W. 
Dodge  of  Enfield,  Gilman  Marston  and  Wil- 
liam Burlingame  of  Exeter,  Isaac  N.  Blodgett 
of  Franklin,  James  W.  Patterson  of  Hanover, 
Samuel  T.  Page  of  Haverhill,  Frank  H.  Pierce 
of  Hillsborough,  Franklin  Worcester  of  Hol- 
lis,  Wilham  P.  Chamberlain  and  George  W. 
Tilden  of  Keene,  Charles  A.  Busiel  of  La- 
conia,  A.  A.  Woolson  and  G.  W.  Wells  of 
Lisbon,  Harry  Bingham  and  Albert  S.  Bat- 
chellor  of  Littleton,  Henry  H.  Huse,  W.  R. 
Patten  and  Noah  S.  Clark  of  Manchester, 
Robert  M.  Wallace  of  Milford,  Orren  C. 
Moore  and  Aaron  F.  Stevens  of  Nashua,  J.  Q. 
Rolles  and  F.  A.  Hobbs  of  Ossipee,  and  Isaac 
Adams  and  Paul  Wentworth  of  Sandwich. 

An  incident  occured  during  that  session  of 
the  House  which  is  worthy  of  mention.  In 
those  days  the  absurd  practice  prevailed  of 
debating  the  previous  question,  the  only 
restriction  being  that  the  discussion  should  be 
pertinent  to  the  subject.  Mr.  Rolles  of 
Ossipee,  who  talked  very  fast,  and  whose 
pronunciation  was  not  of  the  best,  had  oc- 
cupied the  floor  a  considerable  time,  when  a 
point  of  order  was  made  against  him  that  he 
was  not  confining  himself  to  the  question 
under  debate.  Speaker  Woolson,  who  had  a 
fine  sense  of  humor,  hesitated  for  a  moment, 
and  then  said,  ''The  Chair  must  insist  that 
the  gentleman  confine  himself  to  the  question 
at  issue,  but,  as  the  Chair  does  not  under- 
stand a  single  word  that  the  gentleman  is 
saying,  the  Chair  does  not  feel  at  liberty  to 
sustain  the  point  of  order." 

The  Constitutional  Convention  of  1876 
recommended  certain  changes  in  the  member- 


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ship  of  both  branches  of  the  Legislature, 
which  resulted  in  an  increase  of  the  member- 
ship of  the  Senate  from  twelve  to  twenty- 
four,  and  a  reduction  of  about  seventy  mem- 
bers in  the  House.  It  was  my  privilege  to 
collaborate  with  James  0.  Lyford  in  that 
Convention  in  an  effort  to  secure  these 
changes.  I  represented  Ward  Four,  Concord, 
and  'Mr.  Lyford  represented  the  town  of 
Canterbury.  He  was  the  youngest  member 
of  the  Convention,  and  as  ardent  a  Democrat 
in  those  days  as  he  is  a  Republican  at  the 
present  time. 

In  accordance  with  the  custom  then  pre- 
vailing I  was  reelected  to  the  Senate  in  1879 


Marston  and  Winthrop  N.  Dow  of  Exeter, 
E.  B.  S.  Sanborn  of  Franklin,  John  Hatch  of 
Greenland,  William  P.  Chamberlain  of  Keene, 
Jared  I.  Williams  of  Lancaster,  Albert  H. 
Batchellor  and  Harry  Bingham  of  Littleton, 
George  C.  Gilmore,  William  R.  Patten  and 
Noah  S.  Clark  of  Manchester,  George  G. 
Davis  of  Marlboro,  Virgil  C.  Gilman  and 
Aaron  F.  Stevens  of  Nashua,  Joseph  Q.  Rolles 
of  Ossipee,  Edmund  E.  Truesdell  of  Pem- 
broke, Mortier  L.  Morrison  of  Peterborough, 
Nathan  H.  Weeks  of  Plymouth,  and  Thomas 
E.  Call  of  Portsmouth. 

In   1891   it  was  my  fortune  to  be  again 
elected  to  the  House,  having  in  the  meantime 


A.  P.  Fitch's  Float 


for  the  term  of  two  years,  and  presided  over 
that  body,  James  E.  Dodge  of  Manchester 
being  Clerk. 

In  addition  to  those  who  were  members  in 
1878  were  Edward  F.  Mann  of  Benton,  Isaac 
N.  Blodgett  of  Franklin,  Cornelius  Cooledge 
of  Hillsborough,  Charles  H.  Burns  of  Wilton, 
Orren  C.  Moore  of  Nashua,  and  Greenleaf 
Clarke  of  Atkinson.  Henry  H.  Huse  of  Man- 
chester was  Speaker  of  the  House,  and 
Alpheus  W.  Baker  was  Clerk. 

The  House  contained  in  its  membership 
many  strong  men,  among  them  being  Frank 
D.  Currier  of  Canaan,  Henry  Robinson, 
Charles  C.  Danforth  and  Edgar  H.  Woodman 
of  Concord,  J.  Frank  Seavey  of  Dover,  Gilman 


served  four  years  in  the  National  House  of 
Representatives.  The  Speaker  of  the  House 
that  year  was  Frank  G.  Clarke  of  Peterboro, 
and  Stephen  S.  Jewett  of  Laconia  served  as 
Clerk.  Among  the  membership  of  the  House 
that  year  I  recall  the  names  of  John  H.  Brown 
of  Bristol,  Abraham  Stahl  of  Berlin,  Frank 
H.  Brown  and  George  P.  Rossiter  of  Clare- 
mont,  John  B.  Nash  of  Conway,  Leonard  H. 
Pillsbury  and  Edmund  R.  Angell  of  Derry, 
James  B.  Tennant  of  Epsom,  John  D.  Lyman 
and  John  J.  Bell  of  Exeter,  E.  B.  S.  Sanborn  of 
Franklin,  James  G.  Taggart  of  Goffstown, 
N.  S.  Huntington  of  Hanover,  Samuel  W. 
Holman  of  Hillsborough,  Herman  W.  Greene 
of  Hopkinton,  Lewis  W.  Holmes  and  Fred- 


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erick  A.  Faulkner  of  Keene,  George  H.  Tilton 
of  Laconia,  John  L.  Spring  of  Lebanon,  Harry 
Bingham  of  Littleton,  Cyrus  A.  Sulloway, 
William  C.  Clarke,  Loring  B.  Bodwell,  James 
F.  Briggs,  Isaac  L.  Heath,  Frank  S.  Bodwell, 
Augustus  Wagner  and  Edward  J.  Powers 
of  Manchester,  Henry  H.  Barber  of  Milford, 
Charles  T.  Lund,  Caleb  B.  Marshall  and  Lotie 
I.  Minard  of  Nashua,  Charles  H.  Fairbanks 
of  Newport,  Charles  A.  Morse  of  Newmarket, 
George  P.  Little  of  Pembroke,  Charles  Scott 
and  Frank  G.  Clarke  of  Peterboro,  Cyrus 
Sargeant  of  Plymouth,  Ezra  S.  Stearns  of 
Rindge,  and  Charles  J.  O'Neil  of  Walpole. 

I  noticed  in  a  recent  newspaper  article  that 
ex-Speaker  Woolson  made  special  reference 
to  the  fact  that  the  Legislature  of  1878,  over 
which  he  presided  as  Speaker,  was  composed 
of  an  unusual  proportion  of  able  men.  Be- 
yond a  question  that  Legislature  was  a  body 
of  exceptional  ability,  but  I  cannot  let  the 
occasion  pass  without  emphasizing  the  fact 
that  the  Legislature  of  1891,  the  names  of 
many  of  the  members  having  been  just  men- 
tioned, was  composed  of  at  least  an  equal 
number  of  able  and  experienced  legislators, 
and  as  they  started  me  on  my  career  as  a 
senator  of  the  United  States  I  can  do  no  less 
than  to  pay  them  this  tribute.  Indeed,  so 
far  as  my  experience  and  observation  go, 
the  legislature  of  New  Hampshire,  unwieldly 
as  We  sometimes  consider  it,  will  compare 
favorably  with  the  legislatures  of  any  of  the 
other  states.  As  a  rule  it  is  composed  of 
upright  and  conscientious  men,  intent  upon 
serving  the  people  of  the  state  faithfully  and 
well,  as  was  demonstrated  by  the  present 
legislature,  which  adjourned  a  few  weeks  ago, 
and  which,  when  another  semi-centennial 
anniversary  is  held,  with  its  attendant  leg- 
islative reunion,  will  quite  likely  be  pointed 
to  as  an  example  for  those  who  will  then  be 
guiding  the  destinies  of  our  state  to  follow. 

This  occasion  is  one  which  will  long  be 
remembered  for  the  pleasure  it  has  given  all 
to  meet  old  friends  and  to  renew  old  acquaint- 
ances. The  one  sad  thought  is  that  a  large 
majority  of  those  with  whom  we  served  in 
the  two  branches  of  the  legislature  have  gone 
to  their  reward,  and  that  soon  they  will  be 
followed  by  those  of  us  who  still  remain. 
Fortunately  the  work  will  be  taken  up  by 
others,  who  will  see  to  it  that  the  best  inter- 
ests of  all  classes  of  our  people  are  subserved, 


to  the  end  that  the  honor  and  good  name  of 
New  Hampshire  shall  be  perpetuated  and 
strengthened. 

Ex-Senator  Chandler  made  the 
concluding  address.  President  Parker 
in  his  presentation,  characterized  him 
as  follows:  "Secretary  of  the  Republi- 
can State  Committee  when  21  years  of 
age.  Member  of  the  legislature  when 
25.  Speaker  when  26,  and  Chairman 
of  the  Republican  State  Committee  the 
same  year.  Solicitor  of  the  Naval 
Department  and  later  First  Assistant 
Secretary  of  the  Treasury  when  29. 
Secretary  of  the  Navy  when  46,  and 
ten  years  a  United  States  Senator. 
Member  of  two  Constitutional  Con- 
ventions. No  citizen  of  New  Hamp- 
shire has  ever  wielded  more  potent 
influence  in  the  state  and  nation 
than  William  E.  Chandler.  After 
more  than  half  a  century  of  political 
conflict  he  is  still  young." 

Address  of  Hon.  William  E.  Chandler 

Mr.  Chairman  ami  Fellow  Citizens: 

My  first  appearance  in  this,  my  native 
home,  was  on  the  28th  day  of  December  in  the 
year  1835,  within  the  dwelling  house  which 
was  directly  north  of  the  old  "Call's  Block" 
(History,  Vol.  1,  page  599)  and  was  known  as 
the  Call  house,  then  standing  on  what  is  now 
the  corner  of  State  and  Park  Streets,  whereon 
is  the  marvelously  beautiful  edifice  of  the 
New  Hampshire  Historical  Society  given  by 
Edward  Tuck  from  his  home  in  Paris,  France, 
for  the  use  and  blessing  of  his  native  state. 
South  nearby  (History,  Vol.  2,  page  745)  is 
the  public  school  building,  in  the  various 
grades  of  which  I  was  educated,  north  ad- 
joining which  is  the  present  church  edifice  of 
the  Second  Congregational  Society,  Uni- 
tarian, of  which  I  have  all  my  life  been  a 
member;  and  opposite  the  Call's  Block  lot 
whereon  the  United  States  government  build- 
ing now  stands,  behold  the  New  Hampshire 
State  House,  within  which  have  been  conferred 
upon  me  the  highest  public  honors  of  my  life. 
For  seventy-nine  and  one-half  years  I 
have  continued  a  legal  resident  in  Concord, 
voting  at  its  elections  after  1856  and  respond- 
ing earnestly  to  every  call  of  duty  from  its 
people. 


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The  present  elaborate  celebration  of  the  one 
hundred  and  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the 
chartering  of  the  town  of  Concord,  with  the 
making  of  a  record  of  the  ceremonies,  is  for 
the  mutual  rejoicing  and  complaisant  con- 
templation of  events  already  well  related  and 
is  not  necessary  as  a  history  except  of  the 
last  ten  years.  No  such  perfect  record  of 
any  community  has  ever  been  made  as  the 
two  existing  histories  of  Concord — those  of 
1855  and  1903. 

The  first  of  these  histories  is  by  Rev. 
Nathaniel  Bouton,  that  of  "Concord  from 
its  first  grant  in  1725  down  to  1855." 

Any  historical  narrative  of  any  community 


record  announces  James  O.  Lyford  as  the 
editor,  Amos  Hadley  was  the  author  of  the 
general  narrative,  in  sixteen  chapters,  Joseph 

B.  Walker  described  the  physical  features  and 
development,  and  contributions  of  important 
chapters  and  articles  were  made  by  Henry 
McFarland,  Jacob  H.  Gallinger,  Charles  R. 
Corning,  James  O.  Lyford,  John  C.  Ordway, 
Frank  W.  Rollins,  Howard  F.  Hill,  Thomas 

C.  Bethune,  Frank  Battles  and  William  W. 
Flint.  The  illustrations  were  in  charge  of 
Henry  B.  Colby  and  prepared  under  the 
supervision  of  Benjamin  A.  Kimball,  while 
the  reading  of  the  revised  proof  was  the  con- 
tribution of  Edward  N.  Pearson  and  the  indis- 


One  of  Walter  S.  Dole's  Floats 


made  by  only  one  writer  does  not  exist,  more 
accurate,  complete  and  attractive  than  this 
by  Doctor  Bouton,  and  it  is  a  pleasure  for  me 
to  praise  and  honor  a  minister  and  an  author 
whom  I  respected  and  loved,  and  members 
of  whose  family  are  still  dear  to  my  heart. 

The  next  history  of  Concord  is  that  of 
1903,  "from  the  original  grant  in  1725  to  the 
opening  of  the  twentieth  century."  It  is  the 
joint  production  of  citizens  of  Concord  orig- 
inated in  1896  by  the  city  government,  with 
Henry  Robinson  as  mayor,  and  carried  for- 
ward to  completion  by  him  and  Mayors 
Albert  B.  Woodworth,  Nathaniel  E.  Martin, 
Harry  G.  Sargent  and  Charles  R.  Corning, 
with  a  city  commission  specially  incorporated 
by  the  Legislature  on  March  24,  1903.     The 


pensable  index  was  made  by  the  accomplished 
Miss  Harriet  L.  Huntress. 

Isaac  A.  Hill,  John  M.  Mitchell,  Benjamin 
A.  Kimball,  James  L.  Norris,  Lewis  Downing, 
Jr.,  John  M.  Hill,  John  Kimball,  Leland  A. 
Smith,  George  A.  Cummings,  Edson  J.  Hill, 
Franklin  D.  Ayer,  E.  J.  Aiken,  Woodbridge 
Odlin,  Lyman  D.  Stevens,  John  Whitaker, 
Daniel  B.  Donovan,  Milon  D.  Cummings, 
Cyrus  R.  Robinson  and  Giles  Wheeler  were 
important  promoters  of  the  work,  some  of 
them  as  members  of  the  city  commission. 

An  account  of  the  construction  of  the 
history  was  made  by  that  literary  ornament 
of  Concord,  Miss  Frances  M.  Abbott,  which 
was  published  in  the  Granite  Monthly  of 
January,  1904,  and  is  a  model  of  complete- 


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ness  and  conciseness.  She  also  contributed 
to  the  history  a  chapter  on  Domestic  Customs 
and  Social  Life.  I  venture  to  give  adjectives 
of  praise  only  to  the  two  female  workers  in 
the  construction  of  the  incomparable  History 
of  Concord,  which  is  such  an  accurate  and 
complete  record  of  the  city's  fame. 

It  was  not  my  lot  to  be  able  to  make  any 
contribution  to  this  wonderful  history  of  my 
beloved  city,  but  on  old  Home  Day,  on 
August  24,  1904,  at  Contoocook  River  Park, 
it  was  my  privilege  to  deliver  an  address 
containing  a  careful  analysis  and  enthusiastic 
eulogy  of  the  History,  and  to  express  my  un- 
bounded gratitude  to  its  authors,  all  of  whom, 
except  the  deserving  author  of  the  general 
narrative,  gave  their  minds  and  hearts  to 
the  work  without  compensation.  A  copy  of 
my  address  was  furnished  with  every  copy  of 
the  large  two-volume  History,  which  tribute 
of  mine  I  consider  it  a  privilege  to  have  been 
allowed  thus  to  make  something  like  a  part 
of  those  remarkable  volumes. 

On  this  occasion  it  is  not  my  purpose  and 
tvould  not  be  my  privilege  to  make  a  long 
discourse;  so  that  beyond  a  statement  of  my 
constant  affection  and  fidelity  to  my  birth- 
place and  the  only  legal  home  I  ever  had,  I 
shall  venture  to  present  but  one  idea.  Sena- 
tor Proctor  once  invited  me  to  a  celebration 
of  the  Loyal  Legion,  telling  me  that  there 
would  be  many  speakers  and  that  one  idea 
would  be  enough  if  it  was  a  good  one.  He 
then  commanded  me  to  speak  to  the  toast, 
"The  Soldiers  and  Sailors  of  the  United 
States  from  1776  to  1896"  and  gave  me  ten 
minutes  in  which  to  do  it ! 

My  one  present  idea  is  that  the  progress, 
prosperity  and  greatness  of  communities 
like  Concord,  and  of  nations  like  ours,  result 
from  the  brave  assertion  of  all  individual 
differences  of  opinion  with  full  and  free 
debate  thereon,  and  as  soon  as  human  nature 
will  permit  a  decision  and  final  ending  of 
controversy  thereon,  the  expulsion  of  anger 
and  animosity,  and  the  systematic  culti- 
vation in  the  future  of  continuous  co-oper- 
ation guided  by  mutual  and  true  affection. 

Without  such  a  national  principle,  pop- 
ular harmony  will  always  be  precarious  and 
unity  of  national  growth  uncertain,  while 
with  its  free  exercise  national  greatness  is 
sure. 

This  being  my  idea,  I  illustrate  it  i:oday 


only  by  three  incidents    in  the   history  of 
Concord. 

I 

The  John  P.  Hale  and  Frank hn  Pierce 
debate  in  the  Old  North  Church  in  Concord 
on  June  5,  1845. 

II 

The  refusal  by  the  citizens  of  Concoid  in 
October,  1856,  to  give  a  non-partisan  public 
reception  to  President  Pierce. 
Ill 

The  unveiling  in  the  State  House  yard  at 
Concord,  fronting  Main  Street,  of  a  statue 
of  Franklin  Pierce,  erected  by  the  common- 
wealth of  New  Hampshire  on  November  28, 
1914. 

John  P.  Hale  of  Rochester  and  Franklin 
Pierce  of  Hillsborough  were  Bowdoin  College 
classmates  and  political  associates  and  per- 
sonal friends.  When  the  question  of  the 
annexation  of  Texas  arose,  Mr.  Hale,  then  a 
member  of  Congress,  wrote  his  famous  Texas 
letter,  dated  January  7,  1845,  opposing  the 
annexation  of  any  more  slave  territory;  and 
on  February  12  the  Democratic  state  con- 
vention under  the  lead  of  Franklin  Pierce, 
re-assembled  and  removed  Hale's  name  from 
the  ticket.  Next,  on  June  5,  at  Concord, 
came  the  famous,  impassioned  meeting  be- 
tween the  two  brilliant  orators,  the  result  of 
which  was  the  defeat  of  the  Democratic 
party  in  the  state  at  the  election  of  1846  and 
the  election  of  Mr.  Hale  as  Speaker  of  the 
House  and  United  States  Senator;  with 
Anthony  Colby  as  Governor. 

Then  followed  the  long  and  bitter  anti- 
slavery  and  secession  combat;  the  annexation 
of  Texas;  the  war  with  Mexico;  the  compro- 
mises of  1850;  the  election  of  1852,  with  Hale 
a  Free  Soil  candidate  against  him,  of  Franklin 
Pierce  as  President;  the  repeal  of  the  Missouri 
Compromise  in  1854;  and  the  struggle  in 
1856  to  elect  Fremont  over  Buchanan  as 
President. 

During  this  canvass,  President  Pierce 
came  to  Concord,  and  an  effort  was  made  to 
give  him  a  non-partisan  reception.  It  was 
opposed,  and  by  practically  an  unresisted 
vote,  in  an  immense  meeting  in  Depot  Hall, 
voted  down.  The  men  who  bravely  did  this 
had  received  no  visit  to  his  home  from  their 
President  between  March  4,  1853,  and  Octo- 
ber, 1856,  and,  much  admired  and  beloved 
as  he  had  been  by  all  the  people  of  Concord, 


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they  then  regarded  him  as  more  than  any 
other  person  responsible  for  the  bloody 
struggle  in  bleeding  Kansas.  The  Demo- 
crats, in  their  indignation,  gave  the  President 
an  immense,  partisan  demonstration,  but  the 
Republicans  had  done  their  duty.  Concord 
in  November  gave  452  plurality  for  Fremont, 
and  New  Hampshire  gave  him  more  than 
5,000;  while  in  1852  General  Pierce  had  re- 
ceived 229  majority  in  Concord  and  nearly 
7,000  in  the  state. 

But  fifty-eight  years  later  Concord  saw 
another  sight.  Time  had  worked  the  won- 
ders of  the  nineteenth  century  in  the  United 
States.  The  growth  of  slavery  had  been 
checked.  Kansas  had  been  made  free. 
Abraham  Lincoln  had  been  made  President. 
Secession  had  been  proclaimed  and  a  war  of 
rebellion  declared  by  the  South,  but  victory 
in  that  war  had  been  achieved  by  the  armies 
of  the  Union  under  the  leadership  of  Grant 
and  Sherman  and  Sheridan  and  the  other 
heroes  of  the  North.  As  a  result  of  the  war, 
slavery  had  been  abolished  and  citizenship 
and  suffrage  conferred  upon  the  colored  race. 
Even  the  terrible  calamities  of  the  murders 
of  Lincoln  and  Garfield  and  McKinley  were 
seen  to  have  proceeded  from  no  considerable 
number  of  assassins. 

The  United  States  in  the  interest  of  hu- 
manity had  liberated  from  the  harsh  rule  of 
Spain  the  island  of  Cuba  and  the  islands  of 
the  Philippines. 

Prosperity  unbounded  had  come  to  the 
whole  country.  The  national  honor  had  been 
maintained  to  every  national  creditor. 

In  New  Hampshire  the  statue  of  Daniel 
Webster  had  been  placed  in  the  State  House 
yard  at  Concord  with  that  of  General  John 
Stark  and  also  statues  of  both  of  them  in  the 
National  Gallery  in  the  Capitol  at  Washing- 
ton; a  statue  of  John  P.  Hale  had  been  also 
erected  in  the  State  House  grounds,  and  the 
time  had  come  for  a  like  recognition  of  the 
true  merits  of  President  Franklin  Pierce. 

This  appropriate  event  took  place  on  No- 
vember 25,  1914.  All  reluctance  had  dis- 
appeared. The  Legislature  and  Governor 
had  directed  the  erection  of  the  statue.  All 
real  objection  had  vanished,  and  on  that  day 
the  statue  of  President  Pierce  was  unveiled 
and  given  to  the  people  with  fitting  ceremonies 
duly  made  of  record.  Without  distinction 
of  party  political  leaders,  with  discriminating 


praise,  with  just  judgment  and  with  sincere 
affection  at  last  placed  President  Pierce  upon 
the  pinnacle  of  fame  to  which  he  had  been 
entitled. 

I  cannot  close  without  uttering  a  sad  and 
gloomy  thought.  The  growth  and  glory  of 
our  city,  our  state  and  our  nation  has  been 
thus  accomplished  and  illustrated,  only  to 
be  at  this  moment  put  in  peril  by  the  distress 
and  horror  arising  from  the  world-wide  Euro- 
pean war  of  1914-1915.;  so  that  every  public 
occasion  is  oppressed  and  subdued  by  a 
paralyzing  sadness. 

This  whole  globe  is  but  a  speck  in  the  un- 
bounded universe  and  it  is  now  full  of  the 
tortures  of  murderous  warfare.  I  expressed 
to  a  thoughtful  friend  the  despairing  idea  that 
the  only  real  ending  of  such  woes  would  be 
that  the  world  itself  should  come  to  an  end. 
Two  days  later  I  saw  attributed  to  Cardinal 
Gibbons  the  expression  of  the  thought  that 
the  end  of  the  world  might  be  at  hand.  How 
can  this  be  otherwise?  Will  God  preserve 
our  material  earth  to  continue  to  be  the 
horrible  human  habitation  it  now  appears? 

I  am  afraid ! 

It  seems  to  me  that  the  greatest  duty  and 
labor  to  which  the  people  of  the  world  can 
commit  themselves  is  the  establishment  of 
international  treaties  for  the  prevention  of 
the  devastations  and  horrors  of  war. 

"A  task  for  the  thirty-five  neutral  nations" 
is  once  again  stated  by  the  New  York  Inde- 
pendent of  May  24  to  be  undertaken  by  their 
proposed  conference  at  Washington  "to  sit 
in  continuous  session  until  the  war  is  over 
and  to  go  on  to  provide  guarantees  against 
war  until  after  diplomacy,  meditation, 
commissions  of  inquiry,  arbitration  and  eco- 
nomic pressure  have  failed."  The  Independ- 
ent says:  "Let  President  Wilson  call 
immediately  the  thrity-five  neutral  nations 
together." 

From  the  same  number  of  the  Independent 
listen  to  our  noble  and  far-seeing  New  Hamp- 
shire poetess,  Edna  Dean  Proctor,  speaking 
through  Abdallah  of  Cairo : 

By   the   Prophet,    if   these  be  Christians, 
where  shall  we  find  the  heathen? 
If  this  is  their  Gospel  of  Love,  where  shall  we 

look  for  Hate? 
With  the  lilies  of  Peace  their  Jesus  in  temple 

and  shrine  is  wreathen, 
But  they  raven  like  wolves  in  the  fold  when 
the  moon  is  late. 


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And  for  WHAT?     For  the  Market,  for  greed 

of  gold  and  dominion; 
To  rule  to  the  uttermost  sea  and  the  shores 

no  foot  has  trod. 
Their  impious  fleets  cleave  the  sky,  but  never 

a  pinion. 
Bears  the  beleagured  spirit  to  regions  above 

the  clod. 

Hark  to  the  roar  of  Battle,  the  wail  for  the 

dead  and  dying! 
Prating    of    Light,    these    Christians    have 

shrouded  the  earth  in  gloom. 
Each  unto  God  or  Goddess  for  conquest  and 

gain  is  crying— 
I  will  repeat  the  Fatiha*  and  leave  them  to 

their  doom. 


Brief  addresses  were  made,  during 
the  afternoon,  by  Congeessmen  Sullo- 
way  and  Wason,  but  no  manuscript, 
or  report,  of  either  is  obtainable. 


During  the  afternoon  exercises, 
in  the  State  House,  the  Chairman  of 
the  General  Committee  read  the 
Anniversary  Poem — "Fair  Concord 
by  the  Merrimack" — written  for  the 
occasion  at  his  request,  by  Edna  Dean 
Proctor,  and  received,  by  special 
delivery,  just  too  late  for  reading  on 
the  previous  day.  This  poem  will 
be  found  in  the  July  number  of  the 
Granite  Monthly.  It  may  prop- 
erly be  noted  that  it  has  been 
adopted,  by  vote  of  the  Concord 
Board  of  Trade,  for  a  city  song,  and 
is  to  be  appropriately  set  to  music  by 
Prof.  Harry  P.  Day  of  New  York,  a 
noted  musician  of  that  city,  but  a 
former  Concord  boy — son  of  the  late 
Prof.  Warren  K.  Day. 

While  the  exercises  incident  to  the 
Legislative  Reunion  were  under  way 
in  the  State  House,  a  programme  of 
sports,  including  a  Marathon  race 
from  Penacook,  and  100  and  220 
yard  dashes  for  adults  and  school 
children,  was  worked  off. 

At  2.15  p.  m.,  on  the  grounds  of  the 
Walker  School,  at  the  North  End, 
Rumford  Chapter,  Daughters  of 
the  American  Revolution,  dedicated 
a  memorial  tablet,  placed  upon  a 
historic  boulder,  marking  the  site  of 

*The  Fatiha  is  the  opening  chapter  of  the  Koran 
and  the  Lord's  Prayer  of  the  Moslems. 


the  old  North  Meeting  House,  in 
which  the  State  Constitution  of 
1784  was  formed,  and  the  Consti- 
tution of  the  United  States  was  given 
effect  through  its  ratification  by  the 
New  Hampshire  legislature  in  June, 
1788.  The  programme  of  exercises 
was  as  follows: 

Bugle  Call. 

Welcome,  Mrs.  Benjamin  S.  Rolfe,  Regent 
Invocation,  Rev.  George  H.  Reed,  D.  D. 

Greetings  from   National  Officers  and  Vice 
State  Regent,  Mrs.  Will  B.  Howe 

Presentation  to  the  City, 

Mrs.  Benjamin  S.  Rolfe,  Regent 
Unveiling  of  Historic  Boulder, 

Miss  Mary  Thorndike  Hutching 
Music,  "  Auld  Lang  Syne," 

By  Nevers'  Second  Regiment  Band 
(Arthur  F.  Nevers,  Leader) 
Acceptance,  Mayor  Charles  J.  French 

Music,  "Hail  Columbia,"  By  the  Band 

Address,  Mrs.  James  Minot 

Music,  "America,"  Audience  and  Band 

Benediction,  Rev.  N.  F.  Carter 

Following  this  dedication,  two 
drinking  fountains,  provided  by  the 
Memorial  Committee,  as  permanent 
memorials  of  the  150th  Anniversary 
Celebration,  one  at  the  North  End 
and  the  other  at  the  South  End 
playground,  were  successively  dedi- 
cated, at  three  and  four  o'clock  re- 
spectively. The  programme  at  the 
first  dedication  was  as  follows: 

March,  "Stars  and  Stripes  Forever,"  Sousa 
(Nevers'  Second  Regiment  Band — Arthur  H. 

Nevers,  Conductor) 
Invocation,  Rev.  George  H.  Reed,  D.  D. 

National  Hymn,  "America," 

Children's  Chorus 
Presentation  of  Fountain, 

Mrs.  John.  C.  Thome, 

President  of  Concord  Woman's  Club 

Acceptance,  Mayor  Charles  J.  French 

March,  "The  American  Republic,"         Thiele 

(Nevers'  Second  Regiment  Band) 

At  the  South  End  grounds  the 
programme  was  the  same,  except 
that  the  invocation  was  by  Rev.  W. 
Stanley  Emery,  instead  of  Dr.  Reed. 


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The  closing  feature  of  the  Anni- 
versary Celebration  was  the  presen- 
tation, in  White's  Park,  of  an  elab- 
orate and  beautiful  Historical  Pageant 
depicting  scenes  in  early  Concord 
history,  by  the  pupils  of  the  Parker 


School  under  the  direction  of  the 
principal,  Miss  Luella  Dickerman, 
which  was  witnessed  by  thousands  of 
delighted  spectators,.  Superintendent 
L.  J.  Rundlett  serving  as  Chairman 
of  the  Pageant  Committee. 


-    ."  '.'-''-  . 





TABLET    DEDICATED  JUNE   8,  1915 
Inscription 
On  this  historical  site  was  built — 1751 

The  first  framed  meeting  house 

Where  the  New  Hampshire  Convention 

Ratified  the  Federal  Constitution 

Thereby  assuring  its  adoption 

*  June  21,  1788 


A  Memorial 

To  the  soldiers  of  this  town  who 

Took  part  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution 


Placed  by  Rumford  Chapter 

Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution 

1915 


A  TATTERED  ROSE 

By  Charles  H.   Chesley 

Who  cares  for  roses  when  they  bloom 
In  lane  and  bosk  and  bower? 

'Tis  then  we  seek  in  woodland  gloom 
Some  hiding,  rarer  flower. 

But  when  dead  asters  dumbly  keep 

The  vigil  of  the  snows, 
I  pause  my  walk  and  gently  weep 

Above  a  tattered  rose. 


COL.   TIMOTHY  BEDEL 

Dedication  of  a  Tablet  to  His  Memory  at  Haverhill,  May  29, 1915 


Among  the  patriotic  men  who  led 
the  soldiers  of  New  Hampshire  in 
the  great  struggle  for  national  inde- 
pendence, few  rendered  more  brilliant 
service  and  none  were  inspired  by  a 
stronger  devotion  than  Col.  Timothy 
Bedel  of  Haverhill,  to  whose  memory 
a  bronze  tablet,  appropriately  in- 
scribed, was  formally  dedicated  on 
May  29,  1915,  by  Hannah  Morrill 
Whitcher  Chapter,  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution,  over  his  grave, 
in  the  old  Ladd  Street  cemetery  in 
that  town.  The  tablet  is  attached  to 
a  granite  boulder,  placed  beside  the 
original  state  headstone  whose  in- 
scription is  now  almost  obliterated. 
A  cut  of  the  same  is  herewith  pre- 
sented. 

The  weather  was  propitious  on  the 
day  of  the  dedication,  and  there  was  a 
goodly  attendance,  among  the  spe- 
cially invited  guests  being  numerous 
descendants  of  Colonel  Bedel,  mem- 
bers of  Ox  Bow  Chapter,  D.  A.  R.  of 
Newbury,  Vt.;  Coosuck  Chapter, 
North  Haverhill,  and  Ellen  I.  San- 
ger Chapter,  Littleton;  Natt  West- 
gate  Post,  G.  A.  R.,  and  Woman's 
Relief  Corps  of  Haverhill.  The 
Haverhill  Band  was  in  attendance, 
and  the  exercises  of  the  day  were 
opened  by  music,  following  which 
Mrs.  Norman  J.  Page,  Regent  of 
Hannah  Morrill  Whitcher  Chapter 
spoke  as  follows: 

Members  of  the  Hannah  Morrill  Whitcher 
Chapter,  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion and  Guests: 

In  these  times  when  our  souls  are  sick  with 
every  day's  report  of  wrong  and  outrage,  we 
are  thankful  above  all  that  we  are  Americans, 
and  we  feel  increasingly  our  debt  of  gratitude 
to  the  men  who  achieved  American  Inde- 
pendence. We  believe  that  the  principles 
for  which  those  men  struggled  were  righteous 
principles,  that  the  war  which  they  waged 
was  a  righteous  war,  a  war  of  conscience. 
We  need  offer  no  apologies  for  that  war. 
What    those    men    accomplished    by    their 


courage,  their  sacrifice  and  their  devotion 
upon  the  battlefield,  they  could  have  accom- 
plished in  no  other  way. 

But  a  short  time  ago,  many  of  us  liked  to 
believe  that  while  undoubtedly  grave  eco- 
nomic and  industrial  problems  confronted 
our  young  men  and  women  today,  neverthe- 
less, they  would  be  spared  serious  military 
problems,  that  the  time  had  come  when 
highly  civilized  nations  could  settle  their 
disputes  without  recourse  to  arms.  Now  no 
man  feels  that  he  can  predict  with  any  degree 
of  certainty  what  the  morrow  may  bring 
forth,  and  it  is  just  because  of  this  uncer- 
tainty, just  because  our  nation  is  daily  face  to 
face  with  most  perplexing  problems,  that  it 
seems  peculiarly  opportune  that  we  should  be 
assembling  to  do  honor  to  a  man  who,  almost 
a  century  and  a  half  ago,  was  exhibiting  such 
gallantry  and  such  self-sacrifice  in  the  service 
of  his  country,  that  his  name  must  ever  be 
writ  large  among  New  Hampshire's  early 
patriots. 

The  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion believe  that  the  welfare  of  our  country, 
whether  in  peace  or  at  war,  would  be  assured, 
could  the  great  mass  of  her  citizens  be  im- 
bued with  the  spirit  that  characterized  the 
men  of  '76.  To  perpetuate  the  memory  of 
that  spirit,  the  national  Society  urges  marking 
of  historic  spots  and  erection  of  boulders. 
The  Hannah  Morrill  Whitcher  Chapter 
believe  that  Col.  Timothy  Bedel  possessed 
that  spirit  in  unusual  measure.  The  forty- 
seven  years  of  his  life  were  years  of  intense 
activity,  of  splendid  patriotic  service.  In 
honoring  him,  we  believe  we  are  honoring 
one  to  whom  honor  is  justly  due. 

In  behalf  of  the  Hannah  Morrill  Whitcher 
Chapter,  Daughters  of  the  American  Revo- 
lution, I  welcome  you  one  and  all  to  this 
dedication  and  trust  that  the  day  may  prove 
one  of  pleasure  and  inspiration  to  all. 

Prayer  was  then  offered  by  Rev. 
C.  E.  Eaton  of  North  Haverhill, 
after  which  the  tablet  was  gracefully 
unveiled  by  Miss  Barbara  Aldrich, 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  F. 
Aldrich  of  Brookline,  Mass.,  grand- 
daughter of  Judge  Edgar  Aldrich  of 


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the  U.  S.  District  Court,  a  charming 
girl  of  nine  years,  and  sixth  in  lineal 
descent  from  Colonel  Bedel. 

Followingthe  unveiling,  Miss  Luvia 
E.  Mann,  of  Woodsville,  effectively 
recited  Kipling's 

RECESSIONAL 

God  of  our  fathers,  known  of  old — 
Lord  of  our  far-flung  battle  line — 

Beneath  whose  awful  hand  we  hold 
Dominion  over  palm  and  pine — 

Lord  God  of  Hosts,  be  with  us  yet, 

Lest  we  forget — lest  we  forget! 


Mrs.  Page  then  introduced  the 
leading  speaker  of  the  day,  Judge 
Edgar  Aldrich,  a  great-great-grandson 
-of  Colonel  Bedel,  who  spoke  as  fol- 
lows: 

Address  of  Judge  Aldrich 

Those  who  dwell  in  the  old  town  of  Haver- 
hill, and  those  who  dwell  in  the  neighboring 
town  of  Bath,  a  town  of  equal  dignity,  may 
proudly  boast  of  a  sturdy  and  energetic 
ancestry. 


Memorial  to  Col.  Timothy  Bedel 


The  tumult  and  the  shouting  dies — 
The  Captains  and  the  Kings  depart — 

Still  stands  Thine  ancient  sacrifice, 
An  humble  and  a  contrite  heart. 

Lord  God  of  Hosts,  be  with  us  yet, 

Lest  we  forget — lest  we  forget! 

Far-called,  our  navies  melt  away — ■ 

On  dune  and  headland  sinks  the  fire — 

Lo,  all  our  pomp  of  yesterday 
Is  one  with  Nineveh  and  Tyre ! 

Judge  of  the  Nations,  spare  us  yet, 

Lest  we  forget — lest  we  forget! 

If,  drunk  with  sight  of  power,  we  loose 
Wild  tongues  that  have  not  Thee  in  awe 

Such  boasting  as  the  Gentiles  use, 
Or  lesser  breeds  without  the  law — 

Lord  God  of  Hosts,  be  with  us  yet, 

Lest  we  forget — lest  we  forget! 

For  heathen  heart  that  puts  her  trust 
In  reeking  tube  and  iron  shard — 

All  valiant  dust  that  builds  on  dust, 
And  guarding,  calls  not  Thee  to  guard — 

For  frantic  boast  and  foolish  word. 

Thy  Mercy  on  Thy  People,  Lord! 


The  old  town  of  Haverhill  is  not  new  to  me. 
From  1880  until  1891,  when  the  county  seat 
was  at  Haverhill  Corner,  I  regularly  attended 
the  sessions  of  the  court  there,  in  March  and 
September.  It  was  in  yonder  court  house, 
as  a  practising  lawyer,  that  I  argued  my  last 
cause  to  a  jury.  Then  confidence  in  things 
was  secure,  blood  was  warm  and  hopes  were 
high.  Those  were  days  of  energy  and  happy 
optimisms.  Then  my  eyes  were  towards  the 
East. 

Returning  to  these  familiar  grounds,  after 
the  passing  of  a  quarter  of  a  century,  and 
especially  on  an  occasion  like  this,  gives  me 
great  satisfaction. 

The  picturesque  and  wonderful  valley  of  the 


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Connecticut,  with  its  head  waters  far  to  the 
north,  and  rising  in  the  great  "Highlands 
which  divide  those  rivers  that  empty  them- 
selves into  the  River  St.  Lawrence,  from  those 
which  fall  into  the  Atlantic  Ocean,"  coursing 
southerly  in  its  long  stretch  to  Long  Island 
Sound,  in  its  meanderings  and  vast  extent, 
holds  in  its  rugged  embrace  no  town  with  a 
grander  setting  than  that  of  Haverhill. 
Here  she  rests  in  her  commanding  dignitjr, 
surrounded  by  noble  hills,  which  make  those 
who  look  upon  them  stronger,  and  more 
worshipful  of  the  works  of  the  Almighty,  and 
from  her  vantage  ground  of  sight  she  looks 
out  upon  the  valley  of  the  Connecticut,  as  it 
comes  down  from  the  north  and  courses  to  the 
south,  and  here  have  appropriately  rested 
since  1787,  the  ashes  of  Col.  Timothy  Bedel. 

Haverhill  was  the  chief  center  of  his  work, 
and  from  here  he  planned  and  organized 
many  of  his  military  expeditions. 

Timothy  Bedel,  in  his  energetic  hfe,  end- 
ing at  forty-seven,  was  conspicuous  in  fields 
of  civil  and  military  responsibilities.  As  a 
boy  of  fourteen,  he  was  enrolled  with  the 
rangers  and  scouting  companies,  helping  to 
whip  the  turbulent  Indians  into  subjection,  to 
the  end  that  the  frontier  settlers  should  be 
secure  from  the  violence  and  ravages  of 
savage  tribes. 

He  was  one  of  the  original  grantees  of 
Haverhill  and  Bath,  and  of  what  is  now  New- 
bury, Vt. 

When  the  great  crisis  came,  which  pre- 
cipitated revolt,  and  organized  revolution 
against  the  Crown,  according  to  notes  made 
by  his  grandson,  Gen.  John  Bedel,  of  Mexi- 
can and  Civil  War  fame,  Timothy  had  already 
been  active  in  the  wars  between  1754  and 
1763.  He  was  scouting  against  the  Indians 
under  Colonel  Blanchard  in  1754;  he  was 
with  General  Johnson  in  his  expedition  against 
Crown  Point  in  1755;  he  was  in  William 
Stark's  company  of  rangers  in  the  second 
expedition  against  Crown  Point  in  1756; 
he  was  with  Colonel  Meserve  as  lieutenant  at 
Halifax  in  1757;  he  was  under  General  Am- 
herst as  lieutenant  at  the  capture  of  Louis- 
burg  in  1758;  he  was  under  General  Wolfe  as 
lieutenant  at  the  taking  of  Quebec  in  1759; 
he  was  under  General  Amherst  as  lieutenant 
at  the  conquest  of  Isle  Aux  Noix,  St.  Johns, 
Chambly  and  Montreal  in  1760;  he  was  in  the 
king's    service    under    General    Amherst    as 


heutenant  on  the  western  frontiers  guarding 
conquests  in  1761;  he  went  to  Havana  with 
the  Royal  Provincials  as  lieutenant  and  was 
in  the  six  weeks'  siege  and  the  taking  of 
Havana  and  Moro  Castle;  he  was  appointed 
captain  in  October,  1762,  and  remained  in 
service  until  peace  was  declared  between 
Great  Britain  and  France. 

Of  the  activities  of  Timothy  Bedel,  civil 
and  military,  between  the  year  1763  and 
the  years  of  agitation  which  led  up  to  the 
Revolution,  I  shall  only  refer  to  his  service  as 
a  member  of  the  Provincial  Congress  held 
at  Exeter  in  1775  to  organize  an  independent 
government,  or  take  such  action  as  the  welfare 
of  the  colony  might  require.  In  this  assem- 
bly, Timothy  Bedel  was  active  and  influential. 

Under  an  irrepressible  uprising  of  spirit 
and  an  unalterable  determination,  on  the 
part  of  our  sturdy  and  courageous  forefathers 
to  insist  upon  their  just  rights,  the  question 
at  once  became  imminent,  whether  the 
colonies  should  remain  subject  to  arbitrary 
and  oppressive  rules  promulgated  by  a  dis- 
tant throne,  or  whether  they  should  become 
independent  states,  where  the  people  should 
have  a  voice  in  making  laws  vouchsafing 
hberty  and  security. 

Early  in  1775,  the  New  Hampshire  Pro- 
vincial Congress,  in  conformity  with  action 
in  sister  colonies,  resolved  to  protect  their 
"inestimable  privileges"  by  force,  voted  to 
raise  2,000  effective  men  for  that  purpose,  and 
Timothy  Bedel  was  made  Colonel  of  rangers 
organized  for  the  defense  of  the  United 
Colonies  hi  America. 

This  occasion  does  not  require  a  detailed 
account  of  the  important  service  rendered 
by  Timothy  Bedel  in  the  War  of  the  Revolu- 
tion, nor  does  it  require  particular  reference  to 
the  vicissitudes  of  the  long  war,  happily  end- 
ing in  a  triumph  of  arms,  wielded  by  the  colon- 
ies, against  all  the.  powers  of  Great  Britain. 

While  organizing  the  regiment  of  rangers, 
which  was  intended  to  operate  as  a  protection 
against  Indian  and  British  invasion  from 
Canada,  Colonel  Bedel  was  active  in  other 
capacities ;  he  was  chairman  of  a  committee  of 
the  Provincial  Congress  to  take  the  court 
records  from  the  custody  of  John  Fenton,  who 
was  supposed  to  be  in  sympathy  with  the 
Crown,  and  place  them  in  the  keeping  of  Col. 
John  Hurd ;  early  in  July,  he  and  Doctor  Whee- 
lock  were  intrusted,  by  the  Congress,  with  the 


MISS  BARBARA  ALDRICH 


Memorial   to   Col.    Timothy   Bedel 


499 


duty  and  responsibility  of  immediately  pro- 
ceeding to  the  Congress  of  the  Colony  of  the 
Massachusetts  Bay,  to  give  information  as  to 
the  "state  of  matters  in  Canada";  he  was 
charged  with  sending  scouts  up  the  Connec- 
ticut to  Northumberland,  or  Lancaster,  and  to 
erect  a  garrison,  and,  although  holding  a 
colonel's  commission,  he  took  command  of  a 
company  for  that  special  emergency;  he  was 
directed  by  the  Congress  to  use  his  "utmost 
endeavors  to  gain  and  keep  the  friendship 
of  the  Indians  by  small  donations";  he  was 
authorized  to  seize  persons  suspected  of  a 
design  to  cross  into  Canada  to  hurt  the  cause 
of  America. 

In  August,  1775,  under  a  resolve  of  the 
Provincial  Congress,  Col.  Timothy  Bedel  was 
ordered  to  march  with  all  the  rangers  in  the 
colony  under  his  command  in  support  of 
Major-General  Schuyler,  who  was  investing 
St.  Johns  in  Canada.  He  acted  with  energy, 
crossing  the  Connecticut  with  his  troops  at 
Bradford,  thence  crossing  what  is  now  Ver- 
mont, with  packs  of  flour  and  provisions  on 
the  backs  of  horses,  and  a  supply  of  live 
cattle  driven  through  the  woods  to  Lake 
Champlain,  for  there  were  no  roads;  thence 
by  the  lake  to  a  point  near  St.  Johns,  and 
thence  to  St.  Johns  taking  a  position  on  the 
north.  All  this  was  accomplished  in  eight 
days.  Major  Curtis,  with  a  volunteer  com- 
pany from  Hanover,  soon  joined  Colonel 
Bedel's  command;  detachments  of  Green 
Mountain  Boys,  and  bodies  of  men  consisting 
of  Canadians  and  Indians  were  from  time  to 
time  joined,  and  at  the  fall  of  St.  Johns, 
after  a  siege  of  fifty-one  days,  his  command 
numbered  something  like  1,200  men,  with  a 
battery  of  twelve  pounders,  one  mortar  and 
three  royals. 

Colonel  Bedel  performed  an  important 
service  in  the  campaign  for  the  reduction  of 
St.  Johns,  and  in  a  communication  to  the 
Committee  of  Safety,  Colonel  Morey  says: 
"  I  can  assure  you  from  all  I  can  learn  .  .  . 
that  Colonel  Bedel  behaved  exceedingly  well 
in  that  affair,  and  that  he  does  honor  to  the 
Colony  of  New  Hampshire."  Meshech  Weare 
in  a  letter  to  General  Washington  speaks  of 
Colonel  Bedel  as  "having  approved  himself 
well  at  the  siege  of  St.  Johns." 

Under  a  strong  appeal  from  General  Wash- 
ington, made  in  1776,  upon  New  Hampshire 
for  reinforcements  to  be  thrown  into  Canada 


by  the  route  named  in  General  Schuyler's 
letter,  the  New  Hampshire  government 
acted  promptly,  and  Meshech  Weare  on  the 
day  after  the  receipt  of  General  Washington's 
communication,  wrote  General  Washington, 
that  the  assembly  had  resolved  upon  raising 
a  regiment,  and  that  the  command  was  as- 
signed to  Col.  Timothy  Bedel. 

This  regiment  was  designed  for  service  at 
the  Cedars,  at  or  near  the  junction  of  the 
St.  Lawrence  and  Ottawa  Rivers.  The 
position  at  the  meeting  of  these  great  waters 
was  one  of  strategic  military  importance  as 
a  protection  to  Montreal.  General  Wash- 
ington, writing  to  Colonel  Bedel  from  Cam- 
bridge, urges  the  utmost  diligence  and  dis- 
patch possible,  and  in  a  communication  to 
General  Schuyler,  he  commends  the  influence 
and  spirit  of  Colonel  Bedel.  The  line  of 
march  taken  by  Colonel  Bedel,  with  this 
regiment,  was  by  the  way  of  the  Onion  River, 
Lake  Champlain,  St.  Johns,  the  Richelieu, 
the  Sorel  and  the  St.  Lawrence  River,  and 
the  expedition  was  speedily  carried  forward 
and  Colonel  Bedel's  force  was  brought  into 
position  at  the  Cedars  in  the  extreme  cold 
of  a  northern  winter. 

Having  dwelt  with  considerable  length 
with  "The  Affair  of  the  Cedars"  in  an  address 
delivered  before  the  New  Hampshire  His- 
torical Society,  in  which  is  pointed  out  the 
injustice  to  Colonel  Bedel,  through  the  arbi- 
trary conduct  of  Benedict  Arnold,  and  having 
there  shown  complete,  though  tardy  vindica- 
tion, there  is  no  occasion  for  reiteration  here. 

After  Colonel  Bedel's  return  from  Canada, 
he  was  in  communication  with  Generals  Gates 
and  Schuyler  in  respect  to  military  operations 
on  the  borders ;.  he  was  at  the  Battle  of  Sara- 
toga, and  fought  bravely  as  a  volunteer 
officer  in  the  army  of  General  Gates. 

He  was  again  called  into  service  in  Novem- 
ber, 1777,  as  Colonel  of  a  regiment  of  volun- 
teers in  the  army  of  the  United  States,  under 
a  commission  signed  by  Henry  Laurens, 
president  of  Congress,  and  countersigned  by 
General  Gates.  This  regiment  being  mus- 
tered, did  service  principally  in  the  Connecti- 
cut Valley,  with  orders  from  Lafayette  to 
keep  out  scouting  parties,  and  under  Colonel 
Bedel's  orders  an  expedition  was  sent  to  visit 
the  far-off  Penobscot  tribes  of  Indians. 

I  need  not  dwell  longer  upon  Colonel 
Bedel's  military  activities. 


JUDGE  EDGAR  ALDRICH 


Memorial  to   Col.    Timothy  Bedel 


501 


According  to  the  late  Honorable  Albert  S. 
Batchellor,  state  historian,  Colonel  Bedel 
raised  more  troops  for  service  in  the  War  for 
Independence  than  any  other  New  Hampshire 
man,  and,  in  addition  to  his  military  service, 
he  contributed  largely  from  his  private  prop- 
erty and  means. 

According  to  tradition,  Timothy  Bedel 
was  tall,  spare  and  of  light  complexion.  His 
son,  Moody,*  who  as  a  boy  of  eleven  or 
twelve  was  with  him  in  his  second  Canadian 
expedition,  or  at  Saratoga,  as  servant  or 
orderly,  was  afterwards  in  command  of  the 
Eleventh  Regiment  of  the  United  States 
Infantry  in  the  War  of  1812,  which  was 
called  "the  bloody  eleventh,"  and  with  it  in 
the  memorable  sortie  at  the  Battle  of  Fort 
Erie,  he  led  General  Miller's  column  to  "the 
cannon's  mouth."  Moody  afterwards  held 
the  rank  of  a  General. 

For  nearly  thirty  years  Timothy  Bedel 
was  active  in  the  military  and  civil  affairs 
of  northern  New  Hampshire.  During  most 
of  the  time  in  that  locality,  he  had  an  almost 
controlling  influence  in  matters,  both  civil 
and  military.  At  the  close  of  the  Revolu- 
tionary War,  he  was  a  member  of  the  New 
Hampshire  House  of  Representatives  from 
the   classed   towns   of   Haverhill,    Piermont, 


Warren  and  Coventry.  He  occupied  other 
important  positions.  "It  must  be  said," 
of  Colonel  Bedel  that,  "he  was  a  man  of 
large  natural  endowments  and  great  force  of 
character;  that  he  was  a  man  of  never  ceasing 
energy,  of  indomitable  will,  and  a  man  of 
courage.  He  performed  loyal  and  important 
service  in  the  War  for  the  Independence  of  the 
colonies,  and  history  should  accord  him  just 
and  honorable  recognition  and  praise." 

Col.  Timothy  Bedel  lived  in  a  period  of 
hardships  and  of  achievements.  The  oppor- 
tunity does  not  fall  to  every  generation  to 
help  in  making  a  nation.  He  accomplished 
much  in  his  short  life  of  forty-seven  years. 
He  died  in  February,  1787. 

We  stand  today  in  the  locahty  of  his 
struggles,  his  leadership  and  power,  and, 
under  blue  skies,  we  look  out  upon  the  rich- 
ness of  green  fields,  and  upon  forests  giving 
forth  the  fresh  verdure  of  springtime,  in 
comforting  contrast  to  the  winter  scenes 
under  which  he  massed  his  troops  for  his 
expedition  to  the  Cedars. 

Coming  here  under  the  weight  of  advancing 
years,  with  physical  strength  a  little  waning, 
with  eyes  turning  towards  the  hills  "gilded 
by  the  Western  sun,"  the  sweet  charm  of  a 
light    from    the    East    comes    into    my    life, 


*Moody  Bedel,  mentioned  by  Judge  Aldrich  in  his  address,  was  the  third  of  the  four  cnildren  of  Timothy  and 
Elizabeth  Bedel,  born  in  Salem,  May  12,  1764,  just  before  his  father  moved  his  family  to  Haverhill.  At  the  age  of 
twelve  he  was  with  his  father  as  waiter  in  his  expedition  into  Canada,  and  was  an  enlisted  soldier  in  his  father's 
regiment,  in  Capt.  Ezekiel  Ladd's  company,  from  April  1,  1778,  to  May  1,  1779,  acting  as  Issuing  Commissary  dur- 
ing the  latter  part  of  this  service.  On  attaining  his  majority  he  became  active  in  the  New  Hampshire  militia,  was 
appointed  second  lieutenant  of  the  first  company  of  the  Thirteenth  Regiment  May  16,  1785,  and  served  through 
the  various  grades,  becoming  Brigadier-General  of  the  Sixth  Brigade  June  25,  1806,  holding  this  command  until 
April  9,  1812,  when  he  was  appointed  Lieutenant-Colonel  United  States  Army,  and  Commissioned  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  of  the  Eleventh  Regiment,  United  States  Infantry,  ranking  from  July  6,  1812.  Because  of  his  recognized 
executive  ability,  he  was  kept  upon  detached  duty  until  his  regiment,  known  as  the  "Bloody  Eleventh,"  was  left 
without  a  field  officer,  and  he  joined  it  September  2,  1814,  when  General  Brown  assumed  command  at  Fort  Erie. 
At  the  memorable  sortie  of  September  17,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Bedel,  with  the  Eleventh,  at  his  personal  solicitation, 
was  given  the  honor  of  leading  General  Miller's  column,  and  so  distinguished  himself  as  to  secure  special  mention 
from  his  superior  officers.  He  was  promoted  to  the  colonelcy  of  the  Eleventh,  and  continued  in  command 
until  the  reduction  of  the  army  after  the  war,  when  he  resigned  to  give  his  attention  to  his  affairs  which  had  become 
embarrassed,  and  as  events  proved,  hopelessly  so.  He  had  been  a  large  landed  proprietor,  owning  at  one  time  more 
than  half  the  township  of  Bath,  large  holdings  in  Burlington,  Vt.,  and  Plattsburg,  N.  Y.,  in  Haverhill,  and  was  one 
of  the  purchasers  of,  and  settlers  in,  the  Indian  Stream  Territory,  so  called,  the  title  being  obtained  from  the  St. 
Francis  tribe  of  Indians.  At  his  death  in  Bath,  January  13,  1841,  he  had  become  reduced  to  poverty,  all  through  no 
fault  of  his  own,  and  in  his  later  years  suffered  many  hardships  and  deprivations. 

He  was  twice  married;  first  to  Ruth  Hutchins  August  27,  1783,  and  second  to  Mary  Hunt  March  1,  1808.  There 
were  nine  children  by  each  marriage. 

One  of  the  youngest  by  the  second  marriage  was  destined  to  honor  the  soldier  traditions  of  the  family,  true  grand- 
son of  Timothy,  genuine  son  of  Moody.  John  Bedel,  son  of  Moody  and  Mary  Holt  Bedel,  was  born  in  the  Indian 
Stream  Territory,  now  Pittsburg,  July  8,  1822.  He  was  educated  at  Newbury  Seminary,  and  read  law  with  Hon. 
Harry  Hibbard  of  Bath.  He  enlisted  March  25,  1847,  in  Company  H,  Ninth  United  States  Infantry,  promoted 
first  Sergeant  July  10,  second  Lieutenant  December  30,  and  discharged  August,  1848;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1850,  became  clerk  in  the  Treasury  Department  at  Washington  in  1853,  until  1861,  when  he  was  appointed  Major 
of  the  Third  New  Hampshire  Volunteers,  Lieutenant-Colonel  June  27,  1862,  and  Colonel  April,  1864.  His  service 
was  one  of  distinction;  was  taken  prisoner  in  the  assault  on  Fort  Wagner  July  18,  1863,  was  immured  for  months  in 
a  rebel  prison,  and  returned  to  civil  life;  Brigadier-General  by  brevet  for  gallant  and  meritorious  conduct  on  the 
battlefield.  He  represented  Bath,  where  he  made  his  home  after  the  war,  in  the  legislature,  and  was  twice  the 
candidate  of  the  Democratic  party  for  governor.     He  died  in  Bath  February  26,  1875. 

The  Bedel  family  furnishes  a  remarkable  military  record,  one  that  probably  cannot  be  duplicated  in  the  history 
of  New  Hampshire.     For  three  generations  it  was  honorably  represented  in  two  wars. 

Timothy  Bedel,  Captain  in  French  and  Indian  War;  Colonel  in  War  of  the  Revolution. 

Moody  Bedel,  son  of  Timothy,  private  in  Revolutionary  War;  Colonel  in  War  of  1812. 

John  Bedel,  son  of  Moody,  lieutenant  in  war  with  Mexico;  Major,  Lieutenant-Colonel,  Colonel  and  Brevet 
Brigadier-General  in  War  for  the  Union. 


HON.   WILLIAM   F.   WHITCHER 


Memoriol   to   Col.    Timothy   Bedel 


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through  the  presence  of  my  little  granddaugh- 
ter of  the  sixth  generation  from  Col.  Timothy 
Bedel,  who  is  here  to  unveil  the  tablet,  and 
expose  to  the  eye  of  the  world,  the  just  and 
noble  tribute,  erected  by  the  Hannah  Morrill 
Whitcher  Chapter  of  the  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution,  in  memory,  and  in 
honor,  of  one  who  gave  so  much  of  his  energy 
and  means  to  the  end  that  the  government, 
under  which  we  live  in  security,  should  be 
brought  into  existence. 


Following  Judge  Aldrich,  Hon.  Wil- 
liam F.  Whitcher,  of  Woodsville  was 
introduced  and  said: 

Address  of  Mr.  Whitcher 

"And  who  was  Timothy  Bedel  anyway?" 
This  question  was  asked  me  recently  by  one 
of  our  most  intelligent  Haverhill  citizens. 
I  confess  that  I  returned  his  question  with  a 
look  of  surprise,  and  then  I  remembered  that 
busied  as  he  was  with  the  affairs  of  a  busy 
life,  he  had  not  made  a  study  of  the  early 
records — all  too  scanty  and  fragmentary — 
of  the  early  history  of  the  town  of  Haverhill 
and  the  Coos  Country,  that  he  was  not  famil- 
iar with  the  story  of  the  settlement  of  the 
town  and  of  the  part  borne  by  it,  and  the 
section  of  which  it  was  the  centre,  during  the 
War  of  the  Revolution,  and  that  all  that  was 
mortal  of  Timothy  Bedel  has  been  lying  for 
138  years  in  a  somewhat  neglected  grave  in 
this  oldest  of  Haverhill's  graveyards,  and  his 
question  was  not  so  surprising  after  all. 

And  who  was  Timothy  Bedel?  Of  his 
ancestry  we  know  little.  He  was  born  in 
Salem,  Mass.,  or  Salem,  N.  H.,  about  1740 — 
perhaps  two  or  three  years  earlier,  certainly 
not  later — the  son  of  Timothy  Bedel.  And 
here,  so  far  as  we  have  been  able  to  ascertain, 
the  story  of  his  ancestry  ends.  His  parents 
had  little  time  for  keeping  and  preserving 
family  records,  and,  it  may  be,  little  interest 
in  genealogy.  His  educational  advantages 
were  limited,  so  far  as  school  privileges  were 
concerned,  but  there  are  other  schools  than 
those  contained  within  the  four  walls  of 
schoolhouses,  academies  and  colleges,  and 
of  these  other  advantages  he  made  the  most. 
He  was  a  born  soldier,  and  his  education 
was  gained  on  battlefield,  on  long  and  weari- 
some marches  and  in  camp.  His  military 
career  was  a  distinguished  one,  and  we  are  to 


be  congratulated  upon  the  presence  with  us 
to  day  of  his  great-great-grandson,  Judge 
Edgar  Aldrich  of  the  United  States  Court, 
who  has  given  us  his  admirable  sketch  of  that 
career,  and  upon  the  fact  that  this  memorial 
tablet  has  been  most  appropriately  unveiled 
by  Miss  Barbara,  his  granddaughter,  and 
sixth  in  lineal  descent  from  Col.  Timothy. 

In  the  few  minutes  allotted  me,  I  will  at- 
tempt to  answer  in  part  the  question,  who  was 
Timothy  Bedel,  by  speaking  briefly  of  him  as 
pioneer  and  leader  in  civic  affairs. 

It  was  in  the  late  summer  or  early  autumn 
of  1760,  that  Timothy  Bedel  at  the  age  of 
twenty,  a  war-worn  veteran  of  seven  cam- 
paigns in  a  seven  years'  war,  in  four  of  which 
campaigns  he  had  held  a  commission,  was 
returning  home  in  company  with  brother 
officers,  Lt.  Col.  Jacob  Bayley,  Capt.  John 
Hazen  and  Lieut.  Jacob  Kent,  from  the  fall 
of  Montreal,  which  had  ended  the  Conquest 
of  Canada,  and  the  fateful  so-called  French 
and  Indian  War.  They  came  upon  the  Coos 
Meadows,  the  Great  and  Little  Ox-bow,  of 
which  they  had  doubtless  previously  heard, 
but  upon  which  they  came  as  discoverers. 
They  remained  for  two  or  three  days  viewing 
them  and  the  magnificent  pine  forests  sur- 
rounding them;  the  idea  of  ownership  and 
settlement  possessed  these  returning  soldiers, 
and  the  townships  of  Haverhill  and  Newbury 
were  then  and  there  born.  Gov.  Benning 
Wentworth  was  not  unmindful  of  his  obliga- 
tions to  these  officers  for  services  rendered, 
and  charters  for  these  two  townships  were 
promised  them,  Hazen,  Bedel  and  their 
friends,  to  have  the  township  on  the  east 
side  the  river,  Bayley  and  Kent  on  the  west 
side.  There  was  delay  in  securing  the 
promised  charter,  but  relying  on  the  promise 
of  Governor  Wentworth,  Bayley  and  Hazen 
began  the  work  of  settlement  in  1761  and 
pushed  it  vigorously  in  1762.  It  is  doubtful 
if  Bedel  participated  in  this  ante-charter 
settlement.  Indeed,  we  know  that  in  1761 
he  was  with  Gen.  Jeffrey  Amherst  on  the 
western  frontiers  conserving  the  conquest 
won  from  Canada,  and  that  in  1762  he  was 
with  the  Royal  Provincials  in  the  successful 
siege  of  Havana  and  Moro  Castle.  In 
October  of  that  year  he  was  commissioned 
Captain  under  General  Amherst  and  con- 
tinued in  the  service  until  after  peace  was  de- 
clared in  1763. 


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He  was  named  a  grantee  by  Governor 
Wentworth  when  the  charters  of  Haverhill 
and  Newbury  were  granted  in  1763,  and  he 
was  early  on  the  ground  beginning  his  work 
of  pioneer.  He  was  also  a  grantee  of  the 
town  of  Bath.  From  the  first  he  was  active 
and  prominent  in  the  affairs  of  both  pro- 
prietary and  town.  In  1763  he  was  chosen 
by  the  proprietors  assessor  of  taxes  on  shares 
for  expense  of  surveying  the  town.  In  1764 
he  was  made  a  committee  to  act  with  a  like 
committee  of  the  Newbury  proprietors  to 
secure  preaching  for  the  following  six  months. 
In  the  drawing  of  lots  in  April,  1764,  he 
secured  his  meadow  land  on  Bailey's  meadow 
on  the  north  side  of  Hosmer's  (Oliverian) 
Brook,  and  his  house  lot,  No.  48,  not  far 
from  the  present  bridge  across  the  Oliverian. 
It  was  only  natural  that  the  proprietors 
should  have  given  him  the  water  privilege  for 
a  gristmill  at  the  lower  falls  of  the  Oliverian, 
and  it  was  no  small  undertaking  at  that  time 
to  build  and  successfully  run  Haverhill's 
first  gristmill.  At  the  first  town  meeting  in 
Haverhill,  a  special  meeting,  held  in  January, 
1765,  he  was  made  chairman  of  the  committee 
to  wait  upon  Mr.  Peter  Powers  and  arrange 
for  his  settlement  as  a  gospel  minister  in 
Haverhill  and  Newbury.  In  1766  his  name 
appears  first  of  the  selectmen  chosen  that 
year,  his  colleagues  being  Jonathan  Elkins 
and  Jonathan  Sanders,  and  in  those  days 
selectmen  were  selected  on  the  score  of  effi- 
ciency and  ability.  In  1768  he  was  again 
elected  to  the  same  office  which  he  held  at 
different  times  in  later  years,  and  in  that 
year  he  was  also  moderator  and  town  clerk. 

Sometime  later  than  1770  he  removed  to 
Bath,  of  which  township  he  was  one  of  the 
proprietors,  and  made  his  home  there  for 
five  or  six  years,  however,  never  losing  his 
interest  in  Haverhill.  Just  why  this  change 
of  residence  I  have  not  been  able  to  ascer- 
tain definitely,  but  larger  opportunities  for 
pioneer  usefulness  may  have  opened  in  the 
newer  town  than  in  Haverhill,  where  men 
like  Col.  John  Hurd  and  Asa  Porter,  Charles 
Johnston  and  Ezekiel  Ladd  had  come  about 
1769,  men  of  maturer  years,  who  had  enjoyed 
the  advantages  of  liberal  education  and  had 
begun  their  domination  of  affairs  and,  where, 
owing  to  his  absence  in  the  army  at  the  time 
of  the  beginning  of  settlement  and  the  grant- 
ing of  the  charter,  his  former  captain,  John 


Hazen,  being  human,  quite  naturally  looked 
after  the  interests  of  John  Hazen  first.  Be 
that  as  it  may,  he  became  at  once  a  leader 
in  the  affairs  of  the  newer  town.  He  held 
the  various  town  offices  and  in  1775  was  a 
member  of  the  Provincial  Congress  at  Exeter 
which  organized  the  Provisional  Government 
for  the  State  of  New  Hampshire.  In  this 
Congress  he  took  a  prominent  part,  and  was 
commissioned  by  its  authority  to  his  first 
command  in  the  Patriot  cause. 

Timothy  Bedel  had  nothing  of  the  aris- 
tocrat in  'his  make  up.  He  was  a  democrat, 
a  man  of  the  people.  He  believed  in  a  govern- 
ment for  the  people,  by  the  people.  There 
was  no  question  of  the  patriotism  of  the  new 
government,  but  it  was  that  of  a  patriotic 
oligarchy  rather  than  that  of  a  patriotic 
democracy,  and  he  instinctively  rebelled. 
The  new  towns  on  the  Connecticut  River 
and  in  the  Coos  County  were  given  little 
part  in  the  new  government,  and  the  griev- 
ances of  which  they  complained  were  not 
imaginary,  but  real.  While  abating  nothing 
of  his  zeal  and  activity  in  the  patriotic  cause 
and  against  the  common  enemy,  Timothy 
Bedel  was  one  of  the  foremost,  in  fact,  the 
real  leader  in  Coos  in  seeking  redress  for 
these  grievances  by  means  of  a  union  with 
Vermont,  and  later  in  the  organization  of  a 
new  state  on  both  sides  the  river  in  the  Con- 
necticut Valley.  The  Coos  towns  refused 
to  take  part  in  the  New  Hampshire  govern- 
ment, rebelled  against  its  authority,  with 
Timothy  Bedel  as  leader,  until  they  came 
to  their  Appomattox  in  1782. 

This  is  not  the  time  nor  place  for  a  dis- 
cussion or  review  of  what  is  known  as  the 
Vermont  Controversy,  but  by  his  zeal  and 
activity  in  the  cause  of  the  Vermont  Union, 
and  the  organization  of  the  new  Connecticut 
Valley  state,  as  representative  from  Bath 
and  Haverhill,  in  conventions  and  legislatures 
at  Dresden,  Windsor  and  Cornish,  he  in- 
curred the  enmity  of  the  Vermont  party 
opposed  to  such  Union,  led  by  Governor 
Chittenden  and  Ethan  and  Ira  Allen,  and  of 
the  new  New  Hampshire  government  under 
such  leaders  as  Meshech  Weare  and  John 
Stark,  and  in  this  may  be  found  largely  the 
secret  of  the  baseless  animadversions  on  his 
distinguished  service  as  a  soldier  in  the  War 
of  the  Revolution. 

He  was,  indeed,  a  rebel  against  the  Exeter 


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oligarchy;  but  when  his  cause  became  "a 
lost  cause,"  he  was  never  an  unreconstructed 
rebel.  When  the  Coos  towns  returned  to 
their  allegiance  to  New  Hampshire  in  1783, 
after  refusing  representation  in  the  New 
Hampshire  legislature  for  a  period  of  six 
years,  Judge  James  Woodward  was  Haverhill's 
first  representative,  and  in  1784,  Timothy 
Bedel  was  the  second.  Other  honors  were 
clearly  in  store  for  him,  for  he  was  still  a 
young  man,  but  death  came  early  in  1787. 

Who  was  Timothy  Bedel?  Soldier,  Pio- 
neer, Patriot,  a  man  of  the  People,  self-sacrific- 
ing servant  of  the  People,  a  man  of  far- 
sighted  vision,  of  unyielding  purpose,  of 
heroic  achievements.  It  is  only  a  simple 
honor,  which  Hannah  Morrill  Whitcher 
Chapter,  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion, pays  his  memory  today,  but  these 
women  honor  themselves  in  their  tribute. 
There  are  great  problems  facing  us  which 
must  be  met  and  solved.     Patriotism  is  as 


much  needed  for  securing  the  perpetuity,  of 
our  institutions  as  it  was  needed  for  bringing 
them  into  existence.  There  is  a  lesson  for 
us  to  learn  at  the  grave  of  Timothy  Bedel. 

There  are  other  graves  in  this  old  grave- 
yard— too  long  neglected  graves,  which  re- 
mind us  of  eminent,  self-sacrificing  devoted 
patriotic  service  to  town,  state  and  country. 
May  I  mention  two;  that  of  Col.  Charles 
Johnston,  hero  of  Bennington,  Councilor, 
Judge;  and  that  of  John  Page,  lieu  tenant  in 
the  War  of  1812,  Governor,  United  States 
Senator.  There  should  be  other  like  fitting 
memorials,  ' '  Lest  we  forget !    Lest  we  forget !" 


The  exercises  at  the  cemetery 
closed  with  the  singing  of  "  America," 
after  which  lunch  was  served  to  mem- 
bers of  the  Chapter  and  invited 
guests,  in  the  Ladd  Street  school- 
house,  standing  on  the  site  of  Haver- 
hill's first  church. 


THOUGHTS  AT  EVENING 

By  L.  H.  J.   Frost 

The  day  is  waning  fast, 
The  noontide  hour  is  past; 
While  draperies  of  gold 
Along  the  west  unfold, 
And  show  the  sunset  gates 
Behind  which  evening  waits 
Till  shadows  dark  and  deep 
Hush  the  tired  world  to  sleep. 

And  now  a  single  star 
Shines  in  the  heavens  afar; 
And  with  its  beacon  light 
Illumes  the  dark'ing  night. 
The  insects'  ceaseless  hum 
Tells  us  that  day  is  done. 
While  with  notes  loud  and  shrill 
Sings  the  wild  whippoorwill. 

As  oft  in  days  of  old, 
The  sheep  sleep  in  the  fold; 
And  little  children  bright, 
Are  cradled  for  the  night. 
The  sounds  of  labor  cease, 
While  soft  winds  whisper, — peace. 
So  may  sweet  peace  and  rest 
Dwell  in  each  human  breast. 


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ODE  ON  THE  ETERNAL 

By  H.   Tho?npson  Rich 

What  can  it  mean,  this  grim  refrain 
Of  stars  and  space  and  stars  again? 

Oh,  can  there  be  a  One 
So  great  beyond  all  earthly  sense  of  great 
That  myriad  worlds  are  governed  by  His  fate, 

By  His  wide  hand  begun, 
And  made  to  spin  a  while  about — 
And  made  to  flicker  and  go  out? 

Beside  these  things  I  am  so  small, 
Surely  I  cannot  count  at  all 

In  His  great  starry  schemes. 
He  has  so  many  marvelous  things  to  do 
He  has  no  time  to  stop  and  listen  to 

My  mighty  little  dreams. 
He  cannot  even  see  my  face 
Among  His  infinite  populace! 

But  no!     The  immortal  God  doth  dwell 
Neither  in  heaven  nor  in  hell, 

Yet  is  he  All  in  All: 
Eternal  Force,  unseen,  unshaped,  but  felt 
By  every  star  that  reels  around  its  belt. 

Far  planets  rise  and  fall, 
Governed  within  them  cosmically, — 
And  He  is  they  and  they  are  He! 


EBB-TIDE 

By  Georgiana  A.   Prescott 

I  stood  one  day  by  the  great  open  sea 
Gazing  upon  the  mighty  mystery. 
All  along  the  shore  I  saw  evidence 
Of  battles  fought  with  warring  elements. 
The  tide  was  receding,  the  sea  was  calm 
As  a  sleepy  child  on  its  mother's  arm. 
Would  that  humanity  were  all  at  peace 
And  war  with  its  horrors  forever  cease. 

***** 

Here  on  time's  shore  I  stand  and  onward  gaze. 

Sunlit  sails  and  shadowed  ones  of  past  days 

Along  the  horizon  line  I  behold. 

Lower  and  lower,  as  the  year  grows  old 

The  tide  recedes.     'Tis  now  almost  low-tide. 

I  watch,  and  wait,  and  listen,  wonder-eyed 

For  I  seem  to  hear  sad  notes  of  a  bell 

And  waves  moan  and  murmur  "Old  Year,  farewell!" 


THE  PILGRIM'S  THANKSGIVING  DAY 

By  Gilbert  Patten  Brown 

Among  the  pictures  of  our  Pilgrim  landed  in  Cape  Cod  Harbor,  Novem- 

fathers  none  is  held  in  so  high  esteem  ber  21,  1620. 

as  the  one  by  Broughton — "Going  to  In   England,    these    plain,    honest, 

Church."     The  Pilgrims  were  liberal,  God-fearing    people    Avere    all    called 

far-seeing,  and  revered  God,   with  a  Puritans.     The    few    who    wandered 

sense  of   honor   and   tenderness   like  about    and  finally  sailed  into  Plym- 

unto  the  Huguenots  of  France  during  outh  Bay  were  given  the  additional 

their  times  of  trouble.  name  of  Pilgrims. 

The  times  in  which  the  Plymouth  They  had  planned  to  land  much 

fathers  lived  should  have  more  than  farther  south,  but  it  was  in  the  dead 

a    passing   notice    by   the    twentieth  of  winter,  their  little  vessel  was  at 

century  student  of  Anglo-Saxon  his-  the  mercy  of  wind  and  tide,  and  when 

tory.     To  be  able  to  worship  God  as  they    drifted    helplessly    toward    the 

they  pleased  was  the  culmination  of  Plymouth  coast,  they  accepted  this 

the  heroic  sacrifices,  brave  deeds,  and  destination  as  being  foreordained  by 

conscientious  struggles  of  the  Pilgrims.  Divine  Providence. 

These   people   brought   in  little   but  Among  these  sturdy  pioneers  were 

have  left  us  much.  William  Brewster,  their  pastor,  Wil- 

The  origin  of  the  Pilgrims  is  most  liam  Bradford,  later  the  historian  and 
unusual.  There  were  in  England  a  governor  of  the  colony;  Myles  Stand- 
class  of  people  called  Puritans,  who  ish,  John  Alden  and  Priscilla  Mullins, 
did  not  believe  in  the  English  Church,  about  whom  the  great  New  England 
to  which,  in  that  time,  all  Englishmen  poet,  Henry  W.  Longfellow,  has  told 
were  compelled  to  belong.  Queen  such  a  pretty  story.  Longfellow  was 
Elizabeth  and,  later,  King  James  proud,  as  are  many  of  us,  of  his  Pil- 
strongly  opposed  the  Puritans.  They  grim  blood — that  in  his  veins  flowed 
ridiculed,  persecuted,  fined  and  im-  blood  of  John  and  Priscilla  Alden. 
prisoned  them.  There  were  two  other  passengers 

At  last  a  little  band  of  them,  unable  about  whom  was  centered  much  inter- 
to  bear  the  persecutions  longer,  crossed  est  at  this  time — Little  Oceanus  Hop- 
the  North  Sea  to  Holland.  Here  they  kins,  born  in  midocean,  and  Peregrine 
could  worship  as  they  chose,  and,  White,  born  while  the  vessel  was  drift- 
because  of  this,  they  were  very  happy,  ing  along  the  New  England  coast. 
But  Holland  was  not  a  prosperous  It  is  said  that  on  the  very  first  Mon- 
country;  only  by  the  severest  toil  day  after  the  vessel  was  anchored, 
were  the  Pilgrims  able  to  make  a  liv-  these  thrifty  Pilgrim  mothers  gathered 
ing.  Then,  too,  their  children  were  together  the  soiled  clothing  of  the 
acquiring  Dutch  customs,  and  were  entire  company,  and  then  and  there 
marrying  into  Dutch  families.  They  inaugurated  America's  universal  wash- 
were  even  enlisting  in  the  Dutch  army  day. 

and  navy.     Their  high  ethical  value  While  they  were  yet  in  the  harbor, 

was  felt  among  both  officers  and  men.  the  Pilgrims  gathered  in  the  cabin  of 

Determined  to  find  a  country  where  the  Mayflower  and  drew  up  and  signed 

they  could  retain  their  English  cus-  a  compact,  or  agreement.     By  that 

toms  and  yet  establish  their  religion  agreement,  they  declared  themselves 

as  the  predominant  one,  a  number  of  "loyal  subjects"  of  the  king,  and,  at 

them  returned  to  England  and  secured  the  same  time,   they  affirmed   their 

permission  and  funds  to  found  a  col-  purpose  of  making  all  necessary  laws 

ony  in  the  New  World.     Of  this  num-  for  the  "general  good  of  the  colony." 

ber,  one  hundred  and  two  men  and  John   Carver   was   elected  their  first 

women,   sailing    on    the    Mayflower,  governor.     Thus   began   a   common- 


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wealth,  founded  by  men  and  women  The  Indians  around  Plymouth  had 

who  feared  God  and  respected  them-  not   at  that  time  been  particularly 

selves.  hostile  to  our  forefathers,  yet  a  pre- 

The    men    immediately   began    to  cautionary  measure  was  for  the  men 

clear  the  land,   build   cabins,   store-  to  carry  muskets  to  church,  ready  for 

houses,    and   a   meeting-house.     The  any  unexpected  attack  by  the  natives, 

first  winter  was  a  very  severe  test.  When  service  was  over,   all  walked 

The  prolonged  ship  life,   the  priva-  solemnly  home  again, 

tions  in  the  new  country,  the  change  Slowly  the  colony  grew  and  pros- 

of  climate  and  lack  of  nourishing  food  pered.     They    said,     "Let    us    give 

caused  many  to  become  sick  and  die.  thanks  unto  God  for  his  goodness." 

At  one  time  there  were  only  two  well  So,  late  in  the  fall,  after  the  first  crops 

people  to  care  for  the  sick,  and  more  were  harvested,  they  set   aside  one 

than  half  the  little  company  died.  week  for  rest  and  thanksgiving. 

Fortunately,     the     Indians     were  Deer,   wild  turkey,   and   pumpkin 

friendly.     They   taught   these    early  pies   formed   a   part   of   their  feast, 

settlers  how  to  hunt  and  where  to  Ninety  Indians  accepted  their  invita- 

fish,  and  showed  them  how  to  fertilize  tion  and  stayed  with  them  three  days, 

the  poor  soil  by  placing  a  fish  in  each  Each  day  of  that  thanksgiving  period 

corn-hill.  was  opened  with  a  religious  service, 

The  laws  concerning  the  keeping  of  then  followed  games  and  military 
the  New  England  Sabbath  were  very ,  tactics.  Gradually  the  custom  grew, 
severe.  No  kind  of  work  was  permit-  Now,  the  president  of  the  United 
ted,  there  was  no  visiting  nor  gayety  States  and  the  governor  of  each  state 
of  any  kind.  Public  worship  was  issues  every  year  a  proclamation  re- 
held  in  the  meeting-house.  Very  questing  the  people  to  set  apart  one 
slowly  and  solemnly  the  families  day  and  assemble  in  the  house  of  God 
walked  to  church.  On  entering,  the  for  the  purpose  of  giving  thanks  for  all 
men  and  women  sat  apart,  the  chil-  blessings  received, 
dren — under  the  care  of  the  sexton —  It  is  not  what  the  Pilgrim  fathers 
by  themselves.  Woe  unto  the  child  actually  accomplished  that  made 
that  smiled  or  pulled  another's  hair!  them  great,  it  was  the  spirit  in  which 
The  place  was  unheated,  even  in  the  they  worked.  There  is  one  thing  in 
coldest  weather.  Somehow,  these  this  world  that  is  better  than  success 
zealous  pioneers  believed  themselves  — that  is,  to  deserve  success, 
better  Christians  when  they  endured  Thus  do  we  owe  our  Thanksgiving 
discomforts  uncomplainingly.  Day  to  the  men  of  Plymouth. 


THE  CHRISTMAS  KISS 

By  Mary  A.  Dwyre 

The  house  was  decked  with  Christmas  greens, 

Holly  and  mistletoe, 
As  Grandma  came  down  the  polished  stairs, 

Into  the  hall  below. 
It  was  fifty  years  since  she  came  as  a  bride, 

To  the  mansion  on  the  hill; 
Fifty  years  had  gone  by  since  that  Christmas  day, 

And  Grandpa  was  with  her  still; 
And  as  she  passed  under  the  chandelier, 

Her  lips  met  another's,  and  so, 
As  she  had  been  kissed  fifty  years  before, 

She  now  kissed,  'neath  the  mistletoe. 
Canaan,  N.  H. 


THE  TAXI  WITH  THE  BLUE  DOOR. 

By  Edward  J.  Parshley 

It  was  just  an  ordinary  taxicab,  The  meal  which  the  lady  of  the 

modestly  painted  black,  and  it  would  taxi  ordered  was  a  substantial  one 

have  attracted  no  particular  attention  but  very  far  from  the  most  expensive 

but  for  the  door.     That  was  painted  that  could  have  been  selected  from 

the  most  vivid  blue,  and  the  effect  the  bill  of  fare,  and  it  was  noticeable 

was  a  little  startling.     It  passed  me,  that  the  wine  list  had  no  attractions 

running   close   to   the    curb    and    at  for  her.     She  talked  freely  while  she 

a  low  rate  of  speed,  and  I  wondered  ate,  but  the  conversation  was  as  im- 

idly  whether  fc  the   blue   door  was   a  personal  as  it  well  could  be,  and  gave 

new    way    of    advertising    for    the  me  no  hint  as  to  who  she  was  or  how 

patronage  of  taxi  users  or  merely  the  she  came  to  be  in  a  position  that 

visible  result  of  somebody's  bizarre  forced  her  to  ask  a  man  she  had  never 

taste  in  color.  seen  before  to  pay  for  her    supper. 

Just  then  the  taxi  stopped  and  the  The  fact  that  she  had  ordered  the 

blue  door  was  pushed   ajar.     From  taxi  to  wait  seemed  strange,  in  view 

behind   it    appeared    a    slim    gloved  of  her  statement  that   she  had   no 

hand   beckoning,   and   unmistakably  money.     Penniless    women    are    not 

beckoning  to  me.     Obeying  the  sum-  in  the  habit  of  doing  things  like  that, 

mons,  I  found  myself  facing  a  young  "You  have  been  very  kind,"  she 

and  exceedingly  pretty  woman.     She  said,     as    she     dipped    her    fingers 

was  dressed  in  perfect  taste  and  was  daintily    in    her    finger    bowl.     "I 

decidedly    well    worth    looking    at,  should  like  to  know  the  name  of  one 

but  she  was  a  perfect  stranger  to  me.  who  came  to  my  rescue  in  time  of 

Plainly,   she   was   a  little   embar-  trouble.  Will  you  give  me  your  card?" 

rassed,  but  she  hesitated  not  at  all  She  studied  the  bit  of  pasteboard 

in  telling  me  what  she  wanted.  with  interest.     "Mr.   Edgar  Milton 

"I  beg  your  pardon  for  troubling  Conrad,"    she    said,    "champion    of 

you,"  she  said,   "but  I  find  myself  distressed  females  and  gentleman  of 

in    a    very    unpleasant    position.     I  leisure." 

have  lost  my  purse  and  I  am  penniless,  "Hardly  a  gentleman  of  leisure," 

and  I   am  at  the  same  time  very,  I  replied.     "I  am,  in  fact,  a  worker, 

very   hungry.     Will   you   invite   me  a  newspaper  man." 

to  be  your  guest  at  supper?"  "A  newspaper  man,"  she  repeated, 

I  was  surprised,  of  course,  but  I  a  bit  puzzled,  apparently.     "Oh,  you 

was  not  myself  exactly  penniless  and  mean  a  journalist,"  she  added  after 

I  was  young  enough  to  welcome  what  a   moment.     For   the    first    time,    I 

seemed  to  be  an  adventure.  noticed  that,  while  her  English  was 

"I  was  just  going  to  supper,"   I  faultless,  she  pronounced  some  words 

answered,  "  and  there  is  a  very  good  in  a  way  that  indicated  it  was  not 

restaurant    a    little  way    down    the  her  native  tongue, 

street    that    I    often    patronize.     I  She  rose  and  so  did  I.      "I  thank 

should    be    honored    if    you    would  you  very,  very  much,"  she  said,  giv- 

accept  my  hospitality."  ing  me  her  hand,  "you  have  been  good 

The  smile  which  greeted  this  was  to  me."     With  that  she  was  gone, 

enough  to   pay  for   more   than   one  and  a  second  later  I  saw  her  pass 

supper,    and   the    blue    door   of   the  from  view  behind  the  blue  door  of  the 

taxi   swung   wide   for   me   to   enter,  waiting  taxi. 

A  few  moments  later  I  was  seated  "Some    societj'    girl    indulging    a 

opposite  my  fair  if  somewhat  mys-  freak,"   I  said  to  myself  as  I   paid 

terious  companion,  at  a  table  in  my  the  supper  checks,  lighted  a  cigarette 

favorite  eating  house.  and  walked  out  on  the  street. 


510  The  Granite  Monthly 

It  would  be  untrue  to  say  that  the  expensive    apartments    in    the    best 

incident  passed  completely  from  my  hotel  in  town.     The  only  occupant 

mind,  but  I  built  no  romances  upon  of  the  room  was  a  motherly  looking 

it  and  might  soon  have  forgotten  it  woman  of  middle  age,  who  rose  from 

altogether  had  I  not  seen  the  lady  of  her  chair  as  we  entered, 
the  taxi  again.     I  did  see  her  only  "Let  me  introduce  my  aunt,  Mr. 

a   few   nights   later.     I    was   at   the  Conrad,"  said  my  friend  of  the  taxi, 

theater   alone   and    I    am   forced   to  "Auntie,  this  is  the  young  man  of 

admit  that  my  heart  began  to  beat  whom  I  told  you." 
a  little  faster  when  my  eyes  lighted         A  servant  appeared  in  response  to 

upon  my  recent   supper   companion  a  ring  and  was  told  to  serve  supper, 

but  two  rows  in  front  of  me,  and  also  It  was  a  good  supper  and  my  com- 

to  all  appearances,  alone.     This  pal-  panions  were  as  agreeable  as  could 

pitation    became    more    pronounced  have  been  asked,   but  when  I   rose 

when  she  suddenly  turned  and  looked  to  go  I  knew  no  more  of  them  than 

me  squarely  in  the  face,  but  there  in      the      beginning.     Curious?     Of 

was  no  more  sign  of  recognition  than  course  I  was,  but  I  could  not  demand 

if  I   had  not  existed.     That  I   was  information  that  my  hostesses  did  not 

a  little  nettled  was,  I  think,  no  more  seem  inclined  to  give  and  I  left  them 

than  natural,  but  again  I  refused  to  in  entire  ignorance  of  who  they  were, 
be   unduly   disturbed.     I   did   watch  It  was  about  a  month  afterward 

the  strange  lady,  though,  with  some  that  I  received  a  letter  with  a  foreign 

interest  and  once  between  the  acts  postmark     enclosing     an     American 

I  saw  her  call  an  usher  and  talk  to  newspaper  clipping  which  read: 
him  for  several  minutes.     The  same  "Royal  personages  sometimes  essay 

usher  came  to  me  as  I  rose  from  my  the  adventure  of  traveling  incognito, 

seat  at  the  end  of  the  play.     "I  was  but  it  is  not  often  that  they  actually 

told  to  give  you  this,  sir,"  he  said,  get  away  with  it.     Here  is  a  case 

and  handed  me  a  note.  in  which  they  did.     Princess   Zilda 

It  was  with  quickened  interest  that  of  Lucratia  and  her  aunt,  the  Count- 

Iread:  ess   Morena,   have  just  returned   to 

"If    Mr.    Edgar    Milton    Conrad  Europe  after  a  tour  of  the  United 

wishes  to  briefly  renew  an  acquaint-  States  covering  a  period  of  six  months, 

ance,    he    will    find    the    taxi    with  without  once  having  their  identity 

the  blue  door  waiting  where  Ninth  disclosed.     Many  Americans  may  not 

Street  runs  into  the  avenue."  know    where    Lucratia   is,    but   it  is 

Mr.   Edgar  Milton   Conrad   made  a   tiny   principality  in   southeastern 

his  way  to  the  place  designated  with  Europe  and  its  reigning  family  is  one 

perhaps  more  speed  than  was  digni-  of  the  oldest  of  them  all.     Princess 

fied,  and  he  found  the  taxi  waiting  as  Zilda  and  Countess  Morena  are  said 

promised.     Almost  instantly,  the  blue  to  have  enjoyed  their  American  tour 

door  was  swung  open,  and  the  man  immensely   and   to   have   had   some 

thus     unconventionally      summoned  illuminating  experiences." 
found    himself    seated    opposite    the         Accompanying    the    clipping    was 

lady  who   had   a  few   nights  before  this  note: 
invited  herself  to  sup  with  him.  "The  lady  of  the  taxi  had  heard 

"I  wish  to  return  your  hospitality,  that  the  men  of  America  were  chival- 

Mr.    Conrad,"    said    the    woman    of  rous  and  that  a  woman  might  appeal 

mystery,  "and  if  you  have  no  other  to  them  under  the  most  unusual  cir- 

engagement  I  would  like  to  have  you  cumstances  without  fear.     The  result 

sup  with  me."  of  her  own  experiment  proves  either 

I  had  no  other  engagement,  and  that  her  information  was  correct  or 
in  less  than  fifteen  minutes  I  was  that  she  was  fortunate  in  the  parti- 
being  ushered  into  one  of  the  most  cular  American  she  encountered." 


Queerly  Related                                                 511 

There  was  no  signature,  but  this,  of  nobility.     I  have,  too,  been  invited 

perhaps,   explains  why  I  have  been  to  bring  the  American  girl  who  last 

known  to  wear,  on  state  occasions,  year  became  my   wife  to   Lucratia, 

an  ornate  decoration,  and  why  my  with  the  assurance  that,  if  the  invita- 

friends    sometimes   jokingly   address  tion  is  accepted,  both  she  and  I  will 

me  as  Sir  Edgar  and  refer  to  my  title  be  presented  at  court. 


QUEERLY  RELATED 

By  Frank  Monroe  Beverly 

The  morning  train  was  crowded, 

The  seats  were  over-full, 
Men  here  and  there  were  standing, 

Who  held  no  sort  of  pull. 

A  lady  whose  head  was  graying, 
As  the  years  were  rolling  by, 

Came  thro'  as  the  train  was  pulling 
Away  from  the  town  of  Rye. 

A  seat  would  have  been  a  vision, 

A  dream  of  bliss  untold, 
For  a  place  in  a  car  that's  crowded 

Is  cheap  at — its  worth  in  gold. 

She  looked,  and  then  went  farther, 
Where  lo!  a  seat  half-filled; 

She  thought  if  he'd  only  offer — 
The  thought  her  heart  enthrilled. 

And  so,  she  stood  nearby  him — 
The  seat  was  room  for  two — 

As  would  any  other  woman: 
If  woman,  now,  wouldn't  vou? 

And  when  he  saw  her  standing, 
He  made  her  room,  and  said, 

"Here,  aunt,  sit  down  by  your  uncle- 
The  others  are  all  ill-bred." 


LOVE 

By  Moses  Gage  Shirley 

Love  is  the  only  creed  I  preach 
And  by  it  I  must  rise  or  fall, 

My  creed"  a  little  child  can  teach 
Love  is  all. 


EARLY  SOCIAL  LIFE  IN  NEW  ENGLAND 

By  George  Wilson  Jennings 


A  phase  of  early  social  life  in  New 
England  was  a  formal  tea  party  to 
invited  guests.  A  six  o'clock  tea  was 
as  prim  as  it  was  primitive.  It  was 
obviously  exclusive;  or,  as  a  woman 
spitefully  (many  years  ago)  said,  who 
was  uninvited,  in  language  more 
colloquial,  such  a  party  was  "  a  picked 
crew."  These  tea  parties,  which 
it  must  be  confessed  appropriated  no 
slight  degree  of  high-bred  dignity, 
were  given  during  the  season,  by  one 
family  after  another,  until  all  within 
the  "charmed  circle"  had  "made  a 
party." 

The  social  function  par  excellence 
was  an  evening  reception  by  card. 
The  invitations  were  sent  out  on 
the  morning  preceding  the  evening 
of  the  event,  and  were  usually 
something  like  this:  "Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Smith  send  compliments  requesting 
the  pleasure  of  your  company  this 
evening."  The  announcement  that 
so  and  so  were  to  give  a  party 
occasioned  a  frantic  flutter  of  anxiety 
in  the  hearts  of  a  few  who  hung  on 
the  uncertain  edge  of  the  elite.  Full 
dress  was  de  rigueur;  conversation, 
a  stately  minuet,  the  Virginia  reel 
(but  no  waltz)  together  with  the 
after-piece  of  manducation. 

A  guest  was  welcomed  as  a  joy; 
welcomed  with  a  not  wholly  un- 
selfish courtesy,  it  may  be,  which 
taint  of  selfishness  eliminated  nothing 
from  its  sincerity,  and  added  to  its 
fervor.  No  sooner  was  the  two- 
wheeled  chaise,  or  the  open  wagon, 
perchance  the  sleigh,  seen  coming 
through  the  yard,  than  the  keeping 
room,    with  its   sanded   floor,    rush 


bottom  chairs,  and  chintz-covered 
settle,  was  opened;  the  inside  shutters 
pushed  back,  and  the  visitors  ushered 
in. 

Anxious  inquiries  regarding  per- 
sonal heartiness,  and  if  it  was  a 
general  time  of  health  in  their 
respective  neighborhoods,  a  review 
of  past  weather,  and  forecast  of  the 
future,  and  similar  topics  being 
discussed,  a  comparison  of  receipts 
for  jam,  jell  and  pickles  was  made, 
and  methods  of  housework  treated 
of.  This  did  not  militate  against 
the  enjoyment  of  the  women,  while 
the  men  sauntered  out  to  examine 
stock,  look  over  crops,  talk  of  farm 
work  and  sagely  conjecture  as  to 
who  would  be  the  next  president. 

The  pleasure  was  mutual.  The 
newly  arrived  comers  brought  not 
only  themselves,  but  the  news  of  the 
day,  or  rather  of  weeks  and  months. 
This  gave  them  a  chance  of  talking 
to  good  listeners;  while  the  stay-at- 
homes  had  an  opportunity  to  learn 
of  the  outside  world  and  events. 

Meanwhile,  a  blast  was  set  going 
in  the  brick  oven  to  bake  a  round 
of  pies,  a  batch  of  biscuits  placed 
in  an  iron  skillet,  or  spider,  some- 
times called  a  Dutch  oven,  on  the 
cover  of  which  were  heaped  hot  coals 
and  ashes;  and  a  fowl,  or  roast  was 
spitted  in  the  tin-kitchen,  or  hung 
from  a  hook  before  the  fire.  These, 
with  additions  from  cellar  and  but- 
tery, furnished  meals  abounding. 

"With  baked,  and  boiled,  and  stewed,  and 

toasted, 
And  fried,    and  broiled,  and   smoked,  j  and 
roasted." 


THE  ACADEMY  IN  EXETER 

A  Retrospect 
By    Charles    Nevers    Holmes 

Oh,  memories  that  live  and  burn! 

Of  boyhood  years  when  life  was  free; 
Back,  back  again  my  thoughts  return, 

Oh  Exeter,  to  thee! 

Once  more  amid  youth's  student  days 
Ere  deeper  knowledge  dulled  the  heart, 

Or  soul  was  wise  in  worldly  ways 
Of  man  and  money's  mart; 

I  muse  beneath  some  stately  tree, 
Or  rest  upon  thy  campus-lawn, 

And  there  in  vivid  vision  see 
The  faces  dead  and  gone. 

Once  more  thy  chapel-bell  recalls 
My  drowsy  mind  to  morning  prayer, 

Once  more  within  yon  honored  walls 
I  climb  that  chapel's  stair; 

Or  'mid  some  recitation-room 

When  Nature  beckoned  out-of-door 

Bedecked  with  Maytime's  fairest  bloom, 
I  doze  o'er  Latin  lore; 

And  oft  amid  the  dead  of  night 

When  all  the  town  was  still  and  dark, 

My  study-lamp  burns  clear  and  bright — 
Like  learning's  sleepless  spark! 

Again  the  Sabbath  church-bells  sound 
A  summons  to  the  souls  of  youth, 

To  come  to  consecrated  ground 
And  hear  the  Christian  truth; 

Or  on  thy  play-fields  watch  a  while 
Some  struggle  for  supremacy, 

And  greet  with  heartfelt  sigh  or  smile 
Defeat  or  victory. 

With  blithesome  face  'mid  sun  or  rain, 
With  text-book  loosely  in  my  hand, 

Dwell  I  a  happy  lad  again 
Amid  this  student  band. 

Ah! — like  a  dream — so  far  away 
The  golden  days  that  I  spent  here, 

Ere  care  awoke  or  hair  was  gray, 
Or  sorrow  knew  no  tear; 

Oh  memories  that  live  and  last! 

Of  boyhood  years  when  life  was  free; 
Back,  back  again  amid  the  past, 

Oh  Exeter,  with  thee! 


NEW  HAMPSHIRE  NECROLOGY 


MAJOR  J.  HOMER  EDGERLY 
J.  Homer  Edgerly,  Deputy  Surveyor  of  the 
Port  of  Boston,  son  of  Calvin  O.  and  Lucy  M. 
Edgerly,  born  in  Dover,  N.  H.,  May  5,  1844, 
died  at  his  home  in  Roxbury,  Mass.,  October 
17,  1915. 

Major  Edgerly  enlisted  as  a  private  in 
Company  K.,  Third  N.  H.  Regiment,  which 
was  mainly  composed  of  Dover  men.  He 
was  made  1st  sergeant  in  May,  1862,  and  2nd 
lieutenant  a  year  later.  January  2,  1864, 
he  was  promoted  to  1st  lieutenant,  and  in 
October  following  received  a  captain's  com- 
mission as  a  reward  for  leading  a  recconnais- 
sance  at  Laurel  Hill,  Va.  He  led  a  party  at 
the  storming  of  Fort  Fisher,  January  15,  1865, 
which  captured  the  Confederate  flag  over 
Mound  battery,  which  flag,  now  in  the  archives 
at  Washington,  is  the  largest  Confederate 
flag  captured  during  the  war.  For  this 
gallant  act  he  was  bre vetted  major,  March 
13,  1865. 

Major  Edgerly  served  as  assistant  provost 
marshal  on  the  staff  of  General  Hawley,  after 
the  capture  of  Wilmington.  He  also  com- 
mandered  the  boat  infantry  which  did  the 
picket  duty  around  Fort  Sumter  after  the 
capture  of  Morris  island.  He  was  placed  in 
charge  of  800  Confederate  prisoners  and  con- 
veyed them,  under  guard,  on  board  the 
transport  steamer  North  Point  to  a  prisoners' 
camp  at  Point  Lookout,  Md. 

When  the  war  closed  Major  Edgerly  went 
to  Chelsea,  Mass.,  moving  later  to  Charles- 
town.  While  a  resident  there  he  served  in  the 
legislature.  Later  he  established  himself  in 
business.  Twenty-five  years  ago  he  was  ap- 
pointed a  building  inspector  for  the  city,  and 
then  came  his  appointment  as  deputy  sur- 
veyor. For  the  past  six  years  he  lived  in 
Roxbury.  He  was  a  Mason,  a  member  of 
the  Loyal  Legion,  Abraham  Lincoln  post, 
G.  A.  R.,  of  Charlestown,  New  England 
Order  of  Protection,  and  the  3d  New  Hamp- 
shire Regiment  Association,  of  which  he  was 
president. 

REV.   NATHAN   F.   CARTER 
Rev.  Nathan  F.  Carter,  son  of  Nathan  and 
Margery  (Wadsworth)  Carter,  born  in  Henni- 
ker,  January  6, 1830,  died  in  Concord,  October 
30,  1915. 

Mr.  Carter  learned  the  carpenters'  trade 
in  youth,  and  worked  at  it  a  year  after  grad- 
uating at  Kimball  Union  Academy,  Meriden, 
before  entering  Dartmouth  College,  from 
which  he  graduated  in  1853.  He  taught  four 
terms  at  Highland  Lake  Institute  in  East 
Andover,  and  was  nine  years  principal  of 
Exeter  High  School,  meanwhile  preaching 
more  or  less  as  a  licentiate  of  the  Piscataqua 
Congregational  Association.  In  1865  he 
graduated  from  the  Bangor,  Me.,  Theological 
Seminary,  and  subsequently  filled  pastorates 


in    Pembroke,    Henniker,    Orfordville,    Que- 
chee,  Vt.,  Hopkinton  and  East  Concord. 

Always  keenly  interested  in  history  Mr. 
Carter  was  one  of  the  first  to  join  the  New 
Hampshire  Historical  Society,  and  for  ten 
years,  beginning  in  1895,  he  was  its  librarian. 
He  was  for  fourteen  years  secretary  of  the 
Central  New  Hampshire  Congregational  Club 
and  was  for  the  same  number  of  years  secre- 
tary of  the  New  Hampshire  Prisoners'  Aid 
Association.  He  was  also  for  twenty-four 
years  trustee  of  the  Ministers  and  Widows 
Fund. 

Among  other  publications  he  wrote  a  his- 
tory of  Pembroke  and  nine  years  ago  pub- 
lished "The  Native  Ministry  of  New  Hamp- 
shire." This  book  contains  the  essential  facts 
about  the  lives  of  2,509  ministers  who  were 
born  in  this  state,  and  is  a  marvel  of  accuracy 
and  of  patient  toil.  Mr.  Carter  was  the 
author  of  many  excellent  hymns,  some  com- 
posed for  anniversary  celebrations,  the  last 
being  that  for  Concord's  One  Hundred  and 
Fiftieth  Anniversary  celebration. 

His  first  wife  was  the  daughter  of  Major 
Nathaniel  Weeks,  of  Exeter,  with  whom  he 
lived  for  thirty  years.  His  second  wife,  who 
survives  him,  was  Mrs.  Joseph  W.  (Jewell) 
Gale,  of  Exeter. 

ENOCH   GERRISH   PHILBRICK 

Enoch  Gerrish  Philbrick,  a  native  and 
prominent  citizen  of  Tilton,  died  in  that  town 
November  8,  1915. 

Mr.  Philbrick  was  born  July  7,  1841,  son  of 
Josiah  H.  and  Mary  Gerrish  (Smith)  Phil- 
brick. He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
and  seminary  in  Tilton  and  in  early  life 
engaged  in  the  grocery  business  at  Union 
Bridge,  later  removing  to  Sanbornton  Bridge, 
now  Tilton,  where  he  continued  in  the  same 
business,  in  company  with  Frank  Hill. 
Politically  he  was  a  Democrat,  a  leader  of  his 
party  in  town,  held  various  town  offices  and 
served  two  years  in  the  legislature.  He  was 
president  of  the  Citizens  National  bank  and 
a  trustee  of  Iona  Savings  bank  at  the  time  of 
his  death.  He  was  a  devoted  and  hard- 
working officer  of  the  Congregational  Church 
for  years  and  was  also  a  member  of  Doric 
Lodge,  A.  F.  and  A.  M.,  and  a  charter  mem- 
ber of  Peabody  Chapter,  Order  of  the  Eastern 
Star.  He  is  survived  by  two  sons,  Charles  H. 
Philbrick  of  Lynn,  Mass.,  Garry  Philbrick  of 
New  York  City,  and  two  sisters,  Mrs.  Ann  E. 
Brown  and  Mrs.  Frank  L.  Mason,  both  of 
Tilton. 

HERBERT   EARL   MERROW 
Herbert   Earl   Merrow,    president    of   the 
Merrow  Machine  Company  of  Salem,  Mass., 
died  November  7,  1815,  from  the  effects  of  an 
automobile  accident  November  1. 

Mr.  Merrow  was  born  in  Ossipee,  N.  H., 


Josiah   Prescott   Rowe 


515 


December  18,  1868,  the  son  of  the  late  Daniel 
G.  and  Sarah  (Moody)  Merrow  of  that  town. 
He  was  the  youngest  of  a  large  family  of  chil- 
dren. He  was  twice  married.  He  leaves 
four  children  by  his  first  wife,  who  died  sev- 
eral years  ago — Oscar  Earl  Merrow,  a  student 
of  Tufts  College;  Mrs.  Ina  Harris  of  Peabody, 
and  Clifton  E.  Merrow  and  Ralph  Merrow 
of  Salem.  His  second  wife,  formerly  Miss 
Bertha  H.  Culbert,  survives  him,  as  do  a  son 
and  three  daughters  by  the  second  marriage. 

WILLIAM   G.   BELL 

William  G.  Bell,  a  Boston  merchant  for 
forty-seven  years,  died  at  his  home,  47  Shaw 
street,  West  Newton,  Mass.,  October  27, 
1915.     Mr.  Bell  was  president  and  general 


manager  of  the  William  G.  Bell  Company  of 
Boston,  manufacturer  of  refrigerators  and 
store  fixtures.  He  was  born  in  Hancock, 
N.  H,  in  1838,  coming  from  an  old  New  Eng- 
land family.  He  came  to  Boston  when  a 
young  man  and  engaged  in  business,  finally 
founding  the  William  G.  Bell  Company  of  19 
South  Market  street,  with  which  he  ever 
since  had  been  connected.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  A.  F.  and  A.  M.  in  Somerville,  the 
Congregational  Club  and  the  Boston  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce,  and  had  been  active  in  the 
West  Newton  Congregational  Church.  Mr. 
Bell  leaves  a  wife,  formerly  Miss  Mary  H.  G. 
Whitney;  a  son,  Alfred  W.  Bell  of  West  New- 
ton, and  a  daughter,  Mrs.  Douglas  Cooke  of 
Allston. 


JOSIAH  PRESCOTT  ROWE 

By  Stewart  Everett  Rowe 

I  wonder  if  he  thinks  of  me  just  now, 

Yes,  thinks  of  me  and  mine  alone  in  grief; 
Because  he's  gone,  because  he  had  to  bow 

Before  the  call  that  brings  at  last  relief? 

I  wonder  if  he  knows  my  eyes  are  dim, 

And  that,  somehow,  my  body  seems  to  shake; 

Yes,  does  he  know  I'm  lonesome  now  for  him 
And  long  with  all  my  soul  for  him  to  wake? 

I  wonder  if,  beyond  life's  storms  and  snows, 

Where  all  beneath  God's  sunshine  glad  are  blest: 

I  wonder  if,  up  there,  Josiah  knows 
I  always  did  for  him  my  level  best? 

I  wonder, — but  I  shall  not  wonder  long, 

For  through  the  mist,  somehow,  I  seem  to  hear 

His  answer  sweet  to  this,  my  mournful  song, 
And  so  I'm  sad  and  glad  and  do  not  fear. 

He  did  the  best  he  could  and  that  is  all, 

Yes,  all  that  any  one  can  hope  to  do; 
His  race  is  run,  for  he  has  heard  the  call, 

And  he  is  better  now  Beyond  the  Blue. 

(Written  in  memory  of  and  dedicated  to  the  author's  uncle,  who  was  born  February  11,  1848,  and  died 
January  11,  1910.) 


EDITOR  AND  PUBLISHER'S  NOTES 


"Memories  and  Anecdotes."  Such  is 
the  title  of  a  deeply  interesting  volume, 
recently  issued  by  G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons,  New 
York  and  London,  from  the  pen  of  Kate 
Sanborn — the  "Adorable  Kate,"  as  she  was 
known  to  Dartmouth  students  of  a  former 
generation — one  of  the  best  known  and  most 
highly  esteemed  of  "New  ^  Hampshire's 
Daughters,"  teacher,  author,  "traveler,  lec- 
turer and  woman  of  affairs,  whose  life  has  been 
characterized  by  ceaseless  activity  along  va- 
rious lines  of  effort,  and  whose  fame  is  nation- 
wide. In  this  charming  book  Miss  Sanborn 
presents,  in  a  spirit  as  lively  and  inspiring  as 
the  breeze  which  sweeps  the  meadows  of  her 
famous  farm  at  Metcalf,  Mass.,  the  varied 
memories  of  her  past  life,  and  reminiscences 
and  anecdotes  connected  therewith,  from  her 
girlhood  at  Hanover,  where  her  father,  the 
late  Professor  E.  D.  Sanborn,  was  a  promi- 
nent member  of  the  Dartmouth  faculty, 
throughout  her  brilliant  career  as  teacher, 
writer,  lecturer  and  farmer,  in  the  East  and 
West,  during  which  she  came  in  contact,  and 
was  associated,  with  many  of  the  most  notable 
people  of  the  land,  in  educational,  literary  and 
professional  life.  It  is  a  book  which,  once 
commenced,  the  reader  is  disinclined  to 
relinquish  until  "Finis"  is  reached;  without 
a  dull  page  and  replete  with  life-like  char- 
acterization and  mirth-provoking  anecdote. 
Typographically  excellent,  the  volume  is  also 
illustrated  with  sixteen  handsome  and  appro- 
priate engravings.  It  is  particularly  fit  both 
for  a  holiday  gift  and  an  all-the-year-round 
companion. 


"The  Poets'  Lincoln."  This  is  a  collec- 
tion of  tributes  in  verse  to  the  great  President 
who  piloted  the  nation  through  the  stress  and 
storm  of  civil  war  for  four  long  years  only  to 
die  at  the  hands  of  a  crazed  assassin  just  as 
the  final  triumph  of  the  Union  arms  was 
achieved,  the  same  being  presented  in  a 
beautiful  duodecimo  volume  of  250  pages. 
The  selections — nearly  a  hundred  in  number 
— were  made  by  Osborn  H.  Oldroyd,  from 
the  choicest  tributes  of  the  best  poets  to  the 
great  American,  largely  called  out  by  his 
tragic  death.  The  book  is  profusely  illus- 
trated with  nearly  fifty  different  portraits  of 
Lincoln,  at  different  periods  of  his  life,  and 
many  other  pictures,  and  has  an  appropriate 
introduction  contributed  by  Dr.  Marion  Mills 
Miller.  It  is  published  by  the  editor  at  "The 
House  where  Lincoln  Died,"  Washington, 
D.  C,  and  will  be  sent  postpaid  to  any 
address  for  $1.00. 


The  Merrimack  County  Family  Gathering, 
held  at  the  State  House  on  November  17,  18 
and  19,  under  the  auspices  of  the  Merrimack 
County  Farmers'  Association,  Merrimack 
County   Pomona   Grange  and   the   Concord 


Board  of  Trade,  was  the  initiation  of  what  it 
is  hoped  will  be  a  successful  movement  toward 
a  more  general  cooperation  of  the  people  of 
Concord  and  those  of  the  surrounding  towns 
throughout  the  county,  in  all  matters  affecting 
the  common  welfare.  This  is  the  second 
county  in  the  state  to  engage  in  a  movement 
of  this  kind,  Belknap  County  having  had  a 
similar  gathering  for  two  years  past.  Topics 
of  interest  to  all  classes  were  discussed  by  com- 
petent speakers,  in  the  afternoon  and  evening 
of  each  day,  and,  although  the  attendance 
was  not  as  large  as  it  should  have  been,  a 
good  deal  of  interest  was  aroused,  and  there 
was  a  general  expression  of  hope  for  the 
continuance  of  the  gathering. 


This  issue  of  the  Granite  Monthly, 
together  with  the  May-June  Anniversary 
Souvenir  number,  makes  up  a  fairly  complete 
account  of  the  proceedings  in  connection  with 
the  One  Hundred  and  Fiftieth  Anniversary 
Celebration  of  the  Chartering  of  Concord,  as 
a  parish,  by  the  Provincial  legislature,  June 
7,  1765.  These  numbers,  bound  in  the  same 
volume  will  go  into  the  principal  libraries  of 
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